on his maner not for muc. for among alle symonyes þat euere crist sufferide in þe chirche þis is þe fouleste of alle oþere, vsid ofte of prechour beggeres, for þey wolen gedere comynly godis aftir þat þey han prechid; oþer money or corn or what oþere godis þat þey may gete. & þe fonnydnesse of þe puple makiþ hem parcneris of þe beggeris synne, for whanne þey ȝyuen hem godis heere þey assenten to þer symonye. & þis is a foul errour þat many seyn in þis mater þat þey ȝyuen for goddis loue & þat is ynow for hem, for certis þis wiss lord axiþ boþe his godis & good maner. & for þis good maner man haþ meede, & ȝif he fayliþ hym wantiþ meede; & to destrie þis errour seiþ crist in þe gospel of seynt matheu þat summe dampnyd men shulen seye to crist: "sire, [[Matt. vii. 22.]] kestiden we not out fendis [page 16] in þy name & diden vertues in þy name?" but crist shal seye to þese men: "soþely, y seye to ȝou y knowe ȝou not as children of blis, for ȝee failiden of good maner." lord, siþ þes men shulen be dampnyd þat prechen goddis word in cristis name & casten out fendis & don vertues, what meede shulen þes beggeris haue, þat faylen in þis & lyȝen on crist & seyn þat crist beggide þus to holde vp þer newe ordris. crist wiste ful wel þat þes shulden come whanne he bad hem not go fro hous to hous, [[Mark vi. 8-10.]] but dwelle in oon & wende not þennus, & bere not vpon þer backis baggis ne sachels to begge þus.
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as anentis two oþere defautis þat letten goddis word to growe, crist telliþ þre defautis in þe erþe þat shulde take þis word. summen ben bi-syde þe weye, & so bisied wiþ þe world þat goddis word takiþ not wiþ hem, but þe fendis letten it. oþere men ben drye as stoons & han no delit in wordis but ȝif þey sounen to worldly wynnyng, & þese wanten boþe grace & wisdom. þe þridde maner of men þat heren goddis word ben so prickid wiþ worldly richees þat þe
