Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

a good werk, schulde bithenke him whethir he in thilk tyme mai do a better werk, and schulde studie ther aboute; certis he schulde haue so manye thouȝtis and studies, that he schulde leue the good werk vn|doon which for the while profrith him silf to be doon, and he schulde lese the other werke aboute which he studieth whether it mai as for thanne be doon or no. And therfore, riȝt as a good huswijf in an hous now doith oon werk now an othir werk, as thei comen to hond; and now sche brewith, now sche bakith, now sche sethith, now sche rostith, now sche weischith disschis, now sche berith aischis out, now sche straw|ith rischis in the halle; and thouȝ these werkis ben not like gode and like worthi into the seruice of hir husbonde, ȝit sche ouȝte do the oon with the other as thei comen forth to be doon in dyuerse whilis, and ellis if sche schulde seie to hir silf: "Y wole not do this, perauenture y schal fynde a better werk," sche schulde make badde husewijfschip, and in thilk studie sche schulde ofte be troublid, ȝhe, and be idil fro al good werk, and ofte be bigilid in chesing the lasse good in stide of the better good to be doon:— so a seruaunt of God in the goostli hous of the Vni|uersal Chirche muste bere him, now occupiyng him in smale werkis whiche for the while ben present, and now occupiyng him with gretter, whanne thei profren hem at good leiser to be doon; and ellis he schal ful ofte bi masing studie be ful idil, whanne he myȝte be weel and fruytfulli occupied. And thus myche is ynouȝ for answere to the vije. argument: not with|stonding that herto y haue answerid sufficientli othir wise in The book of worschiping, the [Spaces left in the MS. for the numbers.] partie, the [Spaces left in the MS. for the numbers.] chapiter, bi a likenes that a man is not sufficientli clothid in bodili maner, but if he haue on
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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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Lollards
Great Britain -- Church history

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