were not knowe[n] lesse [last AA.] þei were lettid of here [here not in X. through the margin being cut away.] coueitise & bodily welfaire & aise, & it is al on to pursue þus cristis seruauntis & to pursue crist, as he seiþ in þe gospel, & to lie þus on his lawe & to lien on him self as ion crisostom & austyn & ambrose witnessen.
Capitulum 27m.
Also þei dreden more synful men & in cas fendis of helle þan almyȝtty god in trinyte; for þouȝ god comaundid hem to preche [teche AA.] goddis lawe in word & ensaumple, & fauoure trewe men & helpe hem & preche þe gospel, þis doren þei not done ne [omitted X.] helpe oþere þer-to for drede of a wrongful maundement [page 144] of a bischop or his officeris; for þanne [omitted X.] þei schulden be somoned & traueiled & dispised & suspendid of here masse as þei dreden, and alle þis were medful ȝif þei wolden take it paciently. but þei dreden ouere litel þe grete peyne of helle to whiche god schal sende hem for defaute of charite & [in AA.] doynge his wille bifore alle oþere þingis; & þus þei dreden more þe bischopis lettre þan þe gospel of crist, & so þe bischop more þan oure lord god almyȝtty, & þis is foule blasphemye.
Capitulum 28m.
Ȝit þei leuen seruyce of god vndon for a cursed sathanas & anticrist biddiþ hem ceesse; for whanne þe bischop or his mynystris somonen hem & þei comen not but ben betre occupied to serue god in deuocion & clennesse of lif & to helpe cristene soulis to heuene, a noon þei schullen be suspendid fro seynge of masse & prechynge of þe gospel; & þus þei leuen goddis seruyce & comaundementis vndon for þe comaundement of anticrist & sathanas; & þus bischopis officeris & curatis & prestis fallen oute of bileue & renne in|to blasphemye & heresie & drawen þe comyn peple after hem in-to errour.
