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

CAP. V.

[verse 1] Do [Doth S.] now, ȝe [Om. S.] riche men, `wepe ȝe [weepith SX.] , ȝoul|ynge [ȝelling NV.] in ȝoure [Om. S.] wrecchidnessis [wrechednesse O.] that shulen come to ȝou. [verse 2] Ȝoure richesses ben maad roten, and ȝoure clothes ben eten of mouȝtis [moththis V. moȝhis X.] . [verse 3] Ȝoure gold and [and ȝoure QS.] siluer hath rustid, and rust of hem shal be to ȝou in [Om. O.] to witnessing, and shal ete ȝoure flesches [flesh SX.] , as fijr. Ȝe han tressourid to ȝou wrath in the laste dayes. [verse 4] Lo! the hijre of ȝoure werkmen, that repiden ȝoure cuntrees, that [which V.] is fraudid [fraudis N. defraudid X.] of ȝou, crieth; and the cry of hem entride in to the erys of the Lord of hoostis. [verse 5] Ȝe han ete on the erthe, and in ȝoure [Om. O.] leccheries ȝe han nurchid ȝoure hertes. [verse 6] In [And in S.] the day of sleynge ȝe `ledden to [brouȝten V.] , and slewen the iust man, and he `aȝenstode not ȝou [withstod ȝou not S.] . [verse 7] Therfore, bri|theren, be ȝe pacient, til to the comyng of the Lord. Lo! an erthe tilyer abijdith [abit S.] precious [the precious S.] fruyt of the erthe, paciently suf|fringe, til he receyue tymeful and lateful [lateful fruit V.] . [verse 8] And be ȝe pacient, and conferme [confermeth S.] ȝe [Om. A pr. m. OS.] ȝoure

hertes, for the comyng of the Lord shal neiȝe. [verse 9] Britheren, nyle ȝe [Om. T.] be soreweful [scornful N.] ech in [Om. V.] to other, that ȝe be not demed. Lo! the iustise [iuge V.] stondith [stant SX.] nyȝ bifore the ȝat. [verse 10] Britheren, take ȝe ensaumple [exsaumple SX.] of yuel goynge out, and of long abijdinge of trauele, and pacience, the [of the X.] prophetes, that spaken to ȝou in name [the naame ANOSX.] of the Lord. [verse 11] Lo! we blessen hem that suffreden. Ȝe herden the suffring [pacience O.] , `or pacience [Om. OQX.] , of Job, and ȝe siȝen the ende of the Lord, for the Lord is merciful, and doynge mercy. [verse 12] Bifore alle thingis, my britheren, nyle ȝe swere, ne|ther bi heuene, ne [nethir ANOQSVX.] bi erthe, nether bi `what euere other [other what euere AOX.] ooth. Forsothe [But V.] be ȝoure word [wordes O.] , `Is, is [Ȝis, ȝis G. Ȝhe, ȝhe QV.] , Nay, nay, that ȝe falle not vndir doom. [verse 13] Sotheli [Forsoth O.] ony [Ȝif ony QT sec. m. V.] of ȝou is soruful, `or heuy [Om. QX.] , preye he with `euene inwit [pacient soule V.] , and seie he psalme. [verse 14] Ony [If eny OV.] of ȝou is [Om. S.] sijke, lede he in prestis of the chirche, and preye thei on [for V.] him, anoyntinge [and anoynte V. oyntende X.] with [verse 15] oyle in name [the name G sec. m. et alii.] of the Lord; and the preier of feith shal saue the sijke [syk man V.] , and the Lord shal discharge [make him liȝt O. discharge him VX.] , `or make him liȝt [or make liȝt N. Om. OQX.] ; and if he be in synnes, thei shulen be forȝiue to him. [verse 16] Therfore knowleche ȝe oon [ech V.] to an other ȝoure synnes, and preye ȝe `for eche [eche for O.] other, that ȝe be saued. For|sothe [For V.] the contynuel preyer of a iust man is miche worth. [verse 17] Helye was a man lijk to [Om. V.] us passible [able for to suffre O. hee was passible V.] , `or able for to suffre [Om. OQX. or able to suffre S.] , and in preyer he preyede, that it shulde not reyne on the [Om. X.] erthe, and it reynede not thre ȝeeres [ȝer X.] and sixe monethes. [verse 18] And eftsoone he preyede, and heuen ȝaf reyn, and the erthe ȝaf his fruyt. [verse 19] Britheren, forsothe if ony of ȝou `shal erre [errith V.] fro the [Om. ANOVX.] treuthe, and [verse 20] ony `shal conuerte [conuertith V.] him, he owith for [Om. SX.] to wite, for [that V.] he `that shal [Om. V.] make [makith V.] a synner for [Om. SX.] to be turned fro the errour of his weie,

shal saue the soule of him fro deeth, and couerith the multitude of synnys [synnes. Amen. N.] .