The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...

¶ Of the articles of trouth.

                                    HEre now of the articles of our trouth that we al traist Inne,
                                  
                                    & the seuen sacramentȝ that soccours vs of synne.
                                  
                                    We sal trowen in on god of myȝtes alther-mast,
                                  
                                    That is the fader & the sone & the haligast;
                                    Line 860 
                                  
                                    None is other of this persones thre,
                                  
                                    Bot all are on god in the [MS. thre]  trinite:
                                  
                                    Thes thre are on god & on verray nature,
                                  
                                    That made first of riȝt noȝt al-maner creature.
                                    Line 864 
                                  
                                    We trowe in haly kirk, & haly mannes dedes,
                                  
                                    That god ay with his grace thaim strenghtes wel & spedes
                                  
                                    In trouth & sacramentȝ & dedes of charite,
                                    Line 867 
                                  
                                    Thurgh whilk to the repentant forgifnes of synne sal be.
                                  
                                    He that trowes noȝt as halikirk, is in dedly synne,
                                  
                                    And mede in heuen in that state may he neuer wynne.
                                  
                                    At day of dome sal al mankynd vprise, [This point is re|peated in v. 891.] 
                                  
                                    ffor to take ay-lastand dome on many diuers wise;
                                    Line 872 
                                  
                                    The gode sal go to heuen to ay-lastand blis,
                                  
                                    And the wikkid to helle-fire that ay-lastand is.
                                  
                                    The aghtend article is of cristes manhede:
                                  
                                    How mary conceyued him in clen maydenhede;
                                    Line 876 
                                  
                                    When the aungel gabriel come & gret hir with gode,
                                  
                                    The haligast made a body of hir clennest blode,
                                  
                                    & put a saul in to hit that al wysdam can;
                                  
                                    Then god the sone toke that & become man.
                                    Line 880 
                                  
                                    The neghend is that he of maiden mary was born
                                  
                                    & no-thing of hir maydenhede ther-for was lorn.
                                  
                                    The tend is that he suffred paynes wilfully,
                                  
                                    Al to ded op-on the crois & biryng of body.
                                    Line 884 
                                  
                                    The elleuend that crist in saule went doun to hell
                                  
                                    & toke out al his awen chosen that with him suld dwell.
                                  
                                    The twelft is that he rose fro dede on the thrid day
                                  
                                    And apperyd qwik in flesch with many tokens verray.
                                  
                                    The thrittend is that he stegh vp hegh in to heuen,
                                  
                                    Ther he sittes in manhed with his fader euen.
                                    Line 890 
                                  
                                    The fourtend is that he sal come vpon domesday
                                  
                                    And gyue riȝtwis dome to qwik & dede, that sal last ay.

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Title: The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
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Publication: London,: Pub. by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., for the Early English Text Society,; 1892-1901.
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