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| [1]But we helpynge monesten, that ye resseyuen not the grace of God in veyn. |
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| [2]For he seith, In tyme wel plesinge Y haue herd thee, and in the dai of heelthe Y haue helpid thee. Lo! now a tyme acceptable, lo! now a dai of heelthe. |
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| [3]Yyue we to no man ony offencioun, that oure seruyce be not repreued; |
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| [4]but in alle thingis yyue we vs silf as the mynystris of God, in myche pacience, in tribulaciouns, |
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| [5]in nedis, in angwischis, in betyngis, in prisouns, in dissensiouns with ynne, in trauels, in wakyngis, in fastyngis, |
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| [6]in chastite, in kunnyng, in long abiding, in swetnesse, in the Hooli Goost, |
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| [7]in charite not feined, in the word of treuthe, in the vertu of God; bi armeris of riytwisnesse on the riythalf and on the lefthalf; |
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| [8]bi glorie and vnnoblei; bi yuel fame and good fame; as disseyueris, and trewe men; as thei that ben vnknowun, and knowun; |
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| [9]as men diynge, and lo! we lyuen; as chastisid, and not maad deed; |
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| [10]as sorewful, euere more ioiynge; as hauynge nede, but makynge many men riche; as no thing hauynge, and weldynge alle thingis. |
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| [11]A! ye Corynthies, oure mouth is open to you, oure herte is alargid; |
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| [12]ye ben not angwischid in vs, but ye ben anguischid in youre inwardnessis. |
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| [13]And Y seie as to sones, ye that han the same reward, be ye alargid. |
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| [14]Nyle ye bere the yok with vnfeithful men. For what parting of riytwisnes with wickidnesse? or what felouschipe of liyt to derknessis? |
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| [15]and what acording of Crist to Belial? or what part of a feithful with the vnfeithful? |
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| [16]and what consent to the temple of God with mawmetis? And ye ben the temple of the lyuynge God, as the Lord seith, For Y schal dwelle in hem, and Y schal walke among hem; and Y schal be God of hem, and thei schulen be a puple to me. |
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| [17]For which thing go ye out of the myddil of hem, and be ye departid, seith the Lord, and touche ye not vnclene thing; |
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| [18]and Y schal resseyue you, and schal be to you in to a fadir, and ye schulen be to me in to sones and douytris, seith the Lord almyyti. |
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