Critic Judith

Usage examples of crist.

Cecile answerde anon right in this wise, "If that yow list, the aungel shul ye see, So that ye trowe in Crist, and yow baptize.

She blesseth hir, and with ful pitous voys Unto the croys of Crist thus seyde she, "O cleere, o welful auter, hooly croys, Reed of the lambes blood, ful of pitee, That wesshe the world fro the olde iniquitee, Me fro the feend and fro his clawes kepe, That day that I shal drenchen in the depe.

Wherfore, I biseke yow mekely for the mercy of God, that ye preye for me that Crist have mercy on me, and foryeve me my giltes.

Thow blamest Crist, and seist ful bitterly He mysdeparteth richesse temporal.

Hasard is verray mooder of lesynges, And of dedeite and cursed forswerynges, Blasphemyng of Crist, manslaughtre and wast also, Of catel and of tyme, and forthermo It is repreeve and contrarie of honour For to ben holde a commune hasardour.

Crist, which that is to every harm triacle, By certeine meenes ofte, as knowen clerkis, Dooth thyng for certein ende, that ful derk is To mannes wit, that for oure ignorance Ne konne noght knowe his prudent purveiance.

And so ferforth she gan oure lay declare, That she the constable, er that it were eve, Converteth, and on Crist maketh hym bileve.

O original of oure dampnacioun Til Crist hadde boght us with his blood agayn!