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The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.

peple ouercomen, and many þousandis slayn in bataile as [[1 Sam. iv.]] þe first bok of kyngis telliþ. ¶ And herefore þe holy prophete ysaie crieþ þat woo is to hym, for þat he was stille and dwelte among synful peple, & telle hem not here synnes, [[Isaiah vi. 5.]] siþ þis is offis of a prophete. also god seþ to prelatis bi eȝechiel, þat ȝif a synful man die in his synne & þe prelate [[Ezekiel iii. 18.]] telle him not his peyne for synne, god schal seke þe synful mannus bloode, þat is his synne, of þe [þere X.] prelatis hondis. ¶ And here-for seiþ poul þat woo is to hym, þat is euerlastynge dampnacion, but ȝif he preche þe gospel; & siþ cristen men [[1 Cor. ix. 16.]] may not lyue gostly but bi goddis word, [page 66] prelatis þat wiþ|drawen þus goddis word fro here sugetis ben cause of deþ of here soulis, þat is a þousand folde worse þan is deþ of body, & so þei be worse man-sleeris þan þei þat only sleen þe body. ¶ And siþ petir was sathanas for he wolde haue [[Matt. xvi. 23.]] lettid cristis deþ & saluacion of mannus soule, him wnwyt|tyngge; moche more þes prelatis ben sathanas, þat þus myche contrarien cristis wille & sauynge of mennus soulis þoruȝ prechynge of þe gospel, & þei ben turned in-to an aungel of liȝt, for þei feynen hem in þe stede of apostlis & worche wiþ þe fend to suffre mennus soulis go to helle; & siþ goddis word, bi whiche men schulden gostly be gendrid goddis sones, is betere þan bodely seed of man bi whiche þe body of man schulde be gendred, & þes prelatis mysusen þis betere seed, þanne þei don more synne þan diden þe sodomytis þat wasted manus seed; for euere þe betre þat a þing is þe worse & þe more abhominable is þe mysusynge þer-of. & þe grete doctour lyncolne robert grosted groundiþ [[Grossetête.]] þis pleynly þat siche prelatis þat leuen to preche þus cristis gospel ben more abhominable and enemys of god & his peple þan weren þe cursed men of sodom & gomor. & siþ god seþ bi þe prophete þat euyl prestis ben cause of fallynge of þe peple, alle manere men ben bounde to amende þis defaute; for ellis þei stonden not in goddis hestis ne charite. & here-fore gregory seiþ þat no man harmeþ more cristis [[Gregory.]]
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The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.
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Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by Trübner & co.,
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