Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

reportyng and remembring seie that thilk sentence were foundid and groundid in the seid reporter or in his preching or in his pistle writen? Goddis forbode; for open it is that thei ouȝten seie and feele rathir [rathir is added by a later hand.] that thilk sentence is groundid in the seid book ligging in the librarie. And in caas that this clerk reporting the seid sentence or proces spake or wrote in othere wordis thilk sentence than ben the wordis vnder which thilk sentence is writen in the seid book, thei ouȝten seie and feele that hise wordis and hise writingis ouȝten be glosid and be expowned and be brouȝt in to accordaunce with the seid book in the librarie, and the seid book in thilk proces ouȝte not be expowned and be brouȝt and wrestid into accordaunce with the seid clerkis wordis [wordris, MS.] and writingis: ȝhe, thouȝ Crist and hise Apostlis wolden entende and do the same as this clerk dooth, the peple ouȝte in noon other wise than which is now seid bere hem anentis Crist and hise Apostlis in this case, as it is opene ynouȝ. And sithen it is so, that alle the trouthis of lawe of kinde whiche Crist and hise Apostlis tauȝten and wroten weren bifore her teching and writing, and weren writen bifore in thilk solempnest inward book or inward writing of resounis doom passing alle outward bookis in pro|fite to men for to serue God, of which inward book or inward writing miche thing is seid in the book clepid The iust apprising of Holi Scripture and of which Ieremye spekith in his xxxje. capitulum. and Poul in his epistle Hebr. viije. capitulum., it muste needis folewe that noon of the seid treuthis is groundid in the wordis or writingis of Crist or of the Apostlis, but in the seid inward preciose book and writing buried in mannis soule, out of which inward book and writing mowe be taken bi labour and studiyng of clerkis mo con|clusiouns
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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.
Author
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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