SEPTEM HERESES CONTRA SEPTEM PETICIONES [The Harleian MS. commences thus:—'Here ben sevene heresies aftir continued of false prestis aȝen þe Pater Noster. ¶ Wyclif.'] .
FOR fals men multiplien mony bokes of þe Chirche, nowe [Seven heresies against the Lord's Prayer.] reendynge byleve, and nowe clowtyng heresies, þerfore men schulden be ware of þese two perilles, þat fals men pynchyn in þe Pater noster. Þai say furst, þat speciale prayere aplied by [1. False men say that special prayers are more potent than general.] hor prelatis is better þen generale. As, one Famulorum saide of a frere is better þen a Pater noster, wiþ oþer þinges even; ffor þo Pater noster is moste generale, and þe Famulorum moste special, of alle þe prayers þat God heris. But we schul beleve þat no prayer is worþe, but in als muche as God hym selfe heris hit, and applies þis prayere to profite of þe man. Lord! wheþer God hym selfe wolde gladlier here þe preyere þat a false man hade contreved to hym, þen þe generale preyere þat he hym