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

alle prestis ben chargid to preche þe gospel. Also god seiþ be þe prophete, þat lippis of a prest kepen kunnynge of [[Malachi ii. 7.]] goddis lawe, & men seken the lawe of his mouþ, for he is an aungel of þe lord of compaynes. an aungel is a messager, þanne siþ þe prest generaly is a messager of god he mot schewe his message, þat is þe gospel, in whiche is perfitly teld goddis wille; and gregory vpon þe gospel proueþ wel þat eche prest mot preche, haue he litel kunnynge or moche. ¶ Also gregory seiþ in þe popis lawe, þat who euere comeþ to prestod takiþ þe office of a bedele or criere to goo bi-fore þe dredful doom [omitted X.] of god; and [omitted X.] as in þe olde lawe þe prest schulde die ȝif he ne entrid in-to a sanctuarie wiþ-outen noyse, so in þe lawe of grace ȝif a prest be doumb of þe prechynge he stereþ goddis wratþe vpon hym. & siþ men ben gretly cursid þat don aȝenst þe popis lawe, as men seyn, & þis is a grete popis lawe, groundid on goddis lawe & reson & charite, moche more ben þei cursed þat don aȝenst þis lawe. ¶ Also ierom seiþ þat prestis owen to preche bifore bischopis, & þei owen to be glad þerof for þat is here worschipe. ¶ Also austyn in a sermon seiþ þat eche man is holden to teche þe good þat he can; ȝe, þouȝ he kunne litel. ¶ Also it is a gret werk of mercy to teche men þe riȝtte weie to heuene, & eche man is holden bi comaundement of god to do werkis of mercy; þan is eche prest holden to teche þe gospel, þat is þe riȝt weie to heuene. ¶ Also in þe holde lawe a man is holde to brynge þe beste of his enemye in-to þe ryȝtte weie; [[Exodus xxiii. 4.]] moche more is a man holden to brynge his broþeres soulis out of synne in-to good weie to heuene ward. And bi þis reson alle cristis enemyes weren stoppid to speke aȝenst him [[Mark iii. 4.]] whanne he helid a sik man vpon þe sabaat day, as þe gospel telliþ. ¶ Also þat riche man is out of charite þat helpiþ not his broþer in bodely nede, ȝif he may wel, as ioon þe [[1 John iii. 17.]] euaungelist seiþ; myche more is a man nedid bi charite to releue his broþeres soule out of myschif of synne, ȝif he haue kunnynge of goddis lawe. ¶ Also men demen [page 68] it a grete
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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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