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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

plesith oon gist, plesith not an other; and what point in these thingis offendith oon, plesith weel an other; and therfore where that the more such dy|uersyte is had and founde, the more stiring therbi is had to plese manye gistis; and therbi folewingli the mo gistis wolen haue wil forto logge hem in thilk town, more than if ther were fewer dyuersytees, whiche schulde needis be in fewer ynnes. Thanne if this be trewe, and if thou answere to me thus; y an|swere to thee bi lijk skile, that therfore God purueied manye dyuerse religiouns to be in the chirche, for that bi so greet a dyuersite had in so manye reli|giouns (what for dyuersite of outward habit and of inward wering, and of diet, and of waking, and of officiyng, and of sitis, or of placing, and of bilding, and of othere suche manie,) the mo of the peple schulde be prouokid and stirid therbi into religioun, than if ther were fewer religiouns. Forwhi ij. gouer|nauncis ben comounli kept in hem whiche ben moved toward religioun: Oon is, that thei encerchen dili|gentli what pointis and thingis schulden greeue hem, and what pointis schulden plese hem in the place and in the ordre into which thei ben stirid, and what euere pointis thei fynden forto be to hem greuose thei dreden, and what pointis or thingis thei fynden forto be to hem plesaunt thei louen. An other is, that in multitude of men is so greet a dyuersite in affectis and passiouns, that thilk same point or thing which is ple|saunt to oon man is displesaunt to an other man, and what is displesaunt to oon is pleasunt to the [the is added by a later hand.] other. Wherfore ther mai not so greet a multitude be weel willi to religioun, if in religioun be litil dyuersite of pointis, as if in religioun be gretter dyuersite of pointis. And gretter dyuersite of suche pointis ben in
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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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