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Þe eleuenþe errour; þat þei chargen more wrongful maundementis of synful men þan þe most riȝtful comaunde|mentis of god; for ȝif þe pope or bischop sende a letter
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 June 19, 2025.
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for to resceyue a pardoner to disceyue þe peple bi graunt of [omitted X.] many þousand ȝeer to pardon, he schal be sped algatis; but ȝif [omitted X.] þer come ony trewe man to preche frely & trewely þe gospel, he schal be lettid for wrongful comaunde|ment of a synful man. & þus þei dreden more synful men þan god almyȝtty, siþ þei putten goddis comaundement & his riȝtful wille bihynde & putten a synful mannus wille & wrong comaundement bifore. & þus for here owene worldly profit & bodely ayse þei stoppen here parischenys fro herynge of goddis lawe, þat is fode of soule, & leden hem blyndly to helle; & þes ben euele fadris þat þus cruelly enfamynen here sugetis soulis & dryuen hem to dampnacion for loue of worldly muk or bodily ayse, or for drede of wrecchid anticristis þat ben goddis traitours & his peplis.