Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

is seid to him thus: Nile thou litil charge the grace which is in thee, that is ȝouun to thee bi prophecie with putting on of the hondis of a preest; and also ije. Thim. ie. capitulum., Poul seide to Thymothie thus: I moneste thee, that thou reise aȝen the grace of God that is in thee bi the setting of myn hondis. And Tite, an other disciple of Poul, was maad preest, as it is open Tite ie. capitulum., where Poul seide to Tite thus: For cause of this thing y lefte thee at Crete, that thou amende tho thingis that failen, and that thou ordeyne preestis bi citees, as also y disposid to [to is interlineated in a later hand.] thee. Certis, sithen Tite had power forto make preestis, he was at the leest a preest him silf. Neuertheless ferther thus: Sithen Tite was such a preest, that Poul bade him for to make and ordeyne othere preestis and forto cor|recte defautis as weel as forto moneste, as is open bi the now alleggid text, and noon persoon hath power to comaunde or correcte an other being in euen and in like state and degre with him, (forwhi whi schulde he thanne more correcte the other, than he schulde be correctid of the other?) it folewith that Tite was such a preest, that he was aboue othere preestis vndir him. And sithen ech preest being bi his preesthode aboue othere preestis is a bischop, it folewith that Tite was a bischop aboue othere louȝer preestis being vndir him, and that bi the entent and purpos of Seint Poul there. And sithen which oon in preesthode Tite was, such oon Tymothie was, for as [for as as, MS.] miche as Thymothie was as reuerent a persoon as was Tite, and as myche conuersaunt with Poul as was Tite, and was myche comendid of Poul, and to whom Poul wrote more in quantite and more solempneli and oftir than to Tite; it folewith that also Thymothie was a bischop aboue hise preestis being vndir him. And ferther, sithen as
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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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