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Wycliffe's English Translation (1388)
Wyc
The First Book of Clement
1Clem
[1]Therfor, hooli britheren, and parceneris of heuenli cleping, biholde ye the apostle and the bischop of oure confessioun, Jhesu, [No book]
[2]which is trewe to hym that made hym, as also Moises in al the hous of hym. [No book]
[3]But this byschop is had worthi of more glorie than Moises, bi as myche as he hath more honour of the hous, that made the hous. [No book]
[4]For ech hous is maad of sum man; he that made alle thingis of nouyt is God. [No book]
[5]And Moises was trewe in al his hous, as a seruaunt, in to witnessyng of tho thingis that weren to be seid; [No book]
[6]but Crist as a sone in his hous. Which hous we ben, if we holden sad trist and glorie of hope in to the ende. [No book]
[7]Wherfor as the Hooli Goost seith, To dai, if ye han herd his vois, nyle ye hardne youre hertis, [No book]
[8]as in wraththing, lijk the dai of temptacioun in desert; [No book]
[9]where youre fadris temptiden me, and preueden, and siyen my werkis fourti yeeris. [No book]
[10]Wherfor Y was wrooth to this generacioun, and Y seide, Euere more thei erren in herte, for thei knewen not my weies; [No book]
[11]to whiche Y swore in my wraththe, thei schulen not entre in to my reste. [No book]
[12]Britheren, se ye, lest perauenture in ony of you be an yuel herte of vnbileue, to departe fro the lyuynge God. [No book]
[13]But moneste you silf bi alle daies, the while to dai is named, that noon of you be hardned bi fallas of synne. [No book]
[14]For we ben maad parceneris of Crist, if netheles we holden the bigynnyng of his substaunce sad in to the ende. [No book]
[15]While it is seid, to dai, if ye han herd the vois of hym, nyle ye hardne youre hertis, as in that wraththing. [No book]
[16]For summen heringe wraththiden, but not alle thei that wenten out of Egipt bi Moises. [No book]
[17]But to whiche was he wraththid fourti yeeris? Whether not to hem that synneden, whos careyns weren cast doun in desert? [No book]
[18]And to whiche swoor he, that thei schulden not entre in to the reste of hym, not but to hem that weren vnbileueful? [No book]
[19]And we seen, that thei myyten not entre in to the reste of hym for vnbileue. [No book]
Author: John Wycliffe (1328 – 1384)
Translation: Charles H. Hoole (1885)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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