<County: Northamptonshire>
<Code: L0562>
<MS reference: London, BL Add. 24202>
<Text: Treatise against religious orders>

<Tranche 1>
<fol. 38r>A-zEN FOR SEYNT POUL SEIy . yE SerUAUNT OF GOD IT IS . NOT NEDEFUL
TO STRYUEN BUT NOW-A-DAIES FOR GODDIS CAUSE . FOR SYnNE A-zEN HYM
WE STRIUEN NOT BUT FOR OURE OWNE CAUSE . FOR WRONG A-zEN VS-SELF
A-zEN HOLY WRIT yAT BIDDIy . SECHE yOU NOT VEnIANCE . NE HAUE
NO MYNDE OF yE WRONG OF yI CYTESEYNS / yANNE OURE BATEIL
BEN NOT AzEN yE ENEMYS OF GOD . yAT BEN OF MYSBILEEUE ; BUT
AzEN OURE NEYEBORES yAT BEN OF GOOD BILEUE . A-zEN HOLY WRIT
IN WHICH SEIy yE WISE MAN ON yIS WISE / WHO SO WIL BE VENGID
HE SHAL FYNDE VEnIAUNCE OF GOD . & KEPYNG HE SHAL KEPYN HIS SYnNES
FORzIF yI NEIEBORE yAT NOIEy yE ; & yANNE yE SYnNES yAT y\U PREIEST
FORE SHUL BEN FOR-zYUEN yE . *A+MAN RESERUEy IRE TO A+MAN ; & OF GOD
HE SECHIy FORzIFNESSE . yERFORE HAUE MYNDE ON yIN ENDE . & LEF OF TO
BEN ENEMY & SIyEN CriSTEN LORDIS . BERN yER SWERD TO ENCRESEN HOLY
CHIRCHE BI CHASTEISYNG OF GODDIS ENEMYS . & FOR GODDIS CAUSE .
FOR yE WHICHE ENCRESE MEN SHUL zELDE REKENYNG . AT yE DAY
OF DOM . AS SEYy SEYNT AUSTYN . & OyerE SEYNTIS . & NOW IN OUR~ TYME
WE SEEN OURE ENEMYS OF MYS-BILEEUE ENCRESEN IN SO MYCHE yAT
CRISTENDOM IS LASSE yAN IT WAS IN TYME OF yE FOURE DOCTOURES OF
HOLY CHIRCHE BI yE yRIDDE PART ; AS IT IS KNOWEN BI yE ENCREES
OF SARACENYS . zHE AND FORyERMOR yE ENEMYS OF GOD . NOT ONE#
LY WIy-OWTEN FORy ENCRESEN ; BUT ALSO WIy-InNE / AS BEN SYMONYE#
NES VSURERIS & APOSTATAS . yE WHICHE BEN yE CHEF CAUSE . OF ALLE
yE WERRIS AMONG MEN yANnE OURE LORDIS OUzTEN FOR TO DREDEn
yAT RIzT AS yER ELDRIS BEN SAUYD . FOR yE ENCRES OF HOLY CHIRCHE
BI DESTROIYnG OF SARACENYS . & BI LETTYnG SYMONYENES VSURERIS & A#
POSTATAS . TO DWELLE WIy-InNE yER LORDSCHIPIS / SO OURE LORDIS
BUT IF yEI BEN REPENTAUnT ER yEI DIEN . SHUL BEN DAmPNED / FIRST
FOR yEI LESEN yE CAUSE OF GOD A-zEN yE SARACENYS & OyerE ENEMYS
OF HYM & PURSUEN yER OWNE CAUSE IN DESTRUCCOnN OF yer NEYE#
BORIS & OF HEM-SELF yE SECOUNDE FOR yEI PURSUEN yER ENEMYS
WIy-OWTE FORy . & LEFEN TO PURSUEN yer MORE ENEMYS WIy-InNE
FORy . yE WHICHE BEN yer PRESTIS SYMONYENES . yer MARCHUNDIS
VSURERIS & yER RELIGIOUS . APOSTATAS / & yE yRIDDE FOR yEI SH#
