<County: Lincolnshire>
<Code: L0550>
<MS reference: Cambridge, Corpus Christi College 32, part II, Hand B>
<Text: Commentary on the Pauline Epistles>


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<fol. 156ra><line 4><lat></lat> ¶ þerfore after þyn hardnesse & þi
herte obstynate ; þou tresoures to þee
wrathe in þe day of wrathe . & in þe
day of þe shewyng of goddis ri3t
wise dome ; þe whilke schal 3eelde
to eche man aftyr his werkys ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ To þem þat ben
of good werke aftyr þe pacyence of
god ; he schal 3eelde ioye & honour
& incorrupcioun to þem sekynge þe euer
lastynge lyf ¶ <lat></lat>
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Forsoþe to þem þt ben of strif
& þe whiche acorden not to soþnesse
but leeuyn to wickidnesse ; wrathe .
& indignacioun . tribulacyoun . & anguysch .
& to eche soule of man wirkyng euyll
first of þe iew & þe greek ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þerfore . ioye . & pece . & . wor
schipe to þe wirkynge good ; first
to þe Jew & aftyr to þe greke ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ for þer is none accepcyoun of persone by
for god ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ For alle þei þt haue synned wt-oute
þe lawe ; þei schal perysche wt-outen
þe lawe ; & alle þt haf synned in þe
lawe ; bi þe lawe þei schal be demyd
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¶ For þe hereres of þe lawe be
not ri3twise bi-for god ; but þe doars
of þe lawe schal be iustified ¶ <lat></lat>
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<fol. 156rb>Siþen þe folc þt has no lawe . kynde
ly do þo thynges þt ar of lawe . of su
che maner þey hafe no lawe ; þey ben
lawe to þemself . þe whiche shewyn
þe deede of þe lawe writen in þer hertis
þe conscience of þem 3eeldende witnes
to þem of þer thou3tys accusande or
defendande among þemself ; in þe
day þt god schal deme þe priuytees
of man aftyr myn ewangelye by
ihesu criste ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Jf þerfore þu art
surnamyd a Jew & restis in þe lawe
& Jo3es in god & knowes his will &
þu enfourmyd by þe lawe prouyst þe
profitabler~ thynges . & trestys þiselfe
to be leder~ of þe blynde ; li3t of þem
þt ben in derknesse ; & tristes to be techer
of þe vnwyse . & mayster of infauntys
hafande fourme of wisdam & soþnes
in þe lawe ; þerfore þu þt techist an-oþer
whi techist þu not þiself ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ & þu
þt prechest not to stele ; why stelist þu
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¶ þu þt seist not to do leccherye ; why
doist þu leccherye ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þu þt wlatist
ydolys ; why doist þu sacrilege ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þu þt hast ioye in þe
lawe ; whi vnworschipist þu god
by brekyng of þe lawe ¶ <lat></lat>
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þerfore þe name
of god is blasphemyd by 3ou among
þe folc ; as it is writen ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Circumcisioun certys
profitis if þu kepe þe lawe ; forsoþe
if þu be breker~ of þe lawe . þyn
circumcysioun is maad prepucye . ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þerfore if prepucye kepe þe ri3twis
<fol. 156va>nesse of þe lawe is not his prepucie
to beholdyn in-to circumcisioun<lat></lat>
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¶ And þe prepucye parformande þe
lawe . þt is of kynde schal it not de
me þee þe whiche art breker~ of
þe lawe be lettre & circumcysioun //
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¶ þerfore he is
not a Jew . þt in apert is onely nor
þt circumcysioun is . þt is openly in þe
flesch don ; but he is verre iew þe
whiche is in priue ; & circumcysioun of
þe herte is in spirite not in lettr~
Of þe whiche circumcysioun perysyng
is not of man but of god
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¶ þerfor what
thyng is more in þe iew ; or
what profite is circumcysyoun<lat></lat>
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¶ Myche bi alle manere
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¶ First namely for goddes
speches be tane vn-to þem <lat></lat>
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¶ What þof
som of þem leeuyd not <lat></lat>
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¶ Wheþer þe vnbelefe of þem hafe voy
dyd þe feiþ of god <lat></lat> ¶ God schel
de ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Forsoþ god
is verrey ; eche man lyer~ ; as it is
writen <lat></lat>
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¶ ¶ þt þu be
maad ri3twis in þi woordis ; & þt þou
ouercome whan þu art demyd <lat></lat>
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¶ þerfore if <gap>
our~ wickidnesse comende þe ri3twis
nesse of god ; what schal we sayn //
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¶ Wheþer god be euyl þe whiche bryn
gys in wrathe . þt is to sey dampna
cyoun<lat></lat> After mannus
