The Lay Folks' Catechism, or the English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for the People Together with a Wycliffite adaptation of the same, and the corresponding canons of the council of Lambeth. With introduction, notes, glossary, and index, by the late Thomas Frederick Simmons ... and Henry Edward Nolloth |
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ne loue hym ne serue hym. as þey schold do.
as þayr dedys often tyme opunly schewys
in gret perel of þaym to lyf and to sowle.
and paraventure þe cawse may be in ham ;
þat han here sowlys to kepe. and schulde teche þaym.
as prelatys. persons. and vycars. and oþer prestys.
þat haue take þat offyce. and ar holdyn be dette to lere þaym.
And no prestts may be excusid ffor be trew dette þey holdyng to teche þaym
And þerfore oure fadyr þe archiepyschop wylle þat alle men knowe god
and be saf. for Seynt Poul. seys of god ;
as þayr dedys often tyme opunly schewys
in gret perel of þaym to lyf and to sowle.
and paraventure þe cawse may be in ham ;
þat han here sowlys to kepe. and schulde teche þaym.
as prelatys. persons. and vycars. and oþer prestys.
þat haue take þat offyce. and ar holdyn be dette to lere þaym.
And no prestts may be excusid ffor be trew dette þey holdyng to teche þaym
And þerfore oure fadyr þe archiepyschop wylle þat alle men knowe god
and be saf. for Seynt Poul. seys of god ;
| The Lay Folks' Catechism, or the English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for the People | |