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Also þei doren not reproue men of here opyn synnes bi forme of þe gospel for displeisynge of here maistris & leesynge of here salarie; for many of hem seyn þus: "I wole not displeise him of whom I haue my lyuynge." a, ȝe blynde foolis, drede ȝe more to lese a morsel of mete þan o poynt of charite? drede ȝe more to offende an erþely wrecche þan god almyȝtty? loue ȝe more wombe ioie & worldly myrþe þan þank of god & ioye of heuene? sette ȝe more prise bi ȝoure stynkynge bely þan bi ȝoure lord? ȝe reueren god & worschipen false goddis many weies & ben hugely cursed of þe holy trinyte & alle his aungelis. hou doren ȝe, cursed wrecchis, seie ȝoure masse in þis lif to ȝoure dampnacion, [1 Cor. xi. 29.] as god seiþ bi seynt poul, & ofte ȝe reden it.