WEN . BOyE IN WORD & DEDE yAT yEI LOUEN MORE yER BODIES . yAn
yER SOULIS & yEI LOOUEN MORE TEmPOREL GODIS & LORDSCHIPIS yAN
yer NEIEBORES BODIES OR SOULES A-zEN yE LOUE OF GOD : . yAT LOOYEy
ECHE CREATURE . AFTIR IS yAT HE HAy zYUEN IT GOODNESSE yANnE FOR
yE DEFAUTE yAT MEN DON NOT TO yE BATEILIS OF GOD : IS yE CAUSE
OF yIS VEnIANCE OF BATEILIS & PLEES AMONG VS-SELF / zHE &
SIyEN yE MACABEES SEIDEN IN WORD & IN DEEDE . yAT IT WAS
BETTerE TO yEM TO DIEN IN yE BATEILE OF GOD yAN TO SEEN yE
<fol. 38v>YUEL OF yer OWNE PUPLE : MYCHE MORE AUzTEN CriSTENE LORDIS TO SEYn
yAT IT WERE : BETTerE FOR HEM TO DIEN IN BATEILIS OF GOD . yAN TO
SEEN yE YUEL . yAT REGNEy NOW IN CriSTIS CHIRCHE . & TO SEEN yE
ENCRESE OF *SARACENYS : yAT BEN ENEMYES OF OURE BILEEUE & SI%#
yEN yOO BEN yE MOSTE CAUSE <gap> OF yIS DELFUL VEnIAUnCE OF BA#
TEILIS AMONG VS-SELF / yAT BEN MOSTE HOLDE TO DON yE GOSTLI BATEIL
OF GOD & DON yEM NOT . yE WHICHE BEN WORLDLY CLERKIS & WORLDLY
RELIGIOUS FOR yEI BEN MOST HOLDON TO DON PENAUnCE FOR yER OWNE
SYnNES . & FOR yE PUPLIS & MOST IN YDELNESSE LYUEN TO yE NURCH#
YNG OF yER FLEISH & MAYNTENAUnCE OF yer WORLDLY WORSCHIPIS yAN
WORLDLI CLERKIS & WORLDY RELIGIOUS BEN MOST CAUSE OF yES BA#
TEILIS BE-TWEN CriSTENE MEN / & yERFORE SEYy SEYNT GreGerI yAT yE
ENCHESOUn OF yE FALLYnG OF yE PUPLE BEN EUELE PreSTIS ; WHOM
yEI SERUEn FOR TO HAN yOO yAT BEN CRUEL LORDIS . yAT MAYN#
TENEN yAT . yAT NOW IS SACRILEGE . AL-yOF IN yer ELDRIS TYME
IT WAS ALMES DEDE . FOR yANNE yEI zEUEN POSSESSIOUnS TO
HOLI CHIRCHE . WERE ONELI SPENDID AMONG CriSTENE PORE MEN
& NEDI BUT NOW IT IS SPENDID IN MAYNTENAUNCE OF SYMONYE
& APOSTASIE & OyER GREUOUS SYnNES & yERFORE LORDIS IN yAT . yAT
yEI MEYNTENEN . yE FORSEID SACRILEGE . LETTYNGE yE BATEIL OF
GOD ; IT IS SKILFUL yAT yEI BEN PUNSCHID BI VIOLENT WIyHOLDInG
& TAKYNG AWEY OF yER TEMPOREL GOODIS BOyE MEBLIS & VN#
MEBLIS . yE WHICHE IS CAUSE OF yER BATEIL . FOR yAT yAT yEI ENNE#
NEMYN Oyer MEN IT IS SKILFUL yAT yEI BEn EnNENEMYD yEm-SELF &
yerFORE RIzT AS SIKENESSE <ct> <mrg>MAY NOT BE HALD TO yE TYME yAT yE CAUSE OF yE SIKNESSE</mrg> BE DESTROYID ; RIzT SO MAY NEUerE yIS GRE#
UOUS VEnIAUnCE OF BATEILIS CESEN . TO yE TYME yAT TEMPOREL POSSES#
SIOUnS BEN TAKEN A-WEY FRO SYMONYENES & APOSTATAS & zYUEN
