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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

oon is, for that thei ben hise bi riȝt which he hath in hem, or bi riȝt which he hath into hem; an other is, for that it is semeli and conuenient that the godis be ȝouun to him. Ensaumple of these ij. maners is this: If y be riche and haue wunne more good than is ne|cessarie to me my silf and to myne, al this good is neuer the lasse myn, and no parti of this good is eny other mannys good in the first now seid maner, which is very and propre. Neuertheles, bi cause it is con|uenient and semeli and a counseil or a bidding of God that my good, being ouerplus to the nede of me and of myne, y schulde ȝeue to poor men into almes, therfore in an vnpropre maner of speche, which is the ije. now seid maner, these godis of myne being so ouer plus mowen be seid the godis of poor men, eer thei be ȝouun to poor men, and eer thei be mad verili and propirli to speke the godis of poor men in the firste maner now here bifore sett and seid. And so in this secunde maner of vnpropre speking is the long processe of Seint Bernard to be vndirstonde, which is sett in The iiij e. book of flouris, the iiije. chapiter in the eende, and in the ve. chapiter there in the bigyn|nyng, where he seith thus: What euer thing comyng to thee bi riȝt of the auctir thou takist ouer thi necessarie feding and thi symple clothing, it is not thin, it is raueyn, it is sacrilegi, ["Denique quicquid præter ne|cessarium victum ac simplicem ves|titum de altario retines, tuum non est; rapina est, sacrilegium est." S. Bernard. Epist. 2. (Op. tom. 1. p. 120. Ed. Par. 1839.)] that is to seie thefte of holi good.—For to not ȝeue to poor men the godis of poor men is euen synne with sacrilegie. Certeinli the ricchessis of chirchis ben patrimonyes of poor men, and therfore what euer thing the mynystris ther of, (whiche ben despensatours ther of, and not lordis or possessouris ther of,) taken to hem silf ouer lijflode and clothing, thei taken fro poor men with
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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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