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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.

God himsilf, of Salomon it is vggid, and many fold reprouid of holy doctoris; so þat þe almes of þe pore schal not be ȝeuen to hem þat are sufficient and miȝty to traueyl, for þei þat are swilk ask almis vniustly, despicyng þe bidding of þe apostul, seyng, [Poule.] Wirkiþ wiþ ȝoure handis, as we haue bedun ȝow. And desiriþ no þing of no man. And if ani obey not to our word, bi þe epistil, þat is to sey, þat he absten him fro begging, wan he may wiþ bodily traueyl geyt his lyfyng, lok þat ȝe be not men kyd wiþ him, þat he be counfoundid, and cast out fro alle, wexe schamid, tul he soget [2 Thess.ult.] him to þe biddingis of þe apostil. And syn no man how to cast out fro comyning of cristun men, but for dedly synne, it folowiþ þat he synniþ dedly, þat wilfully, and witingly, bindiþ him to swilk a staat contening traueil, þat he beg for euer. And it semiþ þat oon þus endurid, is not in þe staat of men to be sauid. Also Salamon seiþ, Lord ȝeue me not begrye ne riches, but only neces| [Prou. xxxo.] sariis to my lifing; þat appily I be not greuid to denay God, or constreyin be nede to steyle, or forsuer þe name of my Lord God; þat is, as þe Glose seiþ, þat I falle not in to forgeyting of euer [Glose.] lasting, for nede, or scarnes of passing þingis. Also þus seiþ God in his law, Vtterly a nedy man begging be þer not among ȝow. [Deut. xuo.] As if he sey þus, Sufferiþ not in ȝour defaut ani to fal in to so gret defaut þat he be nedid to beg. And bi þe same, No man bring himsilf vniustly vn to swilk stat. And wiþ ned it is iust þat he beg. And þus seiþ Austeyn vp on þis word þat Crist seiþ, Gif [Austeyn.] to ilk askyng þe. If þu gif not þat he askiþ, þu schalt ȝeue bettar, whan þu iustly amendist him þat askiþ vniustly. And Crist biddiþ, [Luc. xijo.] Selle þat ȝe haue and ȝeue almis, þat is, as þe Glose seiþ, þat ȝor [Glose.] þingis left after warkis wiþ ȝor handis, þat ȝe haue wer of to lif. Also Austeyn seiþ, Bred is tan a wey more profitable to þe hungri, [Austeyn.] if he siker of lifing despice ritfulnes; þat is, bred brokun to þe hungry þat he desseyuid tent to riȝtwisnes. Also Jerom seiþ, Þei [Jerom.] þat sufficy to hemsilf, or to be susteynid bi þe goodis of parentis,
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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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