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CAP. III.

[verse 1] Forsothe wite thou this thing, that in the laste dayes perelouse tymes schulen [verse 2] `stonde nyȝ [neiȝe V.] , and men schulen be louynge hem silf, coueitous, hiȝ of beringe, proude, blasfemes [blasfemers V.] , not obedient to fadir and mo|dir [modir, in leful thing Q. modir, in leueful thingis T.] , [verse 3] vnkynde, cursid, withoute affeccioun, `or good wille [Om. MOPQTX.] , withoute pees, fals blam|eris [chalengers T.] , vncontynent [vncontynent, or vnchast QT.] , vnmylde, withoute be|nygnyte, [verse 4] traitours, proterue [ouerthwert OX. froward Q. frauward T.] , `or ouer|thwert [or fra|werd G. or ouerwhert, frowerd MP. Om. OQTX.] , bollun [bolned G sec. m. O. blowen X.] `with proude thouȝtis [Om. X.] , [verse 5] loueris [blinde louers V.] of lustis more than of God, hau|ynge sothli the spice [licnesse GMOPQT.] , `or licnesse [Om. GMOPQTX.] , of pite, forsothe [but V.] denyinge the vertu of it. And eschewe [ethchewe T.] thou these [these men QTV.] . [verse 6] Of these `sothli thei [forsothe thei G. forsothe it O.] ben that peersen housis, and leeden litle wymmen caytifs [caytif O.] chargid [chargen Y.] with synnes [synnys; for vertuouse wymmen dispisen hem QT.] , the [Om. NV.] whiche [whiche caitif wymmen QT.] ben ledd with diuerse desyris, [verse 7] euermore lernynge [lerende S.] , and neuere [neuermore X.] perfitly comyng to [to the AGMNQ STVXY.] science [kunnynge GMPQT.] of treuthe. [verse 8] Forsoth as Jannes and Mambre [Mambres QTV.] aȝen stooden Moy|ses, so and these `aȝen stonden [aȝenstoden VX.] treuthe, men [these men ben QT.] corupt in soule, `or vndirstondynge [Om. G pr. m. MOPQTX.] , reproued [the proued Y pr. m. the reproued Y sec. m.] aboute the feith. [verse 9] But ferther thei schulen not [not ouer this present tyme QT.] profyte, sothli the vn|wysdom of hem schal be knowen to alle men, as and hern was [was by Moyses QT.] . [verse 10] Forsoth thou hast getyn [folowid G sec. m. QT.] my teching [doctrine GMPQT.] , `and ordynaunce [Om. O. ordynaunce V.] , purposyng [purposen G pr. m. purpos G sec. m. my purpose QT.] , feith, longe abidyng, loue, pa|cience, [verse 11] persecuciouns [persecucioun X.] , passiouns, what ma|ner ben maad to me at Antyoche, at Ico|nye, at Listris, what maner persecuciouns

I suffride, and the Lord hath [Om. Q.] delyuered me `of alle. [verse 12] And [and of O.] alle men that wolen lyue piteuously [pitously, or feithfully V.] in Crist Jhesu, schulen suffre persecucioun. [verse 13] Forsoth yuel men and dis|ceyueris schulen profyte [profite, either encreese V.] into worse, err|ynge [errynge hem silf QT.] , and sendyng [sendynge othere QT.] into errour. [verse 14] But dwelle thou in these thingis that thou hast lerd [lerned GMNOPQTVY. lerid X.] , and ben bitakun [taken SY.] to thee, witynge [verse 15] of whom thou hast lerud [lerned GMNPVY. lernyd, for of the Holy Gost QT.] ; and for thou hast knowun hooly lettris fro thi ȝongthe [ȝouthe alii.] , `or childhod [Om. GMOPQTX.] , the [Om. V.] whiche mouwn lerne [enfourme QT. lere SX.] thee to heelth, by feith that is in Crist Jhesu. [verse 16] Forsoth [Forwhi V.] al `scripture of God [godly scripture, of whom God is autoure QT.] yn|spyrid [enspirid of hym QT.] is profitable to teche, to arguwe [repreue V.] , `or proue [Om. OVX.] , to [for to V.] reproue [reproue with GMP. repreue with the wicked QT. chastise V.] , for [or for K. Om. QSTX.] to lerne [leren SX.] in riȝtwysnesse, that the man of God be perfyt, lerud [lernyd GMNPQTVY.] `to al good werk [Om. O. to alle good werkis Y.] .