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

for here owene blisse. but þis crist tauȝte neuere in al þe gospel & neuere vsed it, neiþer petir ne poul or ony oþer apostle of crist; & ȝit þei myȝtten, couden, & weren in most charite to teche & vse þis pardon ȝif þer had ben any siche, for in crist was alle manere of good lore & good lif & charite, & most aftir in his apostlis; & siþ crist fond & tauȝtte [page 85] al þat is nedful & profitable & he tauȝte not þis pardon, þann þis pardon nys neiþer nedful ne profitable. ¶ Also alle men þat ben in charite ben partyneris of cristis passion, & of alle goode dedis fro þe bigynnynge of þe world til þe last ende þer-of, bi þe most ryȝtful delyng of ihū crist as moche as it is ryȝtful, & more schal no man haue for no grant of ony [no X.; but corrected in margin.] creature of god; þan for þis popis graunt or bischopis neuere þe more of pardon. Þanne men ben grete foolis þat bien þes bulles of pardon so dere, & maken hem more bisy to geten hem þan to kepe þe hestis of god & to ȝeue here almes to þe most pore & nedi neiȝeboris; for it semeþ þat þei ben out of feiþ, hope & charite; for þei tristen to haue more þank to do here almes aftir synful mennus wille & techynge, ȝe to ryche houses or ryche men þat han no nede, þan for to do here almes aftir cristis techynge & to most nedy men. ¶ Also ȝif þe day of doom come bi-fore þes þousand ȝeer of pardon come out, þanne þes pardons ben false, for aftir þe dom schal be no purga|torie; but no man wot hou soone þe doom schal come; neþeles þe pope & his officeris in þes indulgences presumen to ben euene wiþ god in knowynge certeynly þe comyng of þe dom & in departyng of meritis to whom þat hem likiþ. But boþe þes ben enproprid to god, & þan it is blasphemye for ony creature to take þis to hym as doþ þe pope wiþ his meyne. ¶ Also it semeþ þat þe pope & his ben out of charite ȝif þere dwelle ony soule in purgatorie, for he may wiþ ful herte wiþ-outen ony oþer cost delyuere hem out of purgatorie, & þei ben able to resceyue suche helpe siþ þei ben in grace; þan ȝif he delyuere hem not out
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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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