vnderstandyng . J . sey ¶ <lat></lat> ¶ God
shilde ¶ <lat></lat>
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But if it be so
how schal god deme þis world
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¶ For if
in my lefyng þe soþnesse of god ha
bounde in-to Joþe of hym wherto
am J demyd til now as a synner~
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¶ And not as we
ar blasfemyd ; & ˆ [as] þey seyn vs to deþe
do we euyl þt goode thynges co
men ¶ <lat></lat>
¶ Of þe whiche dampnacyoun is ri3t
wise ¶ <lat></lat>
What schal we seye ; Ouergo we þen
ne+quaiþ ¶ Nay ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ We hafe sche
wid trewe cause & resoun all Jewys
& Grekys to be vndyr Synne as it
is writen ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ For
þer is none ri3twise ; nor þer is vnderstand
dende ; nor þer is any sekande god ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Alle
þei bowedyn to-gydere þei ar made vn
profitable ; þer is none þt dose good . þer is
none vn-to one ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þe
throte of þem is an opyn graue ; wt þer
tungys þei spekyn treccherously þe ve
nym of nedderys is vndyr þer tungys
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¶ þe mouþ of whom
is ful of waryenge & bitternesse ; þeir~ fete
swifte to schede þe blood ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Contricyon & vnblessydhed schal be
in þe weyes of þem ; þer is no drede of god by-
fore þer eþen ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ for
soþ we witen þt alle þo thynges þat þe
lawe spekys ; to þem it spekys þt ben in þe
lawe ; so þt eche mouþ of þe Jewis be stop
pid ; & þt al þe world be soget to god ; for
of deedis of þe lawe schal not be iustified
<gap> alle flesch by-for hym ; þt is euery
<fol. 157ra>man fleschly lifande for bi lawe only
is knowyng of synne ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ But now þe ri3t
wisnesse of god is schewyd wt-oute
þe lawe . ri3twisnesse J seþ witnes
sid of þe lawe & of prophetis ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þe ri3twisnesse þerfore
of god þt is by þe whiche we ben
iustified of god ; is by þe feyth of ihesu
criste in-to alle þem & aboue alle þem þe
whiche beleeuyn þe ioye of god / /
<lat></lat> ¶ For-why þer
is no dystynccyoun<lat></lat>
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¶ For alle þei hafe
synned & nedyn þe ioye of god þt is
þe forgifnesse of god ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þey be maad ri3twise
frely by þe grace of hym ; by þe redemp
cyoun . þt is ihesu criste ; whom þt is to sey
cryste god þe fadyr byfore sette mercyful
by þe feiþ in his blood to þe schewyng
of þe ri3twisnesse in þis tyme for þe
remyssyoun of Synnes gon byfore in
þe holdyng vp of god . þt he be ri3twise
& makyng ri3twyse hym þt is of feith
of ihesu criste ¶ <lat></lat> ¶ þu
Jew þerfore wher is þi ioye ¶ <lat></lat>
¶ Jt is excludid ¶ <lat></lat> ¶ by
what lawe ¶ <lat></lat> ¶ By þe lawe of
werkys ¶ <lat></lat> ¶ Nay ¶ <lat></lat> ¶ But by þe lawe of feiþ ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ We demyn þerfore a+man to ben
iustified by þe feyth wt-oute werkys
of þe lawe ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ wheþer of Jewys only god
is former~ ; wheþer he be not of þe folc
3is & of þe folc ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þerfore verrely one
is god ; þe whiche iustifyede circumcysion
of þe feith & prepucye by þe feiþ
<lat></lat> ¶ þerfore
destrye we þe lawe by þe feyth ¶ <lat></lat>
¶ God schilde ¶ <lat></lat>
<fol. 157rb>¶ But we stablyn þe lawe ; þt is we con
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¶ þerfor what
schal we sey . Abraham oure fadyr~ had
foundyn aftyr þe flesch ; þt is of þe
werkys of þe lawe
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¶ þerfore if abraham is iustefyed of þe
werkys of þe lawe ; he has ioye ; þt is of
hym-selfe but not by-for god ; þt is not of
god
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seþs holy writ ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Abra
ham trowyde to god ; & it is repute to
hym to ri3twisnesse ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ To hym forsoþe þt werkys mede schal
not be put to aftyr grace . but aftyr~
dette ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Forsoþe to
hym þt werkys not ; þt is fleschly werkys
of þe lawe
. but to þe leeuende in-to hym þe
whiche iustefyes þe wyckyd man ; þe feiþ
of hym schal be told hym to ri3twisnesse . after
þe purpose of þe grace of god . & as dauyd
seys ; þe blessydnesse to be of þt man to
whom god berys acceptable ri3twisnesse wt
oute werkys ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Blessid
be þei of whom þeir~ wyckydnessys ben
forgyuen ; & of whom þeyr~ synnes ar hyld
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¶ Blissid be þe man to whom god not put
tys to synne þt is to þe peyne ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þerfore dwellys only blessydnesse in circum
