The Ormulum / with the notes and glossary of R.M. White ; edited by Robert Holt.

SECUNDUM JOHANNEM XXX.

Ihc audiens quia murmurabant Pharisei quod baptizaret.

Affterr þatt ure Laferrd Crist Þe follc bigunnenn haffde To fullhtnenn i Judealand Þurrh hise Lerninngcnihhtess, He cnew well, alls itt writeþþ uss Line 19555 Johan þe Goddspellwrihhte, Þatt tatt Farisewisshe follc Strang wraþþe takenn haffde Ȝæn himm, þatt wass att Sannt Johan Bapptisste wurrþenn fullhtnedd, Line 19560 & heldenn, alls hemm þuhhte wel, Wiþþ Sannt Johan Bapptisste. He wisste þatt tatt laþe follc Ȝæn himm wass wurrþenn bollȝhenn, Forr þatt teȝȝ haffdenn herrd off himm, Line 19565 Þatt miccle mare genge Off Lerninngcnihhtess wass att himm Þann att Johan Bapptisste; & ec forr þatt mann haffde hemm seȝȝd Þatt he fullhtnede lede, Line 19570 Forrþi þeȝȝ haffdenn niþ wiþþ himm & sinnfull hete & wraþþe. & Crist sellf ne fullhtnede nohht, Acc hise Lerninngcnihhtess

Fullhtnedenn follc inn haliȝ funnt, Line 19575 To clennsenn hemm off sinne; & forr þatt Crist itt cnew inoh & wisste itt wel wiþþ alle, Þatt tatt Farisewisshe follc Ȝæn himm wass wurrþenn bollȝhenn, Line 19580 He for u¯¯t off Judealand Wiþþ hise Lerninngcnihhtess Inntill þe land off Galile, Forr þeȝȝre niþ to kelenn. Herode King off Galile Line 19585 Wass ifell mann wiþþ alle, Þatt illke laþe Herodess stren Þatt sloh þe little barrness, Forr þatt he wollde cwellenn Crist Amang hemm, ȝiff he mihhte, Line 19590 & forr þatt tiss Herode King Wass ifell mann wiþþ alle, & haffde tăkenn all wiþþ woh Filippess wif hiss broþerr, Johan Bapptisste wisste itt wel Line 19595 & itt himm oferrþuhhte, & he bigrap þe king, itt seȝȝþ, Wiþþ derrf & openn spæche, Off all hiss ille dede, & ec Off — þatt he takenn haffde Line 19600 Hiss aȝhenn broþerr wif himm fra, Ȝæn Godd & all wiþþ sinne. & ta warrþ wraþ Herode King Wiþþ Sannt Johan Bapptisste,

& forrþi le¯¯t he takenn himm Line 19605 To wrekenn hise téne, & he le¯¯t bindenn himm, itt seȝȝþ, & i cwarrterrne werrpenn. & tatt wass forr Herodian Filippess wif hiss broþerr. Line 19610 Herr endeþ nu þiss Goddspel þuss, [& u]ss birþþ itt þurth sekenn, To lokenn watt itt lerneþ uss Off [ure] sawle nede.

[col 422] Nu birrþ uss lokenn whatt bihallt, Line 19615 Þatt ure Laferrd ferrde U¯¯t off Judealand anan Wiþþ hise Lerninngcnihhtess, Forrþrihht anan summ he wass warr Off, þatt te Farisewess Line 19620 Himm haffdenn niþ & wraþþe onnȝæn All þurrh here aȝhenn sinne. & uss birrþ lokenn whatt bihallt, & whatt uss maȝȝ bitacnenn, Þatt Sannt Johan Bapptisste wass Line 19625 Inntill cwarrterrne worrpenn. Þa Farisewwess haffdenn ske¯¯t Off Cristess dedess fraȝȝnedd, Nohht forrþi þatt teȝȝ wolldenn ohht Off all hiss lare follȝhenn, Line 19630

