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The repressor of over much blaming of the clergy.

and manye othere thingis lijk to these ȝe doon. And he seide to hem, Wel ȝe han maad the maundement of God voide to kepe ȝoure tradicioun: for Moyses seide, 'Worschipe thi fadir and thi modir,' and, 'He 'that cursith fadir or modir, die he bi deeth;' but ȝe seien, 'If a man seie to fadir or modir, Corban,' that is to seie, 'What euer ȝifte is of me, it schal 'profite to thee;'—and ouer ȝe suffren not him do [to do, MS. (first hand). No MS. of Wiclif's later version, collated by Forshall and Madden, has to.] eny thing to fader or modir; and ȝe breken the word of God by ȝoure tradicioun, that ȝe han ȝouun; and ȝe doon manie suche thingis. And he eftsoone clepid the peple and seide to hem: Ȝe alle heere me and vndirstonde; no thing that is withouten a man that entrith into him may defoule him, but tho thingis that comen forth of a man, tho it ben that defoulen a man; if eny man haue eeris of heering, heere he. And sumwhat aftir there he spekith more of this goostli defouling in the maner which is bifore spokun in Matheu the xve. chapiter. Bi these ij. longe processis now rehercid, oon writun Math. xve. capitulum., and the other writun Mark vije. capitulum., it semeth to manye of the comoun peple that Crist blamed there the tradiciouns of whiche he spekith there, for that thei weren tradiciouns of men; so that sufficient cause were forto blame hem, that thei weren mennis tra|diciouns sett to the comoun lawe of God. And ther|bi thei wolen conclude folewingli, that alle mennys tradiciouns ben nauȝt, and noon such ouȝten be; [This and the four preceding words are written in the margin in a later hand.] but Goddis tradiciouns oonli ouȝten be; which is aȝens the Apostle, ie. Cor. xje. capitulum., as it is schewid bifore in this present iiije. partie, the vije. chapiter. And thus, as thei weenen, the ije. premysse of the argument
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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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