TO HEM yAT BEN PORE <ct> <sup>&</sup> NEDY & MEMBRIS OF HOLY CHIRCHE : & TO WHOm
IT IS COUENABLE . SUCHE POSSESSIOUnS TO HAN FOR IN VEYN FOLOWEN
MEN OR LORDIS yer TITLE ANENTIS MAN TIL yEI HAN STABLID yer-TILE ANEn#
TIS GOD . yIS <sup>yE</sup> WICHE IS DOYNG IUSTICE VP-ON yE PUPLE / & FIRST VP#
ON yE PreSTIS OF yE CHIRCHE . AS CriST SHEWIDE IN DEDE . WHANNE HE EX#
SAUmPLIDE yE LORDSCHIPE . & yE REGALIE OF KYNGIS . AFTIR yAT HE HAD#
DE TAKYN HIS WORSCHIPE OF yE PUPLE . AS FOR KYNG OF ISRaeL . & VERY
SONE OF KYNG DAUIy / HE zEDE FIRST TO yE TEMPLE & PURGIDE IT
& SEIDE yAT HIS HOUS SHULDE . BEN CLEPID HOUS OF PreIERE : & NOT HOUS
OF MARCHAUnDISE / & yERFORE BIDDIy GOD BI yE ProPHETE EzECHIEL / yOO
yAT HAN POWER TO DON IUSTICE VP-ON HIS PUPLE . yAT yEI BEGYnNEn
IT FIRST . VP-ON HIS SEYNTUARIE / & yUS FOR yIS ENDE . yEI HAN yER LORD#
SHIPIS & yER POWER AS WITNESSIy DauiD IN+yE SAUTer BOOC . & SEYy . / /
/ *GOD zAF TO yEM REGIOUnS OF FOLK & yEI HADDEN TraUEILIS OF PUPLIS
<fol. 39r>FOR yEI SHULDEN KEPE HIS IUSTICE . & FOR yEI SHULDEN <ct> <sup>LOKE</sup> yAT HIS LAWE
WERE KEPT / & FOR IT IS GRET MerCY OF <ct> <sup>GOD</sup> yAT HE HAy zOUYN HIS POWER
OF VEnIAUnCE DOYNG FOR SYnNE . yAT FOR HIS HIS PUPLE . BI LITIL SUF#
FERAUnCE OF PEYNE zOUYn OF MAN . MYzTE SCAPEN yE MORE PEY=#
NE FOR yER SYnNE yAT SHULDE ELLIS BEN zOUE BI GOD ONE / FOR
AS SEYy SEYNT PETUR / IT IS HIDOUS & FERFUL TO FALLEN IN-TO yE
HONDIS OF GOD / yE WHICHE WHAnNE HE DOIy ENY-yING . BI HYM-
SELF ; HE DOIy PASSYnGLY / yerFORE WHANNE HE DOIy ENY VEnIAUNCE
BY HYM-SELF HE DOy IT PASSYNG<ct> <sup>LI</sup> yAT ONY MAN <ct> <mrg>MAY</mrg> OR CAN / yERFORE
MONn LORDIS SEEN . IF yEI CHASTISEDE HEM . yAT BEn MEN OF HOLY CHIR#
CHE . PUTTYNGE HEM IN yer DEGRE AS CriST ORDEYNEDE HEM WIy
TAKYNG A-WEY yE OCASIOUn OF yer SYnNE . yAnNE SHULDE OURE PEYNE
yAT WE HAN SERUYD FOR OUR~ SYnNE . BEN LESSE & GOSTLY BATEILIS
OF GOD BEN DON . OF yE CLERGIE & BODILY BATEILIS OF GOD BEN DON
MANLI OF SECULER LORDIS KNOWLECHI%NGE yE POWER OF GOD . WIy
MACABEIS . yE WHICHE PREISYNGE GOD . SEIDEN IT IS LIzT TO GOD TO
CLOSE MANYE MEN IN yE HONDIS OF FEWE / FOR IN MULTITUDE OF
yE HOST . IS NOT IN VICTORIE OF yE BATEILE . BUT FROM HEUENE IS STREnG#
yE & yANNE SHULDE yIS VEnIAUnCE OF BATEILE CESEN & ALLE OyERE .
