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

schulden be don awey, & cristis pouert & his apostlis bi ensaumple of pore lif of clerkis & triste in god & desirynge of heuenely blisse schulde regne in cristene peple. ¶Also þan schulde prestis studie holy writt & be deuout in here preieris, & not be taried wiþ newe offices, as newe songis & moo sacramentis þan [þat X.] crist vsede & his apostlis, þat tauȝten vs alle treuþe & spedly sauynge of cristene peple. ¶Also mochil blasphemye of prelatis & oþere men of feyned obedience & nedles sweryngis maad to worldly prelatis schulden þan cessen, & souereyn obedience to god & his lawe & eschewynge of nedles oþes & forswerynge schulde regne among cristene men. ¶Also þan schulde men eschewe comynly alle þe perilis seid bifore in þe first chapitre & þe secunde & many þousand mo, & lyue in clennesse & sikernesse of conscience. ¶Also þan schulde prestis be bisy to syke [seke AA.] goddis worschipe & sauynge of mennus soulis, & not here owene worldly glorie & wynnynge of worldly drit. ¶Also þan schulden prestis lyue lich to angels, [an angel X.] as þei ben angelis of offices, where þei lyuen now as swyn in fleschly lustis, & turnen aȝen to here formere synnes as houndis to here sp[e]wynge, for habundaunce of worldly goodis & ydelnesse in here gostly office & ouere moche bisynesse aboute þis wrecchid lif. for þes dredes & many þousand mo, & for to be more lich to cristis lif & his apostlis, & for to profite more to here owene soules & oþere mennus, summe pore prestis þenken wiþ goddis helpe [omitted X.] to traueile aboute where þei schulden most profiten by euydence þat god ȝeueþ hem, þe while þei han tyme & litel bodily strengþe & ȝouþe. neþeles þei dampnen not curatis þat don wel here office, so þat þei kepen liberte of þe gospel, & dwellen where þei schullen most profite, & þat þei techen trewly & stabely goddis lawe aȝenst false prophetis & cursed fendis lymes. Crist for his endeles mercy helpe his prestis & comyn peple to be war of anticristis disceitis, & goo euene þe riȝtte weie to heuene. Amen, ihū for þin endeles charite.