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An apology for Lollard doctrines, attributed to Wicliffe. Now first printed from a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. With an introduction and notes by James Henthorn Todd.

and extriuagaunt, wat aȝen batails, aȝen reseruacouns, aȝen furst frutis, and oþer spolingis of goodis of þe kirk; I trow he schuld sey, þis reprouid Crist to þe phariseis, wiþ more ȝhe ful of raneyn. And þis seiþ an oþer, þat þe sciens of aduoketis is detestable semiþ [An other.] bi þis, þat in many þings it is contrari to þe law of God. For þe law seiþ, þat it is leful to þeis þat maken couenaunt to gidre, to disseile eiþer oþer, wil þei passe not þe midil of iuste price; but Goddis law seiþ, þu schal do no þing ȝeuelfuly to þi neȝbor in his nedis to be releuid, and þat no man bigyle his broþer in no caas. Efter þe lawe to him þat brekiþ seiþ, to him þat brekiþ feiþ, feiþ schal be brokun to him; þe gospel aȝen þis biddiþ do wel to þin enemy. Eft an oþer witti in þat sam law seiþ þus: It is to see [An other.] how now lawis of þe seculer clerkis are contrari to holy writ, and to hold lawis of seyntis, and general counseils of hold holy clerkis. First in this. Þo gospel biddiþ al men ȝeld to þe emperor þingis þat are his, and to God þo þingis þat are Goddis, and Crist obeyed [Matt.xxijo.] to princes of þe world vndirgoing þe dede; and so ded þe apostlis and seyntis. But now new law techiþ þat no prest nor clerk ow to soget to no seculer lord. Þe secound. Crist payid tribut for him and for Petre, and Ambrose acordiþ þat feldis of þe kirk pay [Ambrose.] tribut. But nowe newe lawe techiþ þat wiþ out consent of þe bischop of Rome þei schal pay no tributis nor taliagis. Þe þrid. Crist seiþ in þe gospel to his disciplis, þe kyngs of folk lorden vp [Luc. xxijo.] on hem, and þei þat vsun power upon hem are callid ȝefars of benefices, but ȝe not so; but he þat wil a mong ȝow be þe more, be he as þe minister. And Austeyn, Gregor, Ciprian, Jerom, and [Austeyn. Gregor. Ciprian. Jerom. Isidor.] Isidir, kennen, as is put in þe law, þat it perteniþ to seculer princes to punisch þeis þat synnen opunly. But nowe clerkis bi þer new lawis chalungen to hem þat only it perteniþ to hem to punisch symony, heresy, vsur, auoutry, and periury. Þe fourt. Þe apostil seiþ, we hauing fode and hyling hald vs payed. And bi þe sawis [1 Tim. ujo.] of Jerom, Ambrose, and Bernard, clerkis how to be content of [Jerom. Ambrose. Bernard.]
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An apology for Lollard doctrines, attributed to Wicliffe. Now first printed from a manuscript in the library of Trinity College, Dublin. With an introduction and notes by James Henthorn Todd.
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Wycliffe, John, supposed author. d. 1384.
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London,: Printed for the Camden Society, by J.B. Nichols,
1842.
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Lollards

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