<gap for initial capital> *E FERyE VEnIAUnCE IS NOW GENerAL DISCENCOUn yURz-OUT AL HOLY
CHIRCHE . OF WHICHE SPEKIy SEYNT POUL yE APOSTIL TO TESALONY#
SENCIS . SEYINGE IN yIS WISE / yAT yE DAY OF DOM SHAL NOT
COME BUT yer COME FIRST BI-FORN DISCENCOIUn & BE SHEWID yE MAN
OF SYnNE . yE SONE OF PerDICOUn . yE WHICHE IS ADUERSARIE & ENHAUN#
SID VP-ON AL yAT IS SEID GOD OR HERIED . SO yAT IN yE TEMPLE
OF GOD HE SHAL SITEN . SHEWYNG HYM-SELF AS yOz HE WERE GOD /
yANNE NOW CriSTENE MEN SHUL REDEN IN yIS VEnIANCE & VNDUR#
STONDE yAT SIyEN yIS VEnIAUnCE OF DISCENCOUn IS yE NEXT SIG#
NE GOYNG BEFORN ANtiCriST AS WITNESSEN yE FORSEID WORDIS OF
SEYNT POUL . / yERFORE RIzT AS yE COMYnG OF CriST WAS BI-FORN SEYnT
*JHON yE BAPTIST . IN TYME WHAN yer WAS PEES OUER AL yE WORLD .
AS WITNESSEy yE GOSPEL OF LUC . RIzT SO IN TYME OF DISCENCOUn OUER
AL yE WORLD SHAL ANtiCriST BEN PRECHID / NOT ON OON MESSAG~ ONELI.
AS CriST SEYy In *JHON yE BAPTIST / BUT IN MANYE MESSANGERIS
FUL OF DEUYSIOUn & EnUYE . TO yE MORE MAYNTENYNG OF yer SYMO#
NYE . & APOSTASIE . yANE WIy DOInG OF PENAUnCE / yEI SHUL NOT Pre#
CHEN ANtiCriST AS DIDE SEYNT *JHON CriST : BUT IN POmPE & PriDE OF yE
WORLD LETTYNGE In AL yAT yEI MONn MEN TO DON PENAUNCE IN
FOLOWInG OPENLI yE STEPPIS OF CriST . AS MEN MAI SE NOW-A-DAIES
yerFORE AS SEYNT *JHON PRECHIDE IN COMYnG OF CriST . yAT yE AX OF

<Tranche 2>
<fol. 53r>yE FIFTE MANer OF FOLK IS . yAT DEFENDEN TO zYUE TriBUTE TO LORDIS LEST
yEI yEI LESEN yer FLEISHLY FREDAM MORE CHARGYNG yE FREDAM OF
yE FLEISH . yAN yE FREDOM OF yE SPIRIT . AS DIDE yIS *JUDAS OF GALILE
WIy OyerE SCRIBIS & PHARISEES . yAT SOUzTEn OCCASIOUn HOW yEI MYzTEn .
DO CriST TO DEyE yE SEXTE MANER OF FOLC . IS yAT FEYNEN HEm-SELF
TO DON AL yING yAT yEI DON . IN yE GOSTLI SerUYSE OF GOD . FOR yEI
WOLDEN NOT TRAUEILEN WIy yER HONDIS . NE BEN SOGETIS TO LAWE OF
LORDIS AS yIS *JUDAS OF GALILE MOUYDE yE *JEWIS OF WHICHE MANER
OF MEn SPEKIy DAUID IN yE SAUTer SEIYNGE . yAT yEI BEN NOT IN yE
TRAUEILE OF MEN ; & WIy MEN yEI SHUL NOT BE SCURGID yAT IS TO SEIE .
