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IN DIE PENTECOSTE.

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5    Apparuerunt apostolis dispertite lingue tamquam ignis seditque
6supra singulos eorum spirituc sanctus. Ðo þe ure louerd
7ihesu crist fundede lichamliche fro eorðe to heuene. he forbed his
8apostles. and here holi ferreden þat hie neren noht sorie. þeh he
9hem forlete lichamliche and seide Non turbetur cor uestrum
10neque formidet. Rogabo patrem et alium paracletum dabit
11vobis. et cum uenerit ille; docebit uobis omnem ueritatem. Ne
12beo giuer heorte noht iðreued ne ofdred. ich wile giu senden þe
13heuenliche frefringe wið-innen a lit dages. þe giu shal frefrin
14and techen alle soðfastnesse and bringen tiðinge of þing þe beon
15to cumende. and þe faire bihese leste he þis dai. for þis dai is þe
16fiftugeðe dai. after estrene dai. alse þe louerd seint lucas. seide on
17þe holie pistle. þe me ret to dai and ech holie chirche. and þus
18queð. Dum complerentur dies pentecoste erant omnes pariter
19discipuli in eodem loco et cetera. On þe fiftuðe dai. after estrene
20dai weren alle þe apostles. and here fereden gadered on one stede.
21sittinde and salmes singende. and god heriende. in þe temple of
22ierusalem. Et factus est repente sonus tanquam aduenientis
23spiritus vehementis et repleuit totam donum ubi erant apostoli
24sedentes. riht to-genes þe undrene alse þe holi songere seið on
25his loft songeloftsongeEdition: loft songe. þus queðinde. Dum hora cuntis tercia; r. m. i.
26o. a. d. u. n. Þo com a dine of heuene. ase þeh it were to kidende
27þat þe holi gost com uppen þe apostles and filde ful þat hus þere
28hie inne seten. Et apparuerit illis dispertite lingue tanquam
29ignis seditque supra singulos eorum spiritus sanctus. Ðo openede
30þe holi gost him seluen to isende bi þan þe hem þuhte shapen alse
31tunge fele twiselende. and on fires hewe and for þat hie him
32swich segen seint ambrosius shewed þus; and seið. Uerbis ut
33essent pro. et c. f. þat is on englis he hem makede fundie on worde.
34For þeh it were ones londes speche on þe apostles muðes þe þere
35speken; ech man þe hem herden were of wiche londe swo he
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37hit þuhte here ech sunderlepes þat it was his londes speche.
38Swo þe holie gost hem fulde of him seluen and sette þe word on
39hem þe þere speken. and skilede on hem þat hie herden. alse
40seint lucas seið. Repleti sunt omnes spiritu sancto et ceperunt
41loqui prout spiritus sanctus dabat eloqui illis. Þus hie segen þe
42holi gost on tungene euene. and þerefore weren fundie on speche.
43alse ich nu seide. ec hie him segen on fures hewe al ich er seide.
44and weren þerof wallinde on soðere luue godes and mannen. swo
45þat hie luueden gode more þene hem seluen. and ech cristene
46man alse hem seluen. Ignis enim ut ait scriptura triplicem
47uim habet scilicet illuminandi. calefaciendi. consumendi. quam
48spiritus sanctus effecit in apostolis augendo fidei feruorem. caritati
49splendorem. et consumendo. irremittendo. siqua fuit in eis
50peccati macula. Fir haueð on him þre mihtes on to giuende
51hete. oðer to giuende liht. þridde to weldende elet to none þinge.
52þese þre mihte notede þe holi gost on þe apostles. and þerefor
53com uppen hem on fires hewe alse ich er seide. and alihte hem
54of brihtere and of festere bileue þe hie hedden er. and maked
55hem hattere on soðe luue to gode and mannen, and welde here
56sinnes to none þinge, for gif anie hadden don he hem mid alle
57forgaf. Ðus þe holie apostles were gadered on ane stede. and
58þus þe holi gost com uppen hem and fulde hem of him seluen.
59and freurede hem of sorege. and tehte hem speken eches londes
60speche. and lihte hem of rihte bileue and makede hem hattere
61on soðe luue to gode and to men. and clensede hem alle of þe
62hore of alle sinnes. Bidde we nu þe holigost þat he haue milce
63of us and gife us hige. and mihte. to forleten and bireusen and
64beten ure sinnes. and gedere ure alre herte to clene þonke alse
65he gaderede þe holie apostles. in þe temple. and hure lichames in
66þis holie minstre. þat he cume uppen us and wune in us. and
67freure us of alle sorege alse he hem dide. and lihte on us rihte
68bileue. and make us wallende of soðe luue and clene of alle
69sinnes. and giue us swo findige speche. þat þe fewe word þe we
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71þat hie þingen us to þe þremnesse. fader. and sune. and holi
72gost. þat he wisse and fulste fulien þer apostlene lore. and on
73here ferreden hauen eche lif and blisse mid him. Qvi viuit
74et regnat in vniuersa secula seculorum deus.