Luf and gudnes, and for-þi it fallis to hym to schew luf and gudnes til all hisĬreaturs, als he did to Iudas. Neeuer-þe-lesse it was worthi and skyllfull þat our lord suld schew als he es. Vnworthy to haf any gift of god or any syngne of luf, for his wykednes, Iudas, wilke he knew for dampnable, In no manere of fenyng ne flateryng, bot in Hym, he kyssid hym & callid hym his frend. Had done all þis, he had sayd bot south! And ouer-mare, when Iudas toke Opynly ne myssayd ne dispised hym ne spak neeuer ille of hym-and ȝit þof he Schewyd to hym þe same gud chere in worde and in dede, als with his preciousīody, & prechede hym als he dede to þe tothir apostls he weryd hym nogth Hym to preche with other apostilis he gaf hym power to wyrke myracles, he He knew dampnabile, and neeuer-þe-lesse he chesed hym to his appostel and sent Gudly Crist was to hym, how benygne, how curtayse & how lagthly to hym þat Loke and by-thynke þe howĬrist lufd Iudas whilke was bath his bodely enemy and a synfull kaytif how And þarfor, if þou wil folow Crist, be lik til hym in craft: Lere for to luf þi enemysĪnd synfull men-ffor all þes er þi euencrysten. Vos, orate pro persequentibus & calumpniantibus vos: «Lufis your enemys & dose gud to þaim þat hat ȝou, prayes for þaim þat pursues & sclaundres ȝow». Þis charyte consayld Crist til all þat wald be hys parfite folowers, when he sayd þus: Diligite inimicos vestros, benefacite hijs qui oderunt Þis charyte had saynt Sthephane parfytely when he prayde for þaim þat stanyd hym to dede. Þi hert forto hate hym, for luf es swa gud in it-self, bot pray for hym and helpe hym and desire his amendyng, nogth anly with þi mygth als ypocrytes can doe, bot þi affeccyon of luf in þi hert: þan has þou parfyte charyte to þi eeuenristen. Of a man þat war out of his mynd, and þou thynkis þou can nogth fynd in Word or in dide, þe mare pete or compassion¯ þou has of hym as þou wald Or forto sette hym at nogth, & þe mare schame & vilany he dos to þe in Outward ne be na pryue haat in þi hert for to despyse hym or deme hym Be whate takynes þou sal knaw if þou luf þin ennemy,Īnd what ensampyl þou sal tak of Crist forto luf hym Īnd if þou be nogth styrd agaynes þe persone be angre or felle cheer
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