yAT IS yURz IUSTISE OF SECULER LAWIS / & yerFORE HEELD HEM PriDE & BEN
COUerED IN yER SHREWIDNESSE / & yerFORE TELLIy DauiD yer DESTRUCCOUn In yIS
WISE . WHAT MANer WISE yEI BEN MAAD IN DESOLACOUn . SODEYNLI yEI
FAILEDEN FOR ER WICKIDNESSE . LORD AS SLEP OF MEN yAT RISEN IN
yE CITE : yer YMAGE yOU SHALT TURNE TO NOUzT / yAnNE SIyEN OURE RE#
LIGIOUS BEN OF yE FIRSTE MANer MEN NOT ONELI DEFENDInG yEM-SELF
& PreISYNG TO BEn CLEPID ProPHETIS IN yE PUPLE . BUT TO BEN CLEPID
MOST HOLY MEN yAT BEN LYUYNGE . zHE AS yEI SEYN BI MONYE IN
MANER OF LYUYnG FOR HOLIER yAN yE APOSTELIS . In-AS-MYCHE AS yE
APOSTELIS LYUEDEN NOT SO CONTEMPLATIF LIF AS DON OURE RELIGI#
OUS . NOW yAT NE CAREN NOT FOR yER BODILI LIFLODE . AS MUSTE NE#
DE yE APOSTELIS . FOR yER GRETE PORENESSE / & yIS yEI DEFENDEN WIy
MULTITUDE OF OyER MEN yAT yEI CLEPEN yER GOOD DOERIS . MORE
yAnNE BI RESOUn OF BILEEUE / AND ALSO SIyEN OURE RELIGIOUS BEN
OF yE SECOUNDE MANer OF MEN IN yAT . yAT yEI BESEGYNGE yE
FLODIS OF *JORDAN yAT IS LETTYNGE yE RYUERIS OF RIzT WESDOM WIL
NOT SUFFREN ANY OF HEM ALLE TO BEN OPYNLI PUNSHID WHANNE HE
OPYNLY TRESPASIy . NE WIL NOT SEYN TO HOLY CHIRCHE AFTIR+TWO VN#
DERID NYMYNGIS . NE+PUTTEN HEM OUT OF yER FELOWSHIPE AS
AN ETNYK & A PUBLICAN . WHAnNE yEI WITEn HEM WORSE yAN ONY
SECULER AS yEI WERE HOLDE TO DON . BI yE LAWE OF GOD : BUT LEST
yer YPOCriSIE WERE KNOWEN WILN PriUELI PUTTYN HYM IN PriSOUn . FOR
MEN SHULDE WENE yAT yER WERE NONE BUT GOODE MEN
AMONG HEM MORE CHARGYNG yE SCHAUNDRE OF SPECHE OF
MEN . yAnNE yE SCLAUnDRE OF SYnNE ANENTIS GOD / ALSO SIyEN
yEI BEN OF yE yRIDDE MANER OF PUPLE . TURNYNGE AWEY yE
PUPLE AFTIR HEM . & NOT AFTIR CriST . IN yAT . yAT yEI MAKEN yE PU#
PLE MORE TO BILEEUE IN YER LETTRIS OF FRATERNYTES . yAN GRAUN#
TID BI MEN & NOT BI CriST : MORE yAnNE IN CriSTIS GRAUnTYnG . yE WHICHE
zYUEy MERCY : & FORzYUENESSE OF SYnNE AFTer yE MerCY & FORzYUE#
NESSE . YAT yEI DON TO yer NEIEBORIS . / / *ALSO SIyEN yEI BEN yE FER#
yE MANer OF PUPLE DOYNG AL yI%NG yAT yEI DON OF HEM-SELF
<fol. 53v>& FOR HEM-SELF . IN yAT . y\T yEI OF yer OWNE WIL & OF yE AUTORITE OF HOLY
WRIT BEGGEn OR ProCUREN TO yEm MORE WORDLY GOOD . yAN IS NEDEFUL
TO yE PORE SUSTENAUnCE OF HOm FOR yEI WOLDEn FEDEN WEL yer OWNE WOm#
BIS . & OF yAT . yAT LEEUEy . yAT WIL NOT GON IN yER WOmBIS MAKEN
HEM CURIOUS CHIRCHIS CURIOUS HOUSIS COSTLI CLOyIS & WAST MENE ; FOR
TO BEN HOLDEN NOBLE . HOLY & WORSHIPFUL . SERUYNGE GOD IN yIS WO#
RLD . AS DIDEN yES PHARISEES FOR yEI WOLDEN BE SEMELI IN yE
SIzT OF yE PUPLE : ALSO yEI BEN OF yE FIFTE PUPLE LETTYNG TRIBUTE TO BE