cysyoun or ellys in prepucye ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ we witen forwhy þt þe feith of Abra
ham is repute to ri3twisnesse ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ how þerfore is it repute ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Wheþer in circum
cysyoun or in prepucye ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Not in circumcysioun but in prepucye
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¶ And a tokne
he took of circumcysioun ; þt it be sygnacle
of ri3twisnesse þt is hafande a similitude
of a tokned thyng þt he be fadyr of
<fol. 157va>alle lefande þt is by feith þe whyche
was gyfen to hym in tyme of prepucye
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¶ And be it
told þem to ri3twisnesse . þt he be fadyr
of circumcysyoun ; not only to þem þe whiche
ben of circumcysyoun but to þem þt suyen
þe trasys of þe feyth ; þe whiche is in
þe prepucye of our~ fadyr Abraham
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¶ For-why not by þe
lawe is byheste maad to Abraham & to
hys seed . þt he wer~ heyr~ of þe world
but by þe ri3twisnesse of þe feiþ ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ But if þei þt
ben of þe lawe only ar heyres . þan is
þe feiþ auyntyscht . & byheste is do awey
<lat></lat> ¶ For þe lawe wer
kys wrathe ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ Wherfore wher þe lawe is
not ; nor preuaricacyoun is not ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þerfore eyres arn of þe
feiþ ; þt þe beheste be syker vnto ylke
seed ; not only to hym þe whiche is of þe
lawe . but to hym þe whiche is of þe feiþ
of Abraham ; þe whilke is fadyr of vs
alle as it is writen ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ For J haue stablyd
þee fadyr of mykyl folc bi-for god to
whom þu leeuedist ; þe whylke qwyke
nys þe deade ; & callys þoo thyngys þt
ben not as þo thyngys þt ben ¶ <lat></lat>
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¶ þe
whylke ageyn þe firste hope þt is of
natur~ trowyde in-to hope god byhe
tande ; so þt he schulde be made fadyr
of mykyl folc ; aftyr þt þt is seyd to hym
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¶ So schal þi seed be as þe sternys of heuen
and as grauell of þe see ¶ <lat></lat>

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<fol. 204va>swoor . & it schal not forthenke hym ; þu art
preest wt-oute ende ¶ J so myche Jhesuc is
maad a byhetere of affermour of a betere tes
tament ¶ & oþere certys manye ar made prestis
aftur þe lawe for þt þt thurgh deth þei schul
de be defendyd for-to dwell in þe lyf ¶ he
forsoþe in þt þt he dwellis wt-oute ende ; he
has euerlastande presthode . & of wheþyn he
may saue euer-more he goande hym hymself to
god euerlyfande to preye for vs ¶ for swyche
an holy innocent . impollute disseuerid fro
synnners & maad hey3ere þan heuyns ; it be
semyde þt he were bisschop to vs ¶ þt has not
nede eche day of what maner prestis first
for þeir owne trespas for-to offre hostis & aftur
for þe puple ¶ For þt dyde he onys offrende
hymself ¶ For þe lawe stablide men to be prestis
hauande þe syknes of synnyng & of dey3yng
¶ þe woord forsoþe of þe sweryng þt is aftur þe
lawe seid bi dd~ stablide þe sone parfite
wt-oute ende
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<lat></lat> A
chapitre forsoþe vp-on þoo thyngus þt ar seid
J make conteynande more worþili þe preysyng
of crist þan þe forseyd ¶ Swych a bisschop
wee han . þt has setyn wt-inne þe ri3t+halue
<fol. 204vb>of þe seete of magnytude þt is of þe god
hed in heuyns ¶ A mynystre of seyntus
& of a verray tabernacle þt god has ficchyd &
not man ¶ & þerfore eche bisschop is ordeynd
to offre 3iftus & hostis ; wherfore it is nede
& hym to haue sumwhat þt he offre ¶ þerfore
if he hadde ben vp-on þe erþe & wer~ not
preest when þer hadde ben oþere þt schuldyn
offre 3iftus aftur þe lawe þt seruyn fully
to exsaumple þt is to þe figure & to þe scha
dewe of heuynely priuytees as it answerde
to Moises when he schulde ende þe taber
nacle Looke he seis þt all thyngus þu do
aftur ye exsaumplarie þt is schewid to þee in þe
hill ¶ Now forsoþe Jhesuc has gotyn þe better
mynysterye in-so-myche as he is medyatour
of þe betere testament þt is confermyd in betere
byhestis ¶ forwhi if þe firste . þt is þe testa
ment hadde voided fro þe culpe ; certus of þe
secounde þe place schulde not be encr<?>rid
¶ for blamende þem he seis ¶ Lo þe dayes
schal come seis oure lord . & J endende schal
gyne a newe testament vp-on þe hous of
jhesuc & vp-on þe hous of Juda . Not aftur þe
testament þt J made to þeire fadyrs . when
J took þeir hand þt J schulde lede þem oute
of þe land of Egipt ¶ But for þei han not
dwellyd in my testament & J haue despisid

þem seis oure lord ¶ for þis is þe testament
þt J schal ordeyne to þe house of ihesuc aftur
þise dayes seis our~ lord in gyfynge my
lawys in þeire tho3tys ; & J schal wrytyn
a-boue þem in þeire hertis . & J schal bee to þem
in-to god & þei schal be to me in-to a puple .
