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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.

þe duk, or ȝerle, grauntiþ þis fredam or priuilege, but raþer it longiþ to þe kyngis dignite; þan, sin þe king Crist is king of kings, heiar wiþ out comparisoun þan ani pope, þan þe king is souereyn to ani ȝerle or duke, it semiþ mikil more euident þat it longiþ to þe gretnes of God to graunt singlerly þeis priuilegs or fredam; for it folowiþ not, if a bedel, or criare, schewe þe fre graunt of his lord, þan þat þis seruaunt, þus schewand, grauntiþ swilke maner of fredam; mikil more if he pronounce wiþ out autorite or lif, con|trariously, aȝennis þe lordis wille. And in þis caas are comynli grauntars of pardoun. Also, a feiþful curat owiþ to notify to his sugets, were is pardoun, sikirar, largar, and for les price, to be bout to his sogets. But þe popes bulle techiþ, as it is seid, a pope to a maad and grauntid, at þe instaunce of a king, two þouȝand ȝer, als oft as a nobil man seiþ it bi twex þe consecracioun and Agnus Dei. And þus prouabli a feiþful man miȝt in ȝering mani messis geit on a day þewenti þowȝand ȝer of pardoun. Swilk a wis mar|chandis for hel of soul, miȝt a curat sey to his parischings. Also, putting to ouer for lewid men, þat can not þis orisoun, þat þei schal haue as mikil or more indulgencis for þe pr. nr. as oft as þei sey it, and as gret charite and mekenes deseruing indulgens. Also, aȝen swilk feynid and on groundid indulgens, howiþ a feiþful prest to multiply quek resouns, weil he hungriþ and þristiþ riȝtwisnes of þe law of God, for by suelk sophymis of anticrist, þe lawe of God is despicid, and riȝtful is put in veyn hope, and vpon ilk side a liuar in þis world is falsly iapid. þerfor, lif a man a iust lif, and tryst he of þe parting of merit þat God gifiþ men frely as him likiþ. And alle feynid arguments of anticrist are not worþi to be rehersid. God seid to Petir, Wat þu byndist vpon ȝerþe it schal be [Matt. xvjo.] boundoun also in heuin. And þe pope is Petir's vicar, þerfor it be howfiþ to trowe þat þis feiþ is verifiȝed of him. Ilk feiþful man graunt of þe gospel þe first. And suppose of þe secound word, þof it be euident of dede him not be þe vicar of Petre, syn Petir
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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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