[verse 4] as present [P folio 46b] þilke þat haþ y-don so, in þe nome of oure Lord Iesu Crist, whan ȝe beþ y-gedered to-gedere in my spiryt, wiþ [verse 5] þe vertu of oure Lord Iesu, to take þilke man to Satanas in slauȝt of his flesch, þat þe spiryt be saf in þe day of oure Lord Iesu Crist. [verse 6] Ȝoure ioyynge ne is noȝt good. Ne [S folio 40b] knowe ȝe noȝt þat a lytel sowrdowȝ [dowȝ repeated in the margin, 1st corr. (?) S.] schendeþ al-to-geder? [verse 7] Þerfore make ȝe clene ȝoure olde sowrdowȝ, þat ȝe ben a newe spryngenge to-gedere, as ȝe beþ þerf. For Crist is y-offred, [verse 8] oure astur-lomb [after lomb P.] : & þerfore ete we, not in þe olde sowrdowȝ, ne in sowrdouȝ of malyce, ne of wykkednes, bote in þerfnes of clernes & of trewþe. [verse 9] Y wrot to ȝow in an epystel þat ȝe ne [verse 10] medle noȝt wiþ lecchoures, ne wiþ none lecchoures of þis world, ne wiþ coueytous men, ne wiþ rafeneres, ne wiþ hem þat serfeþ mawmetes; for wharto schulde ȝe elles haue y-gon [verse 11] out from þe world: & now ych hafe y-wryte to ȝou þat ȝe ne medle noȝt wiþ hem; & ȝif he þat is y-cleped a broþer of ȝow is a lecchour, oþer a coueytous man, oþer serfynge to maw|metis, oþer a mysseggere, oþer dronkelew man, oþer a rafeyner; ne ete ȝe noȝt [ne ete ȝe noȝt repeated in the margin, 1st corr.(?) S.] wiþ such a manere man. [verse 12] & what is þat to me for-to demen of þilke þinges þat beþ wiþouten-forþ? Ne deme ȝe noȝt of [of inserted above the line, S.] þilke þinges þat beþ wiþinne-forþ? [verse 13] For þilke [P folio 7] þat beþ outen-forþ God schal deme. Doþ a-wey þat þing þat is efel from ȝow-selfen.
[verse 1] And dar þer any of ȝow, þat haþ any þing a-ȝeyn oþer, ben y-demed to-fore wikked men & noȝt to-fore goode men? [verse 2] Wheþer ȝe ne knowen noȝt þat goode men habbeþ to demen þis word? & ȝif þis world schal ben y-demed in ȝow, be ȝe noȝt worþi to demen þe leste þinges? [verse 3] Ne knowe ȝe noȝt þat we schulleþ demen angeles? [verse 4] How muche more þanne wordlyche þinges. & þerfore ȝif ȝe habbeþ wordlyche domes [S folio 41] a-mong ȝow, þilke þat beþ y-left worþi a-mong ȝou, ordeyneþ hem for to demen [For for to demen P. has to comen.] . [verse 5] To ȝoure schame y sugge it. Is þer no wys man of ȝow þat may [verse 6] demen by-twene hym & his broþer, bote on broþer st[r]yueþ [verse 7] in dom wiþ his broþer, & þis is a-mong mysbylefed men?
