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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And yf we wyl come þe ioye þat y (haue) spokyn of.
vs be-houys to know god almyȝty.
þe whyche principaly may be schewyd in þese vj thyngys
In þe xiiij poyntis of þe feyþ.
In þe ten comaundementys þat god has comaundyd to vs.
In þe .vij. Sacramentys þat be in holy chyrche
In þe seuen dedys of mercy to oure euyn-crystyn.
In þe .vij. vertues þat yche man schuld vse.
and in þe seuyn dedly synnes ; þat yche man schuld refuse.
And he byddys. and comaundys in al þat he may.
þat alle þat has kepyng or cure vndyr hym.
schuld comaund and charge here parochenys and sogettys
þat þey here and lere ; þese sex thyngys.
and ofte reherce hem tyl þey cun hem.
and sethen teche hem to here childyr yf þey ony haue.
what tyme þey be of elde.
And þat personys vicars and parysch prestys
a-spye besily of here sugetys in þe lentun tyme
vs be-houys to know god almyȝty.
þe whyche principaly may be schewyd in þese vj thyngys
In þe xiiij poyntis of þe feyþ.
In þe ten comaundementys þat god has comaundyd to vs.
In þe .vij. Sacramentys þat be in holy chyrche
In þe seuen dedys of mercy to oure euyn-crystyn.
In þe .vij. vertues þat yche man schuld vse.
and in þe seuyn dedly synnes ; þat yche man schuld refuse.
And he byddys. and comaundys in al þat he may.
þat alle þat has kepyng or cure vndyr hym.
schuld comaund and charge here parochenys and sogettys
þat þey here and lere ; þese sex thyngys.
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and sethen teche hem to here childyr yf þey ony haue.
what tyme þey be of elde.
And þat personys vicars and parysch prestys
a-spye besily of here sugetys in þe lentun tyme
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