& eche man schal not teche his ne3ebore
& eche man his broþer seyande ; knowe þu
oure lorde ; for all þei schal knowe me . fro
þe lesse to þe more of þem ; for J schal bee
mercyful to þeire wyckydnesses . & of þe syn
nys of þem J schal not now han mynde
¶ Jn seyande forsoþe þe newe testament
he maade oold þe formere ¶ þt forsoþe it
eeldys & waxis oold it is neegh to deth<rest of page in Latin>
<fol. 205ra><line 22><lat></lat> ¶ þe oolde testament hadde sum ty
me fleschly Justificacouns . but not verrey
nor gostly & holy wordly . but not gostly
holy wordly for it was chaungable & tro
wid to be holy ¶ þe firste tabernacle is
maad in whiche were þe chaundelabrys
& þe boord & settyng forth of þe louys . þe
whiche is seid holy ¶ Aftur þe veil forsoþe
þe secounde tabernacle þt is seid stan of seyntus
hauande a goldene censer ; & arke of þe
testament couerid a-boute on eche party
wt gold . in whiche was þe goldene huc
che hauende Manna . & þe 3erde of Aaron
þt braunchide & þe tablis of þe testament
vp-on here weryn þe cherubyn of glory
schadowynge þe propicyatorye . þt is þe ta
ble þt is on þe whicche of whiche it is
not me to seye by eche by þemselfe ¶ þise
thyngus forsoþe þus ordeynd in þe formere
tabernacle . certus euermore entridyn þe
preestis þe office of þe sacrifice fulfillande
or parformande ¶ Jn þe secounde forsoþe
tabernacle onely þe bisschop onys in þe
3eer not wt-oute blood þt he offris for
his & þe puplis ignoraunce ¶ þt thyng
betooknande þe holy gost þt þe weyes
of þe seyntus of þe secounde tabernacle
not 3it to be schewid opyn ; þe formere
tabernacle hauande 3it þe staat ¶ þe
whiche parable is of þe tyme now in
standende biside whiche parable 3iftus
& hostis arn offryd þt mown not make
þe seruande profit aftur þe conscy[e]nce ¶ þe
<fol. 205rb> seruande ; J sey only in metys & drynkys
& dyuerse baptymys & ri3twisnes of þe flesch
not of þe spyryt in sett to restreyne trans
gressyouns vn-to þe tyme of corpeccoun . þt is
þe tyme of grace ¶ For crist þe bisschop of þe goo
dys to come entride in-to þe tabernacle more not
maad wt mannus handys . large & more
parfyt þt is not of þis schap ¶ Nor thur3 þe
blood of bolys & of gayte & of caluere . but þurgh
his owne blood he entride in onys in-to stan
þe euerlastande redepconn founde ¶ for if þe
blood of gayt & of bolys & askis of þe hekfere
sprungyn halewis þe foylede to þe clansyng
of þe flesch ; Jn hou myche more þe blood
of crist . þt thurgh þe holy gost offryde hymselue
vndefoulyd to god schal clen3e our~ consciencys
fro deadly werkis to serue to god lyuande
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þerfore crist is a medyatour of þe newe testa
ment þt þei þt ben callyd take þe byheste of
aylastande heritage ; & þt thurgh þe deth
goande betwen in-to redempcoun of þe preuari
cacouns þt weryn vndyr þe formere testa
ment ¶ For where a testament is . it is nede
þt þe deth of þe testatour go between ; for þe
testament is confermyd in deade . or ellis it is
not worþi whil helynes þt makis it ¶ Wher
fore nor þe firste testament certus wt-out blood
is it halewyd ¶ For al þe maundement of
þe lawe red of Moises to al þe puple he ta
<fol. 205va>kande þe blood of Caluere & of gayt wt water
& þe wolle colourid wt kok & þsope þt same
