p. 449: Old English Homilies

his underþeoddu<m>; On culfran anlicnysse and on fyres
hiwe wæs godes gast æteowod. for ðan þe he deð þ<æt> þa
beoð bilewi*te on unsceððignysse. [et] byrnende on go
des willan. þe he mid his gyfe gefylþ; Ne byð seo by
lewytnyss gode gecweme. buton snotornysse. ne sno
tornys buton bylewitnysse swa swa gecweden is be þa<m>
eadigan iob. þ<æt> he wæs bylewit[?e erased] [et] rihtwis; hwæt bið riht
wisnyss buton bylewitnysse? oððe hwæt bið bilewit
nyss buton rihtwisnysse. ac se halga gast þe tæcð riht
wisnysse. [et] bylwitnyss^e^. sceolde beon æteowod[two or three letters erased]. ægðer
ge on fyre ge on culfran. for ðan ðe he deð þæra man
na heortan þe he onliht mid his gyfe þ<æt> hi beoð liþe
þurh unsceððignysse. [et] onælede þurh lufe [et] snoter
nysse; God is swa swa paulus cwæð fornymende fyr;
he is unasecgendlic fyr [et] ungesewenlic; be þam fyr^e^ cwæð
se hælend; Ic com to ði þ<æt> ic wolde sendan fyr on eorðan;
[et] ic wylle þ<æt> hit byrne. he sende þone halgan gast on eor
ðan [et] he mid his blæde onælde eorðlicra manna heortan;
þon<ne> byrnð seo eorðe. þon<ne> þæs eorðlican mannes heorte
bið ontend to godes lufe. seo ðe ær wæs ceald þurh flæsc
licum lustum; Nis na se halga gast wunigende on his
gecynde. swa swa he gesewen wæs for ðan ðe he is unge
sewenlic; Ac for ðære getacnunge swa we ær cwædon

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