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For as the bodi with out spirit is deed, so also feith with out werkis is deed.

For alle we offenden in many thingis. If ony man offendith not in word, this is a perfit man; for also he may lede aboute al the bodi with a bridil.

For if we putten bridlis `in to horsis mouthis, for to consente to vs, and we leden aboute al the bodi of hem.

for it is an vnpesible yuel, and ful of deedli venym.

For this wisdom is not fro aboue comynge doun, but ertheli, and beestli, and feendli.

For where is enuye and strijf, there is vnstidfastnesse and al schrewid werk.

Ye coueiten, and ye han not; ye sleen, and ye han enuye, and ye moun not gete. Ye chiden, and maken batel; and ye han not, for ye axen not.

Ye axen, and ye resseyuen not; for that ye axen yuele, as ye schewen opynli in youre coueitisis.

But he yyueth the more grace; for which thing he seith, God withstondith proude men, but to meke men he yyueth grace.

For what is youre lijf? A smoke apperinge at a litil, and aftirward it schal be wastid. Therfor that ye seie, If the Lord wole, and if we liuen, we schulen do this thing, ether that thing.

And be ye pacient, and conferme ye youre hertis, for the comyng of the Lord schal neiye.

Lo! we blessen hem that suffriden. Ye herden the `suffring, ethir pacience, of Joob, and ye sayn the ende of the Lord, for the Lord is merciful, and doynge merci.

If ony of you is sijk, lede he in preestis of the chirche, and preie thei for hym, and anoynte with oile in the name of the Lord;

Therfor knouleche ye ech to othere youre synnes, and preye ye ech for othere, that ye be sauyd. For the contynuel preyer of a iust man is myche worth.

in to eritage vncorruptible, and vndefoulid, and that schal not fade, that is kept in heuenes for you,

To which it was schewid, for not to hem silf, but to you thei mynystriden tho thingis, that now ben teld to you bi hem that prechiden to you bi the Hooli Goost sent fro heuene, in to whom aungelis desiren to biholde.

For which thing be ye gird the leendis of youre soule, sobre, perfit, and hope ye in to the ilke grace that is profrid to you bi the schewyng of Jhesu Crist,

for it is writun, Ye schulen be hooli, for Y am hooli.

for you that bi hym ben feithful in God; that reiside hym fro deth, and yaf to hym euerlastynge glorie, that youre feith and hope were in God.

For ech fleisch is hey, and al the glorie of it is as flour of hey; the hei driede vp, and his flour felde doun;