þēode apostol. Þā hē ġe·seah þæt se mǣsta dǣl þǣre þēode

his lāre for·sāwon, þā for·lēt hē hīe, and ġe·ċēas þā hǣþnan

lēode. Ġif se blinda blindne lǣtt, hīe feallaþ bēġen on ānne

pytt. Se Hālga Gāst is lufu and willa þæs Fæder and þæs

Suna; and hīe sind ealle ġe·līce mihtiġe. Bętere is sēo

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sāwol þonne se męte, and bętera se līchama þonne his scrūd.

Sēo sāwol is gāst, and be eorþlicum męttum ne leofaþ.

Be·healdaþ þās flēogendan fuglas, þe ne sāwaþ ne ne rīpaþ,

ac se heofonlica Fæder hīe ā·fētt. Hē cwæþ, 'Ic neom