more ther of is write Math. xviije. capitulum. and Mark ixe. capitulum. Certis of this proces folewith not that, if myn iȝe or myn hond sclaundre me not, that y schal caste him awey fro me. And ther fore bi this processe folewith not that tho persoones, whiche han natural disposi|cioun and grace forto weel vse and dispose ricchessis, (and for to not ouer miche truste vpon hem, and not ouer miche loue hem, and not ouer miche be thouȝtful and troublid aboute hem,) ouȝten forsake hem and not receyue hem, if thei be to hem profrid. And if eny man be in contrarie wise vndisposid vnscapabili, lete him abstene and forbere that he come not into prelacie endewid; and not that for his vndisposicioun he schulde prouoke, procure, and make that manye hundridis of hise successouris schulden lacke the greet help and fortheraunce into gode deedis, whiche thei myȝten haue bi riche endewing. For the philsophir feelid bettir than so, seiyng that ricchessis ben instru|mentis of vertu, thouȝ in indisposid persoones bi her vndisposicioun oonli thei ben instrumentis and occa|siouns of vicis. [Pecock without doubt has Aris|totle in his eye. The following passage from the Ethics, among others more or less similar, will elucidate his allusion: "…." Eth. Nic., lib. iv. c. i.]
Thus miche, fro the bigynnyng of the iiije. chapiter hidir to, is ynouȝ forto schewe that Holi Scripture of the Newe Testament in his parti, which is of the ije. there seid sort, (that is to seie, which is pure doc|trinal,) lettith not the endewing of preestis bi im|movable possessiouns. For if it be weel answerid to these vj. now bifore going processis of doctrinal Scrip|ture, sownyng sumwhat aȝens the seid endewing, (as it is now bifore at ful [the ful, MS. (first hand).] to hem answerid,) certis ful
