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The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.

& not frely comen þer-to. [of X.] And whanne bischopis & here officeris comen & feynen to visite, þouȝ þei norischen men in open synne for annuel rente, & don not here office but sillen soulis to sathanas for money, wrecchid curatis ben nedid to festen hem richely & ȝeue procuracie & synage; ȝe, aȝenst goddis lawe & mannus & reson & aȝenst here conscience. & also þei schullen not be suffrid to teche treuly goddis lawe to here owene sugetis & warne hem of false prophetis, & disceyuen [disseyuen AA. Perhaps it should be disseruen. If not we must read "that" for "and" just before.] hem boþe in bileue & techynge & good lif & erþely goodis, as crist doþe in þe gospel, & comaundiþ curatis to do þe same vp peyne of here dampnacion; for þanne þei mosten crie to þe peple þe grete synnys of prelatis & oþere newe feyned religious, as god biddiþ; but þei demen þat siche sadde reprouyngis of synne is enuye, sclaundrynge of prelatis, & distroiynge of holy chirche. & þei schullen not be suffrid to do scharp execucion of goddis lawe aȝenst here sugetis, ben þei neuere so opynly cursed of god & sclaundris of cristene religion, ȝif þe heiȝe clerkis of anticrist han ȝiftis & pensions bi ȝere to sufre cursed men in opyn avoutrie & oþere synnys. for whanne þei ben falsly amendid bi officialis & denes no man be hardy to waken hem out of here lustis of synne, for þat schulde distroie iurdiccioun & wynnynge of [for X.] prelatis, & þis cursed extorsion is clepid bi ypocrisie þe grete almes of anti|cristis clerkis [omitted X.] ; but here-by þei maken large kechenes, holden fatte hors & houndis & haukis & strompetis gaiely arraied, & suffren pore men to sterue for myschief, & ȝit suffren & constreinen hem to goo þe brode weie to helle. ¶ Also many tymes here patrons & oþere getteris of countre & ydel schaueldouris willen loke to be festid of siche curatis, & ellis maken hem lese þat litel þing þat þei & pore men schulden lyue bi; so þat þei schullen not spende þe dymes & offryngis after good conscience & goddis lawe but waste
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The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.
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Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by Trübner & co.,
1880.

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