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

of purgatorie him lackiþ charite, & ȝif he haue not power to delyuere alle þan is he out of charite & disceyuere of mannus soule, siþ he techiþ þat his gostly tresour es endles meche, & is neuere þe lesse þouȝ he partid it generaly among alle. ¶ Also it passeþ mannus knowynge what is goddis dom to suche soulis, þanne it semeþ a gret pride for a synful man to make hym certeyn & maistire of goddis dom þat he knowiþ not. ¶ Also þes pardons gon not for charite but for worldly drit as it semeþ, for ȝif pardon schulde be grauntid it schulde be graunted for to make pees & charite, & not for to make discencion & werris, & o cristene man to slen his broþer; & for to stire men to kepe goddis hestis, not to do aftir singuler wille or worldly profyt of synful men þat seken here owene worschipe or worldly wynnynge more þan sauyng of cristene soulis; & for to seie þe pater noster þat crist made hym self, & not for singuler preieres made of vs self [page 86] for loue of an erþely kyng; but in al þis is þe contrarie don as men seyn in dede, wherfore it is al out of charite & þan it is nouȝt worþ. ¶ Also ȝif þis pardon be an heuenely ȝiefte & gostly it schulde be ȝeuen frely as crist techiþ in þe gospel, & not for money ne worldly goodis ne fleshly fauour; but ȝif a riche man wol bie dere þe bulle, he schal haue a bulle of pardon wiþ þousand ȝeris þouȝ he be cursed of god for his synful lif, & a pore bederede man þat haþ no money & may not traueile to rome or to suche anoþer place, he schal haue no pardon of þe pope, þouȝ he be holy & ful of charite: þan siþ þis pardon schulde be frely ȝouen, ȝif þer ony suche be, it is þefte [&] roberie to take þus myche gold þer-fore; but here ypocritis seyn þat þei taken no þing for pardon but for þe bulle þat is selid: certis a litel deed leed costiþ many þousand pond bi ȝere to oure pore lond, sikire þei disceyuen þe peple & iapen hem, for þei sillen a faat goos for litel or nouȝt, but þe garlek costiþ many shillyngis. ¶ Also þis feynd pardon disceyueþ many men, for riche men tristen to flee to heuene þer-bi wiþ-outen peyne & þer-fore dreden synne þe lesse, & of verrey contricion & leuynge of synne & of doynge almes to
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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.,
1880.

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