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Primo considerandum est A quo missus est; Secundo, quot modis missus est; iijo, quo tempore missus est; iiijo, quociens missus est; vjo, in quo missus est; vijo, ad quos missus est; octauo, propter quid missus est. Primo A quo missus est.
As to the furst, knowe [s]hun ȝe,
from whom the Holy Gost was sent,
from the fader, as rede we,
and from the son also he went,
from whom the Holy Gost was sent,
from the fader, as rede we,
and from the son also he went,
And him-self proferde he thoo,
als our doctours han vs kent,
so was he sent from all tho
to his discipuls to-ȝeder. lent.
als our doctours han vs kent,
so was he sent from all tho
to his discipuls to-ȝeder. lent.
That he fro the fader come
Sayn witnes, as ȝe schun se,
and sais, ‘the fader of rightwis dome
will send his gost to his men-ȝe.’
Sayn witnes, as ȝe schun se,
and sais, ‘the fader of rightwis dome
will send his gost to his men-ȝe.’
Iohannis xvio: Cum Autem venerit ille spiritus veritatis, docebit omnem veritatem.
then tretes a doctour opon this
and sais, ‘the holy trinite
And godhede þat vnchangeable is,
in substance non but one is he,
and sais, ‘the holy trinite
And godhede þat vnchangeable is,
in substance non but one is he,
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‘and in this werk forsoth i-wis
may not be twynnet, leue ȝe me,
in wille, in might, & eke in blisse,
all bien one ther persones three.
may not be twynnet, leue ȝe me,
in wille, in might, & eke in blisse,
all bien one ther persones three.
‘the trinite thurgh his mercy
Deuyset this werk thurgh his might,
mon-kind of bale for to bye,
this as ȝe schun se in sight;
Deuyset this werk thurgh his might,
mon-kind of bale for to bye,
this as ȝe schun se in sight;
‘that the fader alweldyng
Schuld suffre mercy to be wroght;
The son shewde hit at his comyng,
when that he on rode was broght;
Schuld suffre mercy to be wroght;
The son shewde hit at his comyng,
when that he on rode was broght;
‘Also the Holy Gost in confermyng
of that be-for so don and thoght
Schuld make our hertes hote brennyng
qven that bote to vs wer broȝt.’
of that be-for so don and thoght
Schuld make our hertes hote brennyng
qven that bote to vs wer broȝt.’
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