zYUEN TO LORDIS . LEST yEI LESEN yER FLESHLY FREDOM . IN yAT yAT yEI BE#
INGE MORE RICHE yAN yE PORE PUPLE WIL NOT HELPEM HEM TO PAIEN
yER DETTus yAT yEm OWE TO DON TO yerE LORDIS . AS RENTE OR TriBUTE AS
yE PORE PUPLE HELPEn HEM WHAnNE yEI WEREN MORE NEDI . zHE & WHAn#
NE yEI BEN FOLOWYNGE & DEFENDInGE . yE FLESHLY PriUYLEGIJS OF MEn
LEUEN yE PRI%UYLEGIS OF CriST . yAT IS LOOUE OF PORENESSE & OF PACIENCE
BEn OF yIS FI%FTE PUPLE . yAT MORE CHARGEN yE PriUYLEGE OF yE FRE#
DAM OF FLESH yAN PriUYLEGE OF yE FREDOM OF SPIRIT *ALSO yEI BEN
OF yE SIXTE PUPLE . IN yAT yAT yEI CHALENGE yE SERUYSE OF GOD
TO yEM-SELF . FOR yEI WOLDEN NOT BEN SOGETIS TO yE SERUISE OF yer
LORDIS . AS WHAnNE MEN SEYN . yAT yEI SHULDEN TRAUEYLEN . WIy
yER HONDIS . yEI ANSWEREN yAT MARI CHEES . yE BETTUR~ PART yAT
IS CONTEMPLATIF LIF IS BETTUR~ yAN ACTIF . yE SERUYSE OF GOD
BETTerE . yAN yE SERUYSE OF MEN / BUT WHAN MEN SEYN . yAT yEI
SHULDEN NOT PLETEN . AS SEIy SEYNT POUL / yE SERUANT OF GO IT IS
NOT NEDEFUL TO PLETEN . yEI ANSWEREN CONTraRIOUSLY TO HEM-SELF yAT
ACTIF LIF IS BETTerE . yAnNE CONTEmPLATIF . LIF & yE OBEISAUnCE DON TO yER
PRIOUR IS BETTERE yAN OBEISAUnCE DON TO HOLI WRIT . OR TO yER OW#
NE REWLE yERFORE AS yINGIS CONTRARIOUS TO HEM-SELF . & AS A KYnDAM
DEUYDID BE-TWEN HEM-SELF & AS STONDYNG MORE BI yE ORDENAUNCE
OF MEN yAN BI yE ORDENAUnCE <sup>OF GOD</sup> MUT NEDE SODEYNLY PeRSHEN / BUT
WHO yAT IS *GAMALIEL ABIDING yE zILDInG OF GOD . LOKE yAT HEIE
NOT . BUT ABIDE GOD & WIRKE <sup>zEE</sup> MANLI & HIS HERTE SHAL BEN CONFORTID
FOR GOD COMYNGE SHAL COMYN & SHAL NOT TARIEN ;
<gap for capital T>*O yIS yEI SEYN A-zEN yAT IN yIS WISE ProFESIEDE OF VS LINCOLN
*BRADEWARDYN ARMACAN KILMYNGTON WICLYUE & MANYE
OyERE & IN TORNE . yAT yER ProPHECIE IS BUT DESIRYnG OF VEnIAUnCE
OF yer OWNE ENUYE yEI HEM-SELF PerSHEDEN & WE BEN EUERE yE LEN#
GE yE STRENGE / BUT TO yIS WE ANSWEREN / yAT LINCOLNE AFTIR y\T
HE HADDE zYUEN HIS BOKIS TO yE FRERE MENOURIS & MYCHE
OF HIS OyerE GODIS IN TOKNE yAT HE LOOUEDE HEM IF yEI WOLDE
BE STRONGE IN yE CAUSE OF GOD & AFTIRWARD SEYNG IN SPIRIT &
In EXPerIENCE yAT yEI WEREn COWARDIS IN YE CAUSE OF GOD & yAT yEY
SOUzTEN MORE yE PREYSYNG OF MEN In yIS WORLD yAn yE PREISInG OF GOD &
<fol. 54r>y\T+SIGNES OUTWARD WEREN FUL OF LESYNGus . HE ProPHESIEDE NO-yING OF HYm#
SELF BUT DECLARIDE yE ProPHESIE OF yE HOLY GOST : yAT SPEEKEN PETer
& POUL & OyE SEYNTIS . yAT CLEPEN yEm SECTus OF PreDICOUn MANY WYnTer
OR yEI CAMEN & yUS DIDE ARMACAN & WICLYUE & ALLE yESE OyERE
NOT OF ENUYE BUT OF LOOUE yAT yEI HADDEN TO YE LAWE OF CRIST
& TO ENCRESE OF YE PUPLE IN KEPYNGE IT / & yerFORE yEI PerSCHIDEn NOT .
