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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.

but in ani maner letting or trobling or tariing þing þat þe gospel biddiþ, or counseiliþ, þan certeynly al so it is aȝen þe gospel; after þe sentens of Crist, þat seiþ, He þat is not wiþ me, he is aȝen me, [Luc. xio.] and he þat gedreþ not wiþ me, he scateriþ. As if ani person obeyed him wiþ wickid stering, or onordinatly, to do ani þing þat is forbedun bi þe law of God, or to lef þing þat God biddiþ do, as sum wil mak her awowe þat þei wil not do þe dedis of mercy, oiþer þat þey wil not ehyt flesch, tul þei be vengid of sum man, but if he ouer tak, þei wille oþer mak a vow to fast, or to go pilgrimage, for to do þer lechery, or veniaunce of sum man. Also þoo þat byndun hem to kepe ani staat or degre, or rewle more for cause of hiȝnes of þe world, or worldly riches, or lust of flesch, or to do ani þing, oiþer bi her causis, or ellis wan he is lettid bi þe vow to do þe ded þat God wold him to do, as þus his vowe is aȝen þe gospel. And ilk þat vowiþ ani þing to do in any maner for ani cause, wiþ out mening of þe Holy Gost to do so, he synniþ in þat vowing; þerfor if religious vowen in þis maner, doutles þer vow is synne, and aȝen þe gospel; as if possessioneris to kep þe religioun of monk, or chanouns, more to be partiners of temporal goodis, and to lif in delitis, and hiȝnes of þe world, þan to lif in wilful pouert, dewe obediens, and chastite. Who doutiþ þat ne as þus þey synne aȝen þe gospel? And if þei do not þat þei hiȝt, it is þe more aȝen þe gospel, and þe biddingis of God, seying, Wan þu hast vowid a vow [Eccles. uo.] to þe Lord, þu schalt not mak it void, but fil þis þat þu hast hiȝt, for an vnfeiþful man and a foole hiȝt displeciþ God; as if freris obeyid hem þat þei beg, for al þer tyme is in begging, þat is aȝen þe gospel, as it is seid in oþer placis, or wan þey obey hem to absteyn from meytis, aȝen Cristis fredam, þat biddiþ his disciplis [Luc. xo.] eyte swilk as men settun to hem. If þey bynd hem in þe con|trary, þat þey be not in fredam to do þus, but if Crist had for bedun it hem, ellis it is aȝen þe gospel, for swilk are reprouid of þe apostil seying þus, Þe spirit seiþ opunly, þat in þe last tyme [1 Thi. iuo.]
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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,
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