prophecye, to whom ȝef ȝe takeþ kepe to, ȝe doþ wel, as to a lyȝt þat brenneþ in a dark place, forte [til P.] þe [om. P.] day bygynne to schyne, & þe day-sterre aryse up in ȝoure hertes. [verse 20] And furst vnderstonde ȝe, þat eueriche prophecye of scripture ne is [verse 21] noȝt y-mad in his owene interpretacyoun: For prophecye ne is noȝt y-brouȝt of a mannes [S folio 18] owene wylle: bote holy men han y-spoke as þe Holy Spiryt of God hath enspyred hem.
[verse 1] And [C m 2m precedes in an early hand, S.] þer han ben her byfore false prophetys in þe pepel, as þer schulen ben her-after a-mong ȝow maystres of lesynges, þat schuleþ bryngen in sectes [sectes repeated in margin, 1st corrector's hand, S.] of perdycyoun, & forsakynge [forsaken P.] hure Lord þat haþ y-bouȝt hem, & bryngynge an hasty per|dicyoun to hem-selfen. [verse 2] & many schul swe her leccheryes, by whom þe weye of trewþe schal ben blasphemed. [verse 3] And þei schuleþ chaffaren of ȝow wiþ feyned [fined P.] wordis in here couetyse: bote hure dom ne cesseþ noȝt, ne hure perdicyoun ne slepeþ noȝt. [verse 4] For ȝef God ne sparyd not aungelis þat synneden, bote þrew hem doun in-to helle, & toke hem to ben y-turmentyd [verse 5] & y-kept to þe dom; And ȝef he ne spared not þe orygynal worlde [word P.] & kept Noe þe eyȝteþe man, þat was a bedel & a fore-goere of ryȝtfulnesse, & broȝte a gret flod in-to þe [verse 6] worlde of wycked men; & ȝef he ouer-turned þe cytees of Sodom & Gomor [P folio 21] , & turned hem in-to axen [aschen P.] , & dampned, & putte hem þe ensampel of hem þat schulden don wyck|edlyche; [verse 7] & delyuered Loth þat was a ryȝtful man and oppressed of þe iniurye of wycked men & of hure leccherous [verse 8] conuersacioun: for boþe in byholdynge and in herynge he was ryȝtful, wonynge among hem þat from day to day þoroȝ hure wycked werkes turmenteden a ryȝtful soule. [verse 9] & God can delyueren goode men out of temptacioun, & kepen wycked men in-to þe day of dom, to ben y-turmented in [verse 10] peynes; & raþere hem þat walkeþ aftur þe flesch in couetyse of vnclannesse [S folio 18b] , & despyseþ þe lordschupe; bo[l]dylyche ple|synge to hem-selfe ne dredeþ noȝt to bryngen in sectes [verse 11] blasphemynge God, wher þat aungeles, þat beþ grettere in
