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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

gold," Ecclesiastici xxxj e. capitulum. The gold schulde go aftir thee, not thou aftir the gold. Sotheli no thing that is mad of God is yuel. Be not thou yuel, for for|sothe the gold is good. Lo, y proue thus: Lete me putte gold bitwixe a good man and an yuel man. Lete the yuel man take it; anoon poor and louȝe men ben oppressid, iugis ben corruptid, lawis ben peruertid, gouernauncis and policies ben disturblid. But whi is this? What is the verri cause of this? Certis, for that an yuel man toke the gold. Lete a good man take the gold; anoon poor men ben fed, nakid men ben clothid, oppressid men ben delyuered, prisoneris ben out bouȝt. Lo hou grete godis comen of the gold which a good man takith; and how grete yuelis of the gold [of gold, MS. (first hand).] which an yuel man takith. Wherto therfore ȝe at sumwhilis brouȝt into wraththe seien, "O wolde God thilk gold were not had"? Be thou not yuel; loue thou not the gold. If thou art yuel, thou goost aftir the gold; if thou art good, the goold goith aftir thee. What is this, that the gold goith after thee? Certis, thou ledist and art not led; for thou hast the possessioun and art not had in possessioun. ["Ipsum laudavit Scriptura, Qui potuit transgredi, et non est transgressus; qui post aurum non abiit. (Eccli. xxxi. 8). Post te debet ire aurum, non tu post aurum. Nam bonum est aurum. Non enim aliquid mali creavit Deus. Tu noli esse malus; et bonum est aurum. Ecce aurum pono inter bonum hominem et malum. Tollat malus; inopes opprimuntur, judices cor|rumpuntur, leges pervertuntur, res humanæ perturbantur. Quare hoc? Quia aurum tulit malus. Tollat bonus; pauperes pascuntur, nudi vestiuntur, oppressi liberantur, cap|tivi redimuntur. Quanta bona de auro, quod habet bonus! quanta mala de auro, quod habet malus! Ut quid dicitis aliquando stoma|chati, O si non esset ipsum aurum? Tu noli amare aurum. Si malus es, is post aurum: si bonus es, it post te. Quid est, it post te? Tu ducis, non duceris; quia possides, non possideris." S. August. Serm. cccxi. c. 9. (Op. tom. v. pp. 873, 874. Ed. Benedict. Antv. 1700).] Thus seith Austin there. And ferthermore sumwhat aftir there Austyn seith thus: No thingis maken and
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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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