book & al þe puple he spryngus seyande
¶ þis is þe bloold of þe testament þt god has
bydyn to vs ; þe tabernacle & alle þe ves
selys of þe mynysterye also wt blood he
spryngede . & almost all thyngus ar clen
syd in þe blood aftur þe lawe ; & wt-outyn
schedyng of blood is maad no remyssyoun
¶ þerfore it is nede certus þe exsaumplarijs or fy
guris of heuynly thyngus to be clensyd
wt þise ¶ But þe heuynly thyngus forsoþe
it is nede to be clensid wt betere hoostis þan
þise ¶ For Jhesuc entride not in handely maad
seyntus þt only arn þe exsaumplarijs of verrey
seyntus ; but he enterde in-to þt heuyn . so þt
he apere to þe presence of god for vs ¶ Nor
he aperyde so þt he 3erne offre hymself as
of what maner þe bisschop of þe lawe entride
in stan<?> sconrr<?> by eche 3eer in ooþer blood ¶ Ellis
it hadde behouyd hym 3erne to han suffrid
fro þe begynnyng of þe world ¶ Now for
soþe he aperyde onys by his hoost to þe for
doyng of þe synne in þe consummacoun of þe
worldys . þt is to seye in þe laste age of þe
world & to þt maner it is ordeynd to men
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<fol. 205vb><line 6><lat></lat> ¶ Aftur þis dome forsoþe
so & crist is onys offryd to qwenche þe
synnus of manye ¶ Jn þe secounde forsoþe
comyng of dome ; he schal apere to þe a
bydande hym in-to þe hole of þe wt-oute Synne
¶ For þe lawe hauende þe schadewe of þe
goodis to come not þt ymage of thyngus
neuer may it make parfit þe goyng by
eche 3eerys in stan<?> sconrr<?> wt þe same hostys
þt þei offren in-defynently ¶ Ellis if þei
schulde be maad perfit þei schulde cese to
offre in þt þt þei schulde han no conscynce
ouer of synne ; þe worschipis onys clensid
¶ But in þe commemoracoun of synnus by sen
gule 3eeris is don ¶ For it is impossible wt
þe blood of bolys & of geyte þe synnus to
be don a-wey ¶ þerfore god entrende in-to
þe world seis ¶ þe host & þe oblacoun þu nol
dist þe body forsoþe þu schapedist to me
þe holocaustomys for þe synne pleside not
to þee ¶ & yanne J seyde lo J come ¶ for of
me it is wrytyn in þe bed of þe book þt . J .
do þi wil . for þu art my god ¶ Aboue þe
prophete seyande ; þu noldist oblacouns &
holocaustomys for þe synne ; nor þei been
plesande to þee þt ar offrid aftur þe lawe
¶ þenne J seyde ¶ lo J come þt J do þi wille
þu god þe fadyr ¶ he dose a-wey þe
firste þt he stable þe suande þt is þe
newe sacrifice in whiche wil wee ar ha
lewyd onys thurgh þe oblacoun of þe
body of Jhesu crist ¶ & certys eche prest is redy
eche day mynystrande & þe same hostys
3erne offrende . þt mown neuer do awey
synnus ¶ he forsoþe crist oon host offrande
for þe synnus he sittus on þe ri3t half of god
wtoute ende ; abydande fro heþyn-for
þe-ward til hise enemys be sette þe benk
of hise feet ¶ ¶ for thurgh oon oblacoun he
fulfilde hise halwide wt-oute ende ¶ &
þer witnessis vs forsoþe þe holy gost . for
after þt he hadde seyd . þis forsoþe is þe
testament þt J schal gyfe witnesse to þem
aftur þoo dayes seis oure lord ¶ Jn gyf
ande my lawys in þeire hertis & J schal
aboue wryte þem in þeire tho3tis & of þe
synnus & of þe wickidnesses of yem now J .
schal no more han mynde ¶ Where forby
is þe forgyuenesse ; of þem is not now ob
lacoun to be maad for þe synne