A ceu iur vout apertementLa foi fermer de tute gent.
]Line 1444 Wiþ his disciples he set þoAs he was er I-wont to do,And sette tweyne & tweyne to gonȜond al þe world, to prechen vchonLine 1448 To alle schaft and to alle wihte—Þat is to mon þorw rihte [1449-50 om. in H.Fr. A universe creature, (cf. Marc. 16)Cest a homme par droiture] —Þat heo bi-leeuen in godes sone—þat is, in him [r. he] —And þat vche mon folwede him, [r. fulwed be;Fr.
Kil en le fiz deu creus|sentE baptizez tuz feus|sent.
]Line 1452 In þe ffader [nome] and in þe sone alsoAnd in þe holy gost þat glit of hem bo;ffor hose neore I-boren eft at þe frome,In to heuene ne miȝte he neuer come;Line 1456 Ac þulke þat beþ I-fulwed in Riht bi-leeueSchulen beo brouȝt in Godes [r. gode Fr. Serrunt mis en sauvetez.] bi-heue.Wel openliche he scheweþ vs þerforeÞat vche mon mot eft ben I-bore.Line 1460 And ȝif we schulen eft I-boren ben,We mote comen of sume [MS. sunne; cf. Fr.:
Mes puske rene serrum,Eugendrure averum,Cest del ewe e del esprit,Ou nus engendra ihesu crist.
] streon:Þat is þe water of vertu,Þer vs gostliche streneþ swete Ihesu;Line 1464 And whon he vs haþ so strened, I-wis,fforsoþe vre ffader he is,And þenne we alle his children beþ.Sikerliche, vnwrestliche he deeþLine 1468 Þat such ffader ne loueþ wiþ al his þouȝt!He ne eet of þe Appel riht nouȝt:Baldeliche we mouwe þorw him craueVre Rihtes in heuene to haue;Line 1472 ffor he haþ alle þe lawen I-wyst, [or. wust] —Of O poynt ne haþ he mist,—Þat neuere neore I-wust ne I-holdeEr [H. hent] he him-self comen wolde.Line 1476 Þe fforme Mon þat of eorþe com,Brouȝt vs werre, and pees bi-nom:Þat oþur Mon from heuene com wiþ meynAnd haþ I-ȝolden vre pees aȝeyn.Line 1480 ffleschliche was þe forme mon,Þat muche wo vs brouȝte vppon,Þat was out of paradys I-pult,
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