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

heuenely þingis & kunnynge of erþely þingis to reule goddis peple bi, & not richessis, ne worldly substaunces, [sustenaunces X.] ne worldly glorie, ne vnresonable vengaunces of here enemys, ne long lif in þis world, as kyng samon [salamon AA.] dede, & þerfore god ȝaf him wisdom of heuenely þingis & of erþely þingis & richessis & substaunce & glorie, þat neuere kyng bi-fore hadde so moche ne aftir. ¶ Also so [omitted X.] kyngis & lordis schulden be cloþid wiþ [Job xxix. [14 etc.]] riȝtwisnesse & riȝtful dom as wiþ a diademe, & be eiȝe to a blynd man & foot to þe crokid or haltynge, & be fadir of pore men, & wiþ most diligence sike þe cause þat þei knowe not, & defoule & distroie þe power of a wickid man, & take a-wey þe prey out of his teeþ; & whanne þei sitten as kyngis [lyngis X.] & compaynes stonden aboute þei schulden [be] confortours of mornynge men & men ful of myscheyf, & delyuere pore men criynge, & fadirles children & moderles þat han noon helpe, & so haue blyssynge of him þat was in poynt to perische, & conforte þe widwis herte. þes goodnessis & many moo vsed þe holy kyng iob, & ben in holy writt for ensaumple of kyngis & lordis. Also god him self seiþ bi ieromye þat [Jerem. xxii. 3. 5.] he schal take vengaunce on hem þat demeden not riȝthfully þe cause [omitted X.] of widwe, þe cause of fadirles & modirles, & þe cause of pore men. Also god hym self seiþ [omitted X.] by ysaie, þat princes [Isaiah i. [16.]] schullen cesse to don euele & lerne to do wel, & seke dom, & helpe men oppressid wrongly, & ȝeue dom to fadirles & modirles, & meyntene þe widwe, & come & reproue him; þat is to seie, but ȝif he þan helpe hem. & þerfore seiþ holy writt [Prov. xx. [28.]] þat mercy & trewþe kept of kyngis, & his trone is maade strong bi mekenesse [page 194] & mercy, & þe kyng þat sittiþ in sete of [Prov. xx. 8.] dom distroieþ alle euyl in his lokynge, & so it plesiþ more to god to do mercy & dom þan to do sacrifices; & þus salamon [Prov. xxv. 5.] seiþ, þat þei þat don wickedly ben abhominable to þe kyng, for his sete is maade stable bi riȝtwisnesse; & þus seiþ dauid, [Psalm xcix. 4.] þat þe honour of þe kyng loueþ dom; & for þe riȝtful & witti dom þat salamon dide bitwixen tweie comyn wymmen, alle
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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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