Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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CAP. III.
1 My britheren, nyle &yogh;e be maad many
maystirs, witynge for &yogh;e taken the more
doom.
2 Sotheli alle we offenden in many
thingis. If ony man offendith not in
word, this is a parfijt man; forsothe
he mai `with a bridel lede aboute al the
body.
3 Forsothe if we putten to horsis
bridles in to mouthis, for to consente to
vs, and we beren `ther with aboute al
the body of hem.
4 And lo! shippes,
whan thei ben greete, and ben dryuen of
stronge wijndis, sotheli thei ben born
aboute of a litel gouernayle, where the bire
of a man dressinge shal wole.
5 `So and
the tunge sotheli is a litel membre, and
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reysith greete thinges. Lo! hou miche
fijr kyndlith hou greete a wode.
6 And
oure tunge is fijr, the vniuersite of wickidnesse.
The tunge is ordeyned in oure
membris, the which defoulith al the body;
and it enflaumed, `or set afijre, of helle,
enflaumeth the wheel of oure birthe.
7 Sotheli al the kynde of beestis, and
foulis, and serpentis, and of othere, `ben
ouercome, `or vndir&yogh;okid, and ben maad
taame, of mannus kynde;
8 forsothe noon
of men mai daunte, `or chastise, the
tunge, sotheli it is an vnquyet, `or vnpesible,
yuel thing, and ful of deedly
venym.
9 In it we blessen God, the fadir,
and in it we cursen men, that ben maad to
the licnesse of God.
10 Of the same mouth
cometh forth blessyng and cursyng. My
britheren, it bihoueth not thes thinges for
to be maad so.
11 Wher a welle of the
saame hole bringe forth swete and salt
watir?
12 My britheren, wher a fijge tree
mai make grapes, or a vijne fyges? So
nether salt watir mai make swete watir.
13 Who is wijse, and disciplined, `or chastisyd,
among &yogh;ou? shewe he of good
lyuynge his werk, in myldenesse of wisdom.
14 That if &yogh;e han bittir zeel, `or
enuy, and striuynges ben in &yogh;oure hertis,
nyle &yogh;e glorye, and be li&yogh;ers a&yogh;ens the
treuthe.
15 Forsothe this wisdom is not
fro aboue comynge doun, but ertheli,
beestly, fendli.
16 For wher is enuye and
strijf, there vnstedefastnesse and al
shrewid werk.
17 Forsothe wisdom that is
fro aboue, first sotheli it is chaast, aftirward
pesible, mylde, suadible, that is, esy
for to treete, `and to `be treetid, consentynge
to goode thingis, ful of mersy and
goode fruytis, demynge with oute feynynge.
18 Sotheli the fruytes of ri&yogh;twisnesse
ben sowun in pees, to men makinge pees.
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Wycliffe (Early) [1850], THE HOLY BIBLE, CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, WITH THE APOCRYPHAL BOOKS, IN THE EARLIEST ENGLISH VERSIONS MADE FROM THE LATIN VULGATE BY JOHN WYCLIFFE AND HIS FOLLOWERS: Edited by THE REV. JOSIAH FORSHALL, F.R.S. etc. Late Fellow of Exeter College, and SIR FREDERIC MADDEN, K.H. F.R.S. etc. Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD) [word count] [B02010].
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