Here begynneth the boke called the Pype, or tonne, of the lyfe of perfection The reason or cause wherof dothe playnely appere in the processe.
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Here begynneth the boke called the Pype, or tonne, of the lyfe of perfection The reason or cause wherof dothe playnely appere in the processe.
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Whitford, Richard, fl. 1495-1555?
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[Imprynted at london :: In fletestrete, by me Robert Redman, dwellynge in saynt Dunstones parysshe, next the churche,
In the yere of our lorde god a thousande fyue hondred and. xxxii. [1532] the xxiii. day of Marche]
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Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here begynneth the boke called the Pype, or tonne, of the lyfe of perfection The reason or cause wherof dothe playnely appere in the processe." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A15122.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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¶Of monasticall pouerte / as it is the seconde essenciall vowe. The seconde. Chapitre.
BVt here done we intreate of that pouer¦te onely / that standeth in forsakyng the worlde (as we sayde) to be at liberte to serue our lorde / after the exāple of oure sauiour Iesu / and to be of the nombre of them that he called blessed / sayng in the gospell. Beati pauperes spiritu,* 1.1Quoniā ipsorum est regnū ce∣lorū. That is: Blessed ben those {per}sones yt ben pore in spirite / in the holy ghoste / pore for the loue of our
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lorde: for the kyngdome of heuē is theyrs / and doth apperteyne vnto them as theyr proper heneritaūce. And yet althoughe the {per}sones of this pouerte done (as is sayd) for god forsake the worlde / yet maye they lyue in cōmune by the goodes of the worlde. Whether they take thē of gyfte or in almes / or whe∣ther they gete thē by laboures / or whether they bene prouided for by landes / rentes / or possessions. For the frute of this pouerte (as is sayd) is to be voyd of worldly cares. And to be at liberte to folowe Christ and so done the couent in euery religion. And al∣thoughe the souereine / and the officers done seme to be occupied somtyme with worldly busines: yet by∣cause / it is for the prouision / and nedes of the couēt: it is a spirituall busynes / and charite with obediēce in them: doth supplie the quietude of mynde / and ye duete of religion / whiche the couent dothe execute & fulfyll / and so ben they all of lyke merite & {per}fection.