And freres fyndeth hem in defaute, As folk bereth witnesse, That whan thei preche the peple In many places aboute, I Wrathe walke with hem, And wisse hem of my bokes.
And now persons han perceyved That freres parte with hem, Thise possessioners preche And deprave freres.
Ac Robert Renaboute Shal noght have of myne, Ne postles, but thei preche konne And have power of the bisshope; Thei shul have payn and potage, And make hemself at ese, For it is an unreasonable religion That hath right noght of certein.
At the Kyng than askyd thai Leve to preche the Crystyn fay.
Maister Brakle shall preche at Poules on Sunday next comyng as he tolde me, and he told me, that for cause Childermesse day[280.
And if thei have bothyn connyng and audacite, and have none eloquensye ner copiousnesse of langage, so that he preche that his audiens is most excercised in, that thei may understand hym, elles it profiteth not.
And right thus were men wont to teche; And in this wyse wolde it preche The maistres of divinitee Somtyme in Paris the citee.
Of al the worlde cure have I In brede and lengthe; boldely I wol bothe preche and eek counceilen; 6845 With hondis wille I not traveilen, For of the pope I have the bulle; I ne holde not my wittes dulle.
I preche no-thing but for coveityse; Of this matere it oughte y-nogh suffyse.
This asketh haste, and of an hastif thing 3545 Men may nat preche or maken tarying.
For I wol preche and begge in sondry londes; I wol not do no labour with myn hondes, Ne make baskettes, and live therby, 445 Because I wol nat beggen ydelly.
Tho gan she him ful bisily to preche Of Cristes come and of his peynes teche, 340.
Ye sholde been al pacient and meke, And han a swete spyced conscience, 435 Sith ye so preche of Iobes pacience.
But shortly myn entente I wol devyse; I preche of no-thing but for coveityse.
Sone myn, 2490 To preche and soffre for the feith, That have I herd the gospell seith; Bot forto slee, that hiere I noght.
And forto preche therupon Crist bad to hise Apostles alle, The whos pouer as nou is falle On ous that ben of holi cherche, If we the goode dedes werche; 1800 For feith only sufficeth noght, Bot if good dede also be wroght.
Bot passe thei the salte fom, To whom Crist bad thei scholden preche To al the world and his feith teche: Bot now thei rucken in here nest And resten as hem liketh best 1670 In all the swetnesse of delices.
Forthi he dredde him of his harmes, 3360 And gan to preche him and to preie; Bot Jason wolde noght obeie, Bot seide he wolde his porpos holde For ought that eny man him tolde.
Why be ye evell apayed that secular prestes shulde preche the gospel; sith god him-selfe hath boden hem?
The Pellican began topreche Both of mercy and of mekeness; And sayd, that "Christ so gan us teche, 95 And meke and merciable gan bless.
And Christ himself was apayed with twelve apostles and a few disciples, to preche and do prestes office to all 285 the hole world; than was it better don than it is now at this tyme by a thousand deel.
What cause hast thou that thou wilt not prechethe 130 gospell, as god sayeth that thou shuldest; sith it is the best lore, and also oure beleve?
As a political ballad of the time says-- "Full wisely do they preche and say, But as they preche nothing do they.
And so sayde the frere in the pulpet: no more are ye none of the chyldren of God: for ye scorne and laughe at me nowe, that preche to you the worde of God whiche 3 lines wanting.
Commaundementes; wherfore this seruaunte shewed the frere his mayster therof, and aduysed him to preche some sermonde of some other matter: for it greued him to here his maister so deryded and to be called frere John x.
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