drink_v as_o full_a rest_n of_o his_o herte_n that_o he_o will_v never_o have_v other_o lyffe_n ne_o other_