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

come in to þe chirche, and þei shal not spare þe floc. & of ȝou silf shal rise wicked men, spekynge peruerse þyngis, so þat þei leden disciplis aftir hem. & herfore wake ȝee, & þenke onne hou bi þre ȝeer nyȝt & day y ceessede not bi teris monestynge ilche of ȝou; & now y commende ȝou to god and to word of [page 83] his grace, whiche is myȝty to edifye & ȝiue heritage in alle halewid. but siluer and gold or cloþ of non of ȝou coueytide I, as ȝee ȝoure self witen, for to neede of þingis þat i hauede and to hem þat weren wiþ me ministreden þise hondis, bi trauel þat i me self dide. alle þise þingis haue i shewid to ȝou, for men þat trauelen þus moten take sike men & helpe hem wiþ siche goodis, & haue mynde of þe word of þe lord ihesu, for he seyde þat it is more blissid more to ȝiue þen to take." Þise wordis of holi writt, siþ þei ben feyþ of cristen men, ben more to preyse þen alle propre rewel of þise newe ordris; for here autours weren lesse worþ, & hauen neede þat þe pope conferme hem. for poul was betere & myhtyere þen alle þe patrouns of þise new ordris; & non pope confermeþ holi writt, siþ it is first confermed of god. & noo drede poul telliþ here a rewele þat cristen men shulden holde, & first men may see here hou poul prophecyede soþ of comyng of þe newe sectis in-to þe chirche, boþe oon & oþer, & hou þei shal be wolues of raueyn & not spare þe floc þat þei ben inne; for what prelat or religiose spariþ to pile þe comune peple, but coueytiþ gold & siluer & cloþ, fare þe peple neuere so euele. as freris when þei beggen of men þenken not hou þei ben rychere þen pore men þat þei beggen of, þat hauen greet neede for hem & heoris to þyng þat freris tillen of hem, and certis þis spoylyng is falsere þen open raueyn of dai þeues. But poul tauȝte aftir hou he laborede, to ȝiue ensaumple to men aftir þat þei shulden not bilde hem castels & liue oon pore men bi beggerye. for it is boþe needeful to men to ȝiue & to take of here bretheren; but þe first condicioun is betere, & þerfore crist & poul useden it. and prelatis þat hauen cure of soulis loken hou scarsly þei may liue, & wiþ hou lytil of siche almes
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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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