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

to suffere deþ for loue of treuþe. & bi þis may men se what þei shulen trowe of indulgensis. it is no poynt of bileue þat þe pope euere more in graunting of þes indulgensis acordiþ wiþ goddis wille; as it is no bileue þat so longe shal þis world stonde, as þe pope grauntiþ indulgensis. but bileue techiþ cristenmen þat indulgensis shulen no lengere laste; & þus it is no bileue ȝif þe pope, for bidding of a kyng, grauntiþ so large indulgensis þat a man may in a masse tyme where euere he heriþ þis masse gete twenti þousynd ȝeer of pardoun, & þat wole passe alle þe tyme þat soulis shulen dwelle in purgatorye; & þus he shal not dwelle in peyne bi þe graunt of þis pope. manye siche þingis ben writun þat ben nouȝt of bileue, & þerfore it is perelous to trowe hem as bileue. We bileuen on cristis lawe þat ȝif man synnede neuere so longe, & were neuere asoylid of pope ne of his prest vndir hym, ȝif he wolde forsake his synne & be contrit for formere synne & ende þis lif on þis maner, god wolde forȝyue hym his synne. We kunnen not telle hou longe þat god wolde punysshe hym in purgatorye, & þis is more grace of god þan þe pope telliþ in his lawe, for he wole nedis constreyne men to be asoylid of hym or hise, but þis durste noon apostle do. & þus it is no bileue, as it is no bileue þat þis or þis is very pope. for mannus choys makiþ no prest, hou euere þis lawe be hyed. for enleuene apostlis to-gidere dursten not chese mathy apostle, & ȝit þe hooly goost was wiþ hem & coueytise was awey. & þus seyen summe trewe men þat siche grauntis of þe pope þat ben not groundid in goddis lawe ben prauylegies, & litil worþ, & siþ þey ben not bileue, axe ground of hem bifore þou bie hem.