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.
Author
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 June 18, 2025.

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Also þes possessioners ben counseillours to many þousand mennus deþ for to meyntene here possessions & worldly lif; for þei conseilen lordis to werre vpon cristene men for to kepe here lordischipis & worldly lif in reste; & siþ fiȝttere & conseilere þer-to ben mansleeris bi goddis lawe & mannys, alle þes possessioners ben manquelleris & irreguler, & as

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ysaye seiþ, for here hondis ben ful of blode god schal not [Isaiah i. 15.] here hem in preieris; but as god seiþ be þe prophete malechie [Malachi ii. 2.] god schal curse to here blysyngis; & whanne siche men gon wiþ ora pro nobis in procession [profession X.] þei blasphemen god & stiren him to vengaunce, as austyn & gregori techen pleynly.

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