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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.

of my sanctuari obseruaunce to ȝor silf; þeis þings seiþ þe Lord God, Ilk alien kynd and vncircumsisid in hert, and vncircumsisid in flesch, schal not go in to my sanctuari, ilk alien son þat is in medil of þe hous of Israels sonis. But and þe leuits, þat han gon a wey fro me in error of þe sonis of Israel, and haþ errid fro me after þer idols, and haþ born þer wickidnes, þei schal be in my sanctuari huschers, and portars of þe ȝatis of þe house, and minis|tres of þe hous; þei schal sle þe bernt offrings and offrings of vic|tories of þe peple, and þei schal stond in þer siȝt þat þei minister to hem; for þi þat þei ministred to hem [in] þe siȝt of þer idols, þei are mad in þe house of Israel in to offens of wickidnesse, aftir I haue liftid vp my hand vp on hem, seiþ þe Lord God, and þei schal bere þer wickidnes, and schal not niȝe to me, þat þei vse presthed to me, ne nye to al my sanctuari, bi þe sancta sanctorum, but þei schal bere her confusioun, and her felonyes þat þei haue done; and I schal ȝeue hem portars of þe hous of Iuda, and al ministery þer of, and al þings þat ben don þer in. But þe prestis and þe leuits, sonis of Sadok, þat han kepit þe cerymonis of my sanctuari, wan þe sonis of Israel errid fro me, þei schal niȝe to me, þat þei minister to me, and stond in my siȝt, þat þei offre my grece to me, and my blod, seiþ þe Lord God. Þei schal go in to my sanctuari, and þei schal to mi bord niȝe, þat þei minister to me and kepe mi cery|moynis. Certeynli þo hous of God her is tane þe congregacoun [Moral.] of feiþful men, in onhed of spirit wiþ Crist, þat is þe general kirk, and gostly body of Crist, þat is foundid in feiþ, reisid in hope of lif, and couerid wiþ charite, and ful mad in good werkis; þat haþ for þe ground, þe feiþ of Crist, þat is þe ston vp on wilk þe kirk is groundid; hope for þe fowre walls, hoping al iuel to turne to joy to seynts, be vertu of Crists pascoun, and al þings to cum in to blis, be vertu of þe first geyting of Crist to vs al þing a boue us frutfully, and to vse al þing be neþ man blessidly; of þe wilk grouiþ charite heling al þe bigging. To þe bigging of þis þe prest
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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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