The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,

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The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,
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Oxford,: University press,
1850.
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"The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocryphal books,." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AFZ9170.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 19, 2025.

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CAP. II.

[verse 1] But, britheren, we preien ȝou bi the comyng of oure Lord Jhesu Crist, and of oure congregacioun in to the same [verse 2] comyng, that ȝe be not mouyd soone fro ȝoure witt, nether be aferd, nether bi spirit, nether bi word, nether bi epistle as sent bi vs, as if the dai of the Lord

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be nyȝ. [verse 3] No man disseyue ȝou in [on KQRabceghkoαβ.] ony [no k.] manere. For but dissencioun [ether departing awey K marg. discessioun k text. discessioun, or de|partyng, or departisoun k marg.] come first, and the man of synne be schewid, the [verse 4] sonne of perdicioun, that is aduersarie, and is enhaunsid ouer `al thing [alle thingis k.] that is seid God, or that is worschipid, so that he sitte in the temple of God, and schewe hym silf [Om. a.] as if he were God. [verse 5] Whether ȝe holden not, that ȝit whanne Y was at ȝou, Y seide these thingis to ȝou? [verse 6] And now what withholdith, ȝe witen, that he be schewid in his tyme. [verse 7] For the priuete of wickidnesse worchith now; oneli that he that holdith now, holde [holdith k.] , til he be do awei. [verse 8] And thanne thilke wickid man schal be schewid, whom the Lord Jhesu schal sle with the spirit of his mouth, and schal distrie with liȝtnyng of his [verse 9] comyng; hym, whos comyng is bi the [Om. k.] worching of Sathanas, in al vertu, and [verse 10] signes, and grete wondris, false, and in al disseit of wickidnesse, to hem that perischen. For that thei resseyueden not the charite of treuthe, that thei schulden be maad saaf. And therfor God schal sende to hem a worching of errour, that [verse 11] thei bileue to leesing, that alle be demed, whiche bileueden not to treuthe, but consentiden to wickidnesse. [verse 12] But, bri|theren louyd of God, we owen to do thankyngis euermore to God for ȝou, that God chees vs the firste fruytis in to heelthe, in [and a.] halewing of spirit and in [verse 13] feith of treuthe; in which also he clepide ȝou bi oure gospel, in to geting [the geting agk.] of the glorie of oure Lord Jhesu Crist. [verse 14] Ther|for, britheren, stonde ȝe, and holde ȝe the [Om. bk.] tradiciouns, that ȝe han lerud [lerned alii.] , ethir

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bi word, ethir bi oure pistle [epistil EIQRegkα.] . [verse 15] And oure Lord Jhesu Crist him silf, and God oure fadir, which louyde vs, and ȝaf euerlast|inge coumfort and good hope in grace, [verse 16] stire ȝoure hertis, and conferme in al good werk and word.

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