The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.

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The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.
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Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by Trübner & co.,
1880.
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"The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AEH6713.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 18, 2024.

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Capitulum 10m.

Also þei doren not reproue men of here opyn synnes bi forme of þe gospel for displeisynge of here maistris & leesynge of here salarie; for many of hem seyn þus: "I wole not displeise him of whom I haue my lyuynge." a, ȝe blynde foolis, drede ȝe more to lese a morsel of mete þan o poynt of charite? drede ȝe more to offende an erþely wrecche þan god almyȝtty? loue ȝe more wombe ioie & worldly myrþe þan þank of god & ioye of heuene? sette ȝe more prise bi ȝoure stynkynge bely þan bi ȝoure lord? ȝe reueren god & worschipen false goddis many weies & ben hugely cursed of þe holy trinyte & alle his aungelis. hou doren ȝe, cursed wrecchis, seie ȝoure masse in þis lif to ȝoure dampnacion, as god seiþ bi seynt poul, & ofte ȝe reden it.

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