Line 19630 Acc forrþi þatt teȝȝ wolldenn himm Forrfarenn all & cwennkenn. & forrþi flæh hemm Jesu Crist, To don uss tunnderrstanndenn, Þatt Godd forrwerrpeþþ alle þa Line 19635 Þatt wiþþrenn himm onnȝæness, Butt iff þeȝȝ muȝhenn turrnenn hemm To betenn þeȝȝre sinne. & ec þe Laferrd Crist attflæh Forr þe to gifenn bisne, Line 19640 Þatt tu mihht flen & berrȝhenn swa Þin lif wiþþ Godess lefe, & shunenn þa þatt wilenn þe Wiþþutenn gillte cwellenn, Ȝiff þu ne mihht nohht habbenn ȝe¯¯t Line 19645 God lusst, god mahht, god wille, To þolenn marrtirdom forr Crist, & forr þe ri˘hhte læfe. & ec þe Laferrd Crist attflæh To don þe tunnderrstanndenn, Line 19650 Þatt te birrþ flen þe defless hird Wiþþ þohht, wiþþ word, wiþþ dede. Forr þe birþ all forrsen & flen To follȝhenn þeȝȝre sinness; Rihht swa birrþ þe þe defless hird Line 19655 Forrsen & flenn wiþþ herrte, Rihht swa summ he wiþþ bodiȝ flæh Þa laþe Farisewess. & Crist attflæh þe defless hird Wiþþ hise Lerninngcnihhtess, Line 19660

Line 19660 & te birrþ flen þe defless hird Wiþþ alle gode þæwess, & nohht ne birrþ þe ferrsenn þe, Ne flen fra þeȝȝm off tune, Butt iff þeȝȝ nohht ne þolenn þe Line 19665 Wiþþ griþþ þin Godd to þewwtenn. Itt seȝȝþ þatt Crist itt wisste wel & cnew itt wel wiþþ alle, Þær he wass off Judealand Inn all an oþerr ende, Line 19670 Þatt tatt Farisewisshe follc Ȝæn himm wass wurrþenn bollȝhenn. & Crist wass æþ to wi˘tenn þatt Forr Crist wa¯¯t alle þingess, & Crist wa¯¯t all þe manness þohht Line 19675 [col 423] & all þe manness herrte. & forrþi wa[ss þe] Laferrd Crist Full æþ to sen & cnawenn, Þatt tatt Farisewisshe follc Ȝæn himm wass wurrþenn bollȝhenn; Line 19680 & he flæh off þe land forrþi Wiþþ hise Lerninngcnihhtess, Forr þatt he wollde þurrh hiss flihht Uss mikell þing bitacnenn. Forr nass he nohht forrdredd off hemm, Line 19685 Noff here laþe strenncþe, He — þatt wass Godess Sune, & Godd Þatt all þe werelld wrohhte,

Þatt mihhte hemm alle wiþþ an word Inn helle wel bisennkenn. Line 19690 Acc he flæh, alls icc habbe seȝȝd, Forr mikell þing to tacnenn, Þatt uss iss alle samenn god To lernenn & to cunnenn. Þatt tatt Farisewisshe follc Line 19695 Off ure Laferrd seȝȝde, Þatt mare genge comm till himm Þann till Johan Bapptisste, Þatt seȝȝdenn þeȝȝ þurrh hĕte & niþ & þurrh full hefiȝ sinne, Line 19700 Forr þatt hemm þuhhte þatt itt wass Rihht hæþinng & nohht elless, Þatt Crist drohh þurrh hiss modiȝleȝȝc Upponn himm, alls hemm þuhhte, To fullhtnenn follc þatt himm rihht nohht Line 19705 Ne fell, swa summ þeȝȝ létenn. Þuss létenn þeȝȝ off Jesu Crist Þurrh þeȝȝre depe sinne, & ec þurrh þatt te laþe gast Hemm all forrblendedd haffde, Line 19710 Swa þatt teȝȝ nohht ne mihhtenn sen, Ne cnawenn Godd onn erþe. Þeȝȝ seȝȝdenn ec off Jesu Crist, Þatt he fullhtnede lede; & tatt wass seȝȝd all soþ off Crist Line 19715 Acc þeȝȝt rihht nohht ne wisstenn Þatt wass all soþ, forr Jesu Crist Inn Haliȝ Gastess welle

