Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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CAP. XIII.
1 Forsothe the eldere Tobie openyde his
mouth, and blesside God, and seide, Lord,
thou art greet with outen ende, and thi
rewme is in to `alle worldis;
2 for thou
betist, and makist saaf; thou ledist
doun to hellis, and `ledist a&yogh;en; and
noon is that ascapith thin hoond.
3 Sones
of Israel, knowleche &yogh;e to the Lord, and
herye &yogh;e hym in the si&yogh;t of hethene men;
4 for herfor he scateride &yogh;ou among hethene
men, that knowen not God, that &yogh;e
telle out his merueils, and make hem to
wite, that noon othere God is almy&yogh;ti
outakun hym.
5 He chastiside vs for oure
wickidnessis; and he schal saue vs for his
mercy.
6 Therfor biholde &yogh;e, what thingis
he hath do with &yogh;ou, and knouleche &yogh;e
to hym with drede and tremblyng; and
enhaunse &yogh;e the kyng of worldis in &yogh;oure
werkis.
7 Forsothe Y in the lond of my
caitifte schal knouleche to hym; for he
schewide his maieste on a synful folc.
8 Therfor, synneris, be &yogh;e conuertid, and do
&yogh;e ri&yogh;tfulnesse bifor God, and bileue &yogh;e,
that he schal do his merci with &yogh;ou.
9 Sotheli Y note and my soule schulen be glad in
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hym.
10 Alle chosun of the Lord, blesse
&yogh;e hym; make &yogh;e the daies of gladnesse,
and knouleche &yogh;e to hym.
11 Jerusalem,
the citee of God, the Lord hath chastisid note
thee for the werkis of thin hondis.
12 Knouleche thou to God in thi goodis,
and blesse thou God of worldis, that he
bilde a&yogh;en in thee his tabernacle, and a&yogh;en
clepe to thee alle thi prisoneris; and that
thou haue ioie in to alle worldis of worldis.
13 Thou schalt schyne with bri&yogh;t li&yogh;t note, and
alle the coostis of erthe schulen worschipe
thee.
14 Naciouns schulen come fro
fer to thee, and thei schulen brynge &yogh;iftis,
and schulen worschipe the Lord in thee,
and thei schulen haue thi lond in to
halewyng;
15 for thei schulen `clepe in thee
the grete name.
16 And thei schulen be
cursid, that dispisen thee, and thei schulen
be dampned, that blasfemen thee; and
thei schulen be blessid, that bilden thee.
17 Forsothe thou schalt be glad in thi sones,
for alle schulen be blessid, and schulen
be gaderid togidere to the Lord.
18 Blessid
ben alle that louen thee, and that han
ioie on thi pees.
19 My soule, blesse thou
the Lord, for `oure Lord God hath delyuered
Jerusalem note, his citee, fro alle tribulaciouns
therof.
20 Y schal be blessid, if the
relikis of my seed schulen be to se the
clerenesse of Jerusalem.
21 The &yogh;atis of Jerusalem
schulen be bildid of saphire note and
smaragde, and of preciouse stoon; al the
cumpas of wallis therof schal be of white
and clene stoon.
22 Alle the stretis therof
schulen be strewid; and alleluya, `that is,
the heriyng of God, schal be sungun bi
the stretis therof.
23 Blessid be the Lord,
that enhaunside it, that his rewme be
on it in to worldis of worldis. Amen.
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Wycliffe (Late) [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] [B02020].
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