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

CAP. II.

[verse 1] My britheren, nyle ȝe `in accepcioun [Om. V.] , `or takinge [Om. OQVX.] , `of personys [Om. V.] , haue the feith of oure Lord Jhesu Crist of glorie [glorie in accepcioun, either taking, of persones V.] . [verse 2] For|sothe [For V.] if `ther shal entre in to ȝoure couent [Om. V.] , `or gedering [Om. QVX.] `to gydere [Om. OQVX.] , a man hauynge a [Om. T.] golden [gold S.] ryng, in whijt, `or fayr [Om. OX.] , cloth [cloth, entrith in to ȝoure couent, eithir gadering togidere V.] , forsothe and [Om. Q. and if V.] a pore man `shal entre [entrith V.] in [into T.] foul [a fowl AQ.] habite, `or clooth [Om. OX.] , [verse 3] and [and if V.] ȝe biholde in to him that is clothid [clad SX.]

with ful [Om. S.] cleer clooth, and if ȝe shulen [Om. V.] seie to him, Thou sitte heere wel; sotheli to the pore man ȝe [thou S sup. ras.] seie, Stonde thou there, [verse 4] or [ethir V.] sitte vndir the stool of my feet; wher ȝe deme not anentis ȝou [ȝoure GQTY.] silf, and ben maad domesmen of wickid [wicke SX.] thouȝtis? [verse 5] Here ȝe, my moost dereworthe [derworthest O.] britheren, wher God chees not pore men in this world, riche [and riche O.] in feith, and eyris of the kyngdom, that God `bihiȝte aȝen [aȝen byhiȝt O.] to men louynge him? [verse 6] Forsothe ȝe han despisid the pore man. Wher riche men oppresen not ȝou bi power, and [and thei ANOQSVX.] drawen ȝou to domys? [verse 7] Wher thei blasfeme not the [to T.] good name, that is inclepid on [of N.] ȝou? [verse 8] Netheles if ȝe per|formen the kynges lawe, vp [bi V.] scriptures [scripture V.] , Thou shalt loue thi neiȝebore as thi silf, ȝe don wel. [verse 9] Sotheli if ȝe taken persones, ȝe werchen synne, ȝe [and V.] ben [Om. ANOSX.] reproued of the lawe, as trespassoures [transgressoures O.] . [verse 10] Forsothe who euer `shal kepe [kepith V.] al the lawe, sotheli [forsoth O. but V.] of|fende [offende he N.] in oon, he is maad gylty of alle. [verse 11] For he that seide, Thou shalt not do leccherie, seide and [Om. T.] , Thou shalt not sle; that if thou `shalt not do [dost not V.] leccherie, but thou [Om. S.] sleest, thou art maad trespassour [a trespassour Q.] of the lawe. [verse 12] Thus speke ȝe, and thus do ȝe, as bigynnynge for [Om. SX.] to be demyd bi lawe [the lawe S.] of parfijt [Om. V.] fredom. [verse 13] Sotheli [For whi V.] doom with outen mersy to [is to NV.] him that doith not [noo V.] mersy; forsothe mersy aboue reisith doom. [verse 14] Mi britheren, what shal it profite, if [Om. S.] ony man seie [Om. S.] him for [Om. SX.] to haue feith, werkes [Om. V.] forsothe [but V.] he [Om. V.] haue [hath OV.] not [not werkis V.] ? wher feith shal mowe saue him? [verse 15] Forsothe if a [Om. O.] brother or systir be nakid, and han nede of eche [verse 16] day [daies NQX.] lijflode, forsothe ony [if eny V.] of ȝou seie to hem, Go ȝe [Om. N.] in pees, be ȝe maad hoot, and be ȝe fulfillid [fillid V.] ; sotheli if ȝe `shulen not ȝiue [ȝeuen not V.] to hem what [tho V.] thinges ben [that ben V.] necessarie of [to V.] body, what shal it profite `to ȝou [Om. V. to hem X.] ?

[verse 17] So and feith, if it haue [hath V.] not werkes, is deed in it silf. [verse 18] But sum man shal seie, Thou hast feith, and I haue werkes; shewe thou to [Om. V.] me thi feith with outen werkes, and I shal shewe to thee my feith of werkis. [verse 19] Thou bileuest, for [that OV.] oo God is; thou doist wel; and deuels bileuen, and togydere tremblen. [verse 20] Forsothe [But V.] wolt thou wite, thou veyn [idil N.] man, for [that V.] feith with outen werkes is ydel? [verse 21] Abraham [Wher Abraham V.] , oure fadir, wher [Om. V.] he was not iustified of werkis, of|fringe Ysaac, his sone, on the auter? [verse 22] Therfore [Forsothe O.] thou seest, for [that V.] feith wrouȝte with his [Om. T.] werkis, and his feith is [was V.] fulfillid [fillid V.] of werkis. [verse 23] And the scripture is [was V.] fulfillid [fillid V.] , seiynge, Abraham bileuede to God, and it is [was V.] rettid [yrettid Q. arettid V.] to him to riȝtwisnesse, and he is [was V.] clepid the frend of God. [verse 24] Ȝe seen for [that V.] a man is iustified of werkis, and not of feith onely. [verse 25] Also [In lyk maner V.] forsothe and [wher and V.] Raab, hoore, `wher she [Om. V.] was not iustifyed of werkis, receyuynge [she resseyuyng ANQ. and resseyuede V.] the messageres, and [and sent out V.] bi an other weie `doynge out [Om. V. sendende out X.] , `or sendinge out [Om. OX. or sendende S.] ? [verse 26] Forsothe [For V.] as a [the NOQSX.] body with oute spirit is deed, so and feith with oute werkis is deed.