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* 1.1¶ Let vs prouyde (sayth the apostle Paule) that all thynges be well / not onely before god / but also before the worlde. It suffyseth vnto religyous persones (as for themselfe) that they haue a good conscience / but it is necessary for ye worlde / yt religyous persones haue a good name & fame / & that in no wyse theyr name be
defouled ne blemysshed.* 1.2 For yf ony persones trustyng vpon good conscyence / be negligent of theyr name and fame / they ben cruell / moche more than religyous per¦sones yt sholde be fourme & example of good lyfe vnto all other {per}sones. So the apostle Paule wryteth vnto his disciple / sayenge.* 1.3 Make thy selfe specyall example of all good werkes vnto all persones / & we ben (sayth he agayn) vnto the worlde aūgels & men / a spectable vpon whome they loke & beholde / & vnto whome they take hede. So ben all religyous {per}sones. And therfore those yt done loue religyon / done seke & spye out what thynges they prayse in the persones religyous. And those yt hate them / done detracte / backbyte / & sclaūdre them. Wherfore religyous {per}sones sholde euer behaue themselfe in a due meane / & so kepe bothe theyr lyfe & fame / that theyr backbyters may rather be abasshed of theyr owne euyll sayenge / than theyr praysers be abasshed of theyr praysynge / bycause of theyr lyfe & werkes. For the prayser is euer abasshed / yf ye thynge he sayd be proued false: & so is also ye disprayser. They must therfore goo twayne togyder or thre / bothe for theyr owne solace & conforte / & also for ye testymony & wytnes of good lyfe and religyous behauyour. The wyse man sayth. Ve soli.* 1.4 Woo & mysery is vnto the persone yt gothe alone. For yf he fall or slyppe / he hath no helper. Yf than there ben twayne / they may eche helpe other. That sayenge of ye lettre is notable / whe∣re is sayd. The {per}sone that nedeth to go forth / shall not go wt whome he wyll / but wt whome ye souerayne cō∣maūdeth. For so by the souerayne / the surety of ye per∣sone shal be prouyded fore / & in the subiecte the vertue of due obedience shall be obserued & kepte. The lettre.
Egrotantiū cura / siue post egritudinē reficiendorū / siue aliqua imbecillitate / etiā siue febribus laborātiū: vni alicui debet iniūgi. Vt ipse de cellario petat / quod cui{que} opus {per}spexerit. That is. The cure & kepynge of the seke {per}sones / wheder it be for theyr recouery after theyr sekenes / or by ony feblenes & weykenes / or also of them that ben in feuers / axes & other diseases / shall be cōmytted & assigned vnto one certayn persone / that shall axe of the celary what he perceyueth necessary & nedefull vnto euery seke persone. Here ye may {per}ceyue that saynt Augustyn in ordrynge the disciples of this rule vnto vnite & peas vnder due obedience / he ordreth euery {per}sone vnto other: & where he had before ordey∣ned for ye cure of the seke persones by batthes or medi¦cynes / he now ordreth & prouydeth for theyr fedyng & kepynge. Now here.
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Ierony.
Tim̄. ij.
Eccls. iii