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3Blessed be God the father of oure lorde Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in hevenly thynges by Chryst, 4accordynge as he had chosen vs in him, before the foundacion of the worlde was layde, that we shuld be saintes, and without blame before him, thorow loue. 5And ordeyned vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him silfe, accordinge to the pleasure of his will, 6to the prayse of the glorie of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved. 7in whom we han redempcioun bi his blood: for3euenesse of synnes, aftir the richessis of grace, 8that aboundid gretli in us, in al wisdom and prudens: 9to make knowe to us the sacrament of his wille, bi the good pleasaunce of hym the whiche sacramente he pur- posid in hym: 10in to dispensacioun of plente of tymes, to enstore alle thingis in crist: whiche ben in heuenes & which ben in erthe in hym, [ v. supr. Preface , p. ix.] 11in whom we ben clepid bi sorte bifor ordeyned, bi the purpos of him that worchith alle thingis: bi the counceil of his wille, 12that we be in to the heriynge of his glorie: we that han hopid bifor in crist, 13in whom also 3e weren clepid, whanne 3e herden the word of truthe, the gospel of 3oure helthe, in whom 3e bileuynge ben markid, with the holi goost of biheest. 14whiche is the ernes of 3oure eritage: in to the redempcioun of purchasynge in to heryinge of his glorie, 7By whom we have redemption thorow his bloude euen the forgeve- nes of synnes, accordynge to the riches of his grace, 8which grace he shed on vs aboundantly in all wis- dome, and perceavaunce. 9And hath openned vnto vs the mistery of his will accordinge to his pleasure, and purposed the same in hym silfe 10to have it declared when the tyme were full come, that all thynges, bothe the thynges which are in heven, and also the thynges which are in erthe, shuld be gaddered togedder, even in Christ: 11that is to saye, in him in whom we are made heyres, and were therto predestinate accordynge to the pur- pose of him which worketh all thinges after the purpose of his awne will: 12 that we which before beleved in Christ shuld be vnto the prayse of his glory.


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