BUT AS WE HOPEN BEN GRETE SEYNTIS IN HEUENE FOR RIzT AS In yE TY=#
ME OF CriST . IT WAS MEDEFUL TO SHEWEN & OPENEN CRIST TO yE PUPLE
& yERFORE yO yAT DIDEN IT WERE SEYNTUS ; RIzT SO AzEN yE COMYNG
OF ANTECriST IT IS NEDEFUL TO SHEWE & OPENEN yE MALICE OF ANTICRIST
& HIS SECTUS WHICHE BEN yE FORSEID RELIGIOUS NOW & yERFORE LIN#
COLNE & ARMACAN yAT HULPEN yER TO BEN NOW SEYNTIS IN HEUENE
& IN-AS-MYCHE AS yES SEYNTIS . & OyerE MEN yAT BEN NOW HAN TOLD
OFTerE & MORE OPENLI yE DEFAUTUS OF OURE RELIGIOUS NOW & yEI
AMENDE yEM NOT BUT ENCRESEN yER MALICE . AS yE PHARISEES AzEN
CriST . yE MORE ; yE MORE yEI TRESOREN TO yEm yE WRAyE OF GOD / & yER#
FORE RIzT AS yE MORE <exp>S</exp>I<exp>z</exp>T IS ENCLOSID IN YE CLOUDE : yE FEERLIERE IT
BRESTIy OUT . & MAKIy yE GRETTERE yUNDUR~ & A GRETTeRE LEITYNG /
RIzT SO yE MORE yES RELIGIOUS . yEI TRESOREN TO HEM OF yE WRATHE
OF GOD IN yE CLOUDE OF yER LYUES ; yE FEERLIERE IT SHAL BRESTEn OUT
VP-ON HEM yAT yEI SHULN NOT WITEN IT TO yE MORE KNOWYNG
OF yer MALICE TO ALLE MEN . IN-AS-MYCHE AS MO MEN HAN TOLD IT
yEM BEFORE . & TO yE GRETTerE yUNDRYNG OF WUnDRYNG VP-ON HEM
yerFORE yE MULTIPLIYNG OF HEM NOW . IS TO yE MORE CONFUSION OF
HEM . & ALSO IT IS BUT WITNESSE OF yE WORLD & OF FALSE MEN & NOT
WITNESSYNG OF GOD & OF TREWE MEN . yAT SEYN yAT MANYE MEN
BEN CLEPID IN SIGNES & FEWE MEN BEN CHOSUN IN DEEDIS / & SIyEN
CriSTENE MEN WITEN WEL . yAT yANNE GOD WIL WIRKYN WEL FOR HIS
PUPLE ; DESTRUCCOUn OF HIS ENEMYS & yERIS . WHANNE HIS GLORIE MAI
BEN MOST SHEWID & KNOWEN & yIS IS WHAnNE HIS ENEMYS BEN MOST
STRONG TO yE SIzTE OF yE WORLD & MOST SIKIR . & HIS PUPLE MOST
MEKE & LEFT OF POWER . yAnNE IF OURE RELIGIOUS BEN NOW HEREST
IN yER MALICE & MOST STRONG & SIKER AS ANENTIS yE WORLD & yE PU#
PLE OF GOD yAT SHULDE WIySTONDEN HEM MOST OF VNPOWER &
BI yer PerSECUCOUn M<sup>E</sup>AKID : yAnNE NOW yE GLORIE OF GOD SHULDE MOST
BEN SHEWID TO WIRKYN HIS RIzT WESDOM VP-ON HEM <sup>&</sup> TO yE CONFU#
SIOUn . OF HIS PUPLE . *JN yIS WISE GOD LEDDE HIS PUPLE IN-TO yE LOND
OF BIHEST DESTROI%NGE HIS ENEMYS WHAnNE yER SYnNE WAS MOST &
HIS PUPLE MEKID BI TraUEILE AS OF NONnPOWER OF HEM-SELF / yerFORE
SIyEN OUR~ RELIGIOUS NOW-A-DAIES . BLASFEMEN AzEN GOD GNra#
TInG PART OF yER DESERTIS & COnSPIREN WIy yE PriNSIS OF PriSTIS . TO yE
QUENCHYNG OF yE LAWE OF CriST . & TO yE DESTROIYNG . OF HEM yAT