Aȝȝ fullhtneþþ follc, aȝȝ bæweþþ follc Unnseȝhennlike off sinness. Line 19720 & ec þe Laferrd Jesu Crist Fullhtnede himm sellf þatt lede, Þatt fullhtnedd wass inn Haliȝ funnt Þurrh hise Lerninngcnihhtess. Forr þurrh þe ȝife off Jesu Crist, Line 19725 & þurrh hiss namess mahhte, & þurrh hiss aȝhenn Haliȝ Gast Fullhtnedenn þeȝȝ þe lede. & forrþi seȝȝdenn þeȝȝ full soþ Þatt Crist fullhtnede lede, Line 19730 Forr all þatt fullhtnedd iss þurrh Crist All fullhtneþþ Crist to soþe, & all þatt onn hiss name iss don, All doþ he þatt to soþe. & all þatt follc þatt fullhtnedd wass Line 19735 Att Cristess Lerninngcnihhtess, Þeȝȝ alle tokenn Haliȝ Gast, Þatt witt tu wel to soþe, Acc nohht swa forrþerrlike þohh Ne swa fullike nowwþerr, Line 19740 Alls ure Laferrd Cristess hird Ȝaff Haliȝ Gastess mahhte Affterr þatt Crist wass stiȝhenn upp Inn ure mennisscnesse, & haffde hemm sennd off Haliȝ Gast Line 19745 Unnseȝȝenndlike strenncþe. Forr siþþenn ȝæfenn þeȝȝ þe follc All opennlike, & alle

Þurrh haliȝ funnt, & þurrh hanndgang Off Haliȝ Gast swillc mahhte, Line 19750 Þatt alle spækenn sone anan Þe spæche off alle þede. & forrþi þatt teȝȝ naffdenn nohht Off Haliȝ Gast swillc strenncþe, Biforenn þatt te Laferrd Crist Line 19755 Itt haffde hemm sennd off heffne, Forrþi ne ȝæfe þeȝȝ nohht ȝe¯¯t Þatt tatt teȝȝ nohht ne tokenn, Biforenn þatt te Laferrd Crist Wass stiȝhenn upp till heffne. Line 19760

Affterr þatt ure Laferrd Crist Þurrh fulluhht & þurrh lare Þær haffde off Judewisshe follc Himm chosenn ane fæwe, He fór aweȝȝ, & all forrwarrp Line 19765 Þa laþe Farisewess, Þatt nolldenn lefenn upponn himm Ne buȝhenn till hiss lare, Acc wolldenn off all þeȝȝre boc Stafflike lare follȝhenn, Line 19770 Þatt lare þatt ne mihhte nohht Hemm berrȝhenn lif, ne sawle. & Crist fór inntill Galile, Forr þatt he wollde tacnenn, Þatt whase wile borrȝhenn ben Line 19775 [col 424] Himm birrþ hiss herrte [turrnen]n

Till haliȝ bokess gastliȝ witt U¯¯t off stafflike lare. Forr gastliȝ witt off haliȝ boc Iss fode to þe sawle, Line 19780 & itt iss halsumm to þe lif Till himm þatt wel itt follȝheþþ· Þa Farisewess sæȝhenn wel & wel þeȝȝ unnderrstodenn, Þatt teȝȝre laȝhe & teȝȝre lif, Line 19785 Þatt lif þatt teȝȝ þa leddenn, All full nehh munnde cwennkedd ben Þurrh Crist & þurrh hiss lare, & ec þurrh hiss fulluhht þatt wex Full swiþe, summ þeȝȝ herrdenn, Line 19790 Þurrh þatt te follc sohhte þærto Att hise Lerninngcnihhtess. & ec þurrh þatt te follc toc wel Wiþþ Crist aȝȝ mare & mare, Þærþurrh þeȝȝ unnderrstodenn wel, Line 19795 Þatt teȝȝre lare munnde & teȝȝre laȝhe all endedd ben Þurrh Cristess newe lare, Þatt munnde ȝifenn gastliȝ witt Onn haliȝ bokess lare, Line 19800 & tæchenn follc to þewwtenn Godd All onn an oþerr wise. Þiss unnderrstodenn þeȝȝ off Crist & dide hemm mikell ange, & forrþi tokenn þeȝȝ till Crist Line 19805 Full hefiȝ niþ & wraþþe,

Swa þatt teȝȝ wolldenn cwellenn himm Gladdlike, — ȝiff þeȝȝ mihhtenn. & siþþenn, whanne itt comm þærto Þatt ure Laferrd wollde Line 19810 O rode þolenn dæþ, forr uss To lesenn u¯¯t off helle, Þiss laþe follc, unnfæle follc Off þise Farisewess Wass att tatt laþe raþ þatt Crist Line 19815 Wass naȝȝledd uppo rode, Forr þatt teȝȝ haffdenn mikell niþ Ȝæn himm & ȝæn hiss lare.