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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

of hem her propre profete seide, 'Men of Crete ben 'euermore lieris, yuel beestis, of slowe wombe:' this witnessing is trewe. For what cause blame hem sore, that thei be hool in feith, not ȝeuyng tent to fablis of Iewis and to maundementis of men, which turnen awey hem fro truthe. [Written on an erasure by a later hand; the orthography is against the usage of the MS.] Also ije. Pet. iije. capitulum., soone aftir the bigynnyng, Peter seith thus: First wite ȝe this thing, that in the laste daies disseyueris schulen come, in disseit going after her owne coueitingis, seiyng, 'Where is the biheest or the 'comyng of him? for sithen the fadris dieden, alle 'thingis lasten fro the bigynnyng of creature.' But it is hid fro hem willing this thing, that heuens weren bifore, et cætera. Also Iude ije. [In almost all the MSS. of Wic|lif's version, (from which this and the other quotations in this para|graph are made, almost verbatim,) Jude is divided into two chapters.] capitulum., in the bigynnyng, the Apostle Iudas writith thus: Wo to hem that wenten the wey of Cayn, and that ben sched out by errour of Balaam for mede, and perischiden in the aȝenseiyng of Chore! These ben in her metis feesting to gidere to filthe, withoute drede feding hem silf; these ben cloudis withoute watir, that ben born aboute of the wyindis, heruest trees with oute fruyt, tweies deede, drawen up bi the roote, wawis of the wood see fomyng out her con|fusiouns, erring sterris, to whiche the tempest of derknesses is kept withoute eende. These ben grucch|ers, ful of pleintis, wandring aftir her desiris; and the mouth of hem spekith pride, worschiping per|soones bi cause of wynnyng. And ȝe, moost dere britheren, be myndeful of these wordis, whiche ben bifore seid of Apostlis of oure Lord Iesus Crist, whiche seiden to ȝou that in the laste tymes ther schulen come gilouris, wandring after her owne de|siris,
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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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