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 Also and wymmen be suget to her
husbondis; that if ony bileuen not to the
word, bi the conuersacioun of wymmen `be
thei wonnen with outen word,
2 biholdinge
in drede &yogh;oure holy conuersacioun.
3 Of the
whiche be not with outeforth curious
ournyng of heer, or doyng aboute of gold,
or ournyng of clothinge of vestymentis;
but `the ilke that is the hid man of herte,
4
in vncoruptibilite of quyete, `or pesible,
and mylde spirit, the which is riche in
the si&yogh;t of God.
5 Sotheli so and holy
wymmen hopinge in God, `not in ournement
of clothinge ourneden, `or maden
clene, hem silf, suget to her owne husbondes.
6 As Sare obeschide to Abraham,
clepinge him lord; of whom &yogh;e ben dou&yogh;tres
wel doynge, and not dredinge ony
perturbacioun.
7 Also men `to gydere dwellinge,
up science, `or kunnynge, &yogh;euynge
honour to the wommans vessel, `or body,
as to the more sijk, as and to the euene
eyris of grace of lijf, that &yogh;oure preyers
ben not lettid.
8 Forsothe in feith alle of
oon vndirstondinge, `or wille, in preyer
be &yogh;e compacient, `or ech suffring with
other, louers of fraternyte, merciful,
mylde, meke;
9 not &yogh;eldinge yuel for yuel,
nether cursyng for cursyng, but a&yogh;enward
blessyng; for in this thing &yogh;e ben clepid,
-- --
that &yogh;e welde blessyng bi heritage.
10 Forsothe
he that wolde loue lijf, and see
goode dayes, constreyne his tunge fro yuel,
and his lijppis, that thei speke not gyle.
11 Sotheli bowe he fro yuel, and do good;
seke he pees, and parfijtly sue it.
12 For
the i&yogh;en of the Lord on iust men, and the
eres of him in to the preyers of hem; forsothe
the cheer of the Lord on men
doynge `yuele thinges.
13 And who is it
that shal `noye to &yogh;ou, if &yogh;e shulen be
`goode suers?
14 But if &yogh;e suffren ony thing
for ri&yogh;twisnesse, &yogh;e ben blessid; sotheli
drede &yogh;e not the drede of hem, that &yogh;e be
not disturblid.
15 Forsothe halewe &yogh;e the
Lord Crist in &yogh;oure hertis, euermore redy
to do satisfaccioun to eche man axinge
&yogh;ou resoun of that feith and hope that is
in &yogh;ou,
16 but with myldenesse and drede,
hauynge good conscience; that in `that
thing that thei bacbiten of &yogh;ou, thei be
confoundid, the whiche chalengen falseli
&yogh;oure good conuersacioun in Crist.
17 Sotheli
it is betere, `if the wille of God wole,
&yogh;e wel doynge `for to suffre, than `yuele
doynge.
18 For and Crist oonys dyede for
oure synnes, he iust for vniuste, that he
shulde offre `us to God, maad deede sotheli
in flesch, forsothe maad quike in spirit.
19 In which thing and to hem that weren
closid to gydere in prisoun `he comynge in
spirit prechide;
20 the whiche weren sumtyme
vnbileueful, whan thei abiden the
pacience of God in the dayes of Noe, whan
the ark, `or schip, was maad, in which a
-- --
fewe, that is `to seie, ei&yogh;te soules, ben
maad saaf bi water.
21 The which thing
and baptym of lijk foorme makith us
saaf; not the puttinge awey of `flesch of
filthis, but the axing of good conscience
in to God, bi the a&yogh;enrisynge of oure Lord
Jhesu Crist,
22 that is in the ri&yogh;thalf of God,
he `swolewinge deeth, or destriynge, that
we shulde be maad eyres of euerlastinge
lijf; he gon in to heuen, aungels, and
powers, and vertues, maad sugettes to
him.
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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