Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

knowing or into trowing, that thei neden leerne and knowe miche more into the profit and ful leerning and knowing of Goddis lawe than what is in the Bible, or what thei mowe leerne and knowe bi the Bible, certis thei schulden be maad seme to hem silf verry foolis; and thei schulden se and knowe weel hem silf to be fonnys and foolis, as anentis ful manye of the thingis whiche ben necessarili to be leerned and kunne of hem bisidis the Bible, ȝhe, and in the Bible; and thei schulden se that thei han miche nede to clerkis, and thei schulden [schulde, MS. (first hand.)] be aschamed of her bifore had hiȝe bering and presumpcioun and of her wyncing in witt, and of her hopping bisidis witt, as her of ful sure experience is had, blessid be God, and sure expe|rience may be had, how ofte euer eny of tho persoones talken in long leiser eernestli upon eny point of Goddis lawe and seruice with a sad and weel leerned clerk in moral philsophie and dyuynyte. For sotheli ful soone schulen tho persoones thanne stonde at her wittis eende, and ful rude be where yn the clerk schal sprede him silf abrode in large cleernes: Verrili the thing which we knowen we now speken, and the thing which we han seen we witnessen: [See John iii. 11.] where now aȝenward, (bi cause it seemeth to hem that thei neden nothing into the scole of Goddis lawe and seruice saue Holi Scripture aloone, and that therto Holi Scripture sufficith, and thei weenen hem silf forto kunne at ful and substanciali and piththeli Holi Scripture, for that thei kunnen bi herte the textis of Holi Scripture and kunnen lussche hem out thikke at feest, and at ale drinking, and vpon her hiȝe benchis sitting,) thei ben obstinat aȝens her owne goostli thrift and aȝens her soulis sauyng. And therfore the seid first premisse is redili trewe.
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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.
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Recock, Reginald, bp. of Chichester, 1395?-1460?
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London,: Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts,
1860.
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Great Britain -- Church history

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