Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

ȝit if ne were this forbering fro touche of money, y schulde loue money more than y loue now; and therfore this forbering fro touche is not in vein. Also this forbering and abstinence of handling money is a meene for to make me loue it lasse than y now do; and therfore also this abstinence or forbering is not in waast and in vein." And if the chalenger wole contynue in his chalenging and seie thus, "It is better and more toward perfec|cioun for to not loue the money ouer myche, than forto absteyne fro touching it:" the frere myȝte graunte it weel, and myȝte seie setting therto this, "And for that the forbering of handling money is a good meene into the abstinence of louyng it, therfore y absteyne fro handling it; for that y wolde therbi come the sooner into the not louyng of it as into the better good, than is the not handling of it." And ȝit if [if is added in the margin by a later hand.] the chalenger wolde stryue ferther and seie thus, "Frere, it is bettir and neerer to perfec|cioun forto not loue money ouer myche and handle it, than forto not loue money and not handle it; and sithen the gretter perfeccioun or the thing neerer to perfeccioun is to be chosun, rather than the lasse perfeccioun or the thing romber fro per|feccioun, thou schuldist rather sette thee forto not loue money with the handling of money, than for to sette thee and wone thee to not loue money with the not handling of money:" herto the frere myȝte answere thus, "Sir, y knouleche weel that it is better and hiȝer gode and holynes forto not loue money with touching it, than to not loue money with the not touching of it; but aȝenward to freel men, whiche han not ȝit gete the fulnes of perfeccioun, it is surer to not loue money with not
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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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