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

altari et sacrificiis deseruire, et precibus, studijs et oracionibus vacare. Et si quis eos a spirituali officio ad seculare duxeret, non offeretur pro eo oblacio, nec sacrificium pro sepultura eius celebrabitur; non enim ante altare dei merentur nominari in sacerdotum prece qui sacerdotes et ministros ecclesie ab altari volunt avocare. Immo dicit beatus Augustinus: ffornicari hominibus nunquam licet, negociari autem [page 58b] aliquibus [lxxxviij. de c^o. ffornicari.] licet, aliis non licet. Antequam enim ecclesiasticus quis sit, licet ei negociari; facto ecclesiastico iam non licet. Item ibidem scribitur sic: Tuicionem testamentorum episcopus non suscipiat. episcopus nullam rei familiaris curam ad se reuocet, set leccioni et oracioni et verbo predicacionis tantummodo vacet. Item beatus petrus in epistola ad clementem dicit [xi. q. 1^o. c^o.] Sicut enim impietatis est crimen tibi, o clemens, neglectis verbi dei studijs sollicitudines seculares suscipere, ita vnicuique laicorum peccatum est nisi inuicem sibi ecclesiam in hijs que ad communis vsum vite pertinent operam fideliter dederint. Ideo concludit lex canonica apostolorum statuta sunt que dicunt: Nemo militans deo implicat se &c^a. Proinde aut [xi. q. iij. co. Credo.] clerici sint sine accionibus dominorum aut actores sine officio clericorum. Et uniuersi dixerunt; hec obseruemus. Item ibidem sic scribitur hij qui in ecclesia domini ad ordinem promouentur clericorum, in nullo [page 59] ab administracione diuina auocentur, nec molestiis et negociis secularibus alligentur ut ab altaribus & sacrificijs recedant; set die ac nocte celestibus rebus et spiritualibus seruiant Item beatus petrus in epistola ad clementem sic scribit: Te quidem oportet irreprehensibilem [xi. q. 1^o. c^o Te quidem.] viuere, et summo studio niti ut omnes vite huius occupaciones abicias. Non fide-iussor existas nec aduocatus licium fias, ne in ulla occupacione prorsus inueniaris mundialis negocii occasione perplexus. Neque enim iudicem neque cognitorem secularium negociacionum te ordinare vult christus, ne pre|focatus presentibus hominum curis, non possis verbo dei vacare. Hec vero opera que minus tibi congruere diximus exhibeant sibi inuicem vacantes laici, et te nemo occupet ab hijs studijs per que salus datur hominibus &c^a. Item

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Title: The English works of Wyclif hitherto unprinted.Edited by F. D. Matthew.
Author: Wycliffe, John, d. 1384.
Canvas: Page 403
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by Trübner & co.,; 1880.

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