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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The ferþe ys þe sacrament of þe awter
cristys owne body in lyknesse of bred.
ryȝt as he tok yt. of þe blyssyd Maydyn Marie
whiche euery man þat ys of elde ;
owe to resseyue onys in þe ȝere.
þat ys to seye at Paske as holy chirche vsyþ.
whan þey ar clensyd clene of synn thorwȝ penaunce.
vp[on] peyne of doyng out of holy chirche.
but ȝif þey for-bere yt for ony skylful cawse.
þat owyþ for to be knowyn to hym þat schal ȝeue hyt.
For he þat takys yt worthyly takys hit to hys saluacioun.
And who þat takys yt vnworþily ; he takyþ hit to his da[m]pnacioun
cristys owne body in lyknesse of bred.
ryȝt as he tok yt. of þe blyssyd Maydyn Marie
whiche euery man þat ys of elde ;
owe to resseyue onys in þe ȝere.
þat ys to seye at Paske as holy chirche vsyþ.
whan þey ar clensyd clene of synn thorwȝ penaunce.
vp[on] peyne of doyng out of holy chirche.
but ȝif þey for-bere yt for ony skylful cawse.
þat owyþ for to be knowyn to hym þat schal ȝeue hyt.
For he þat takys yt worthyly takys hit to hys saluacioun.
And who þat takys yt vnworþily ; he takyþ hit to his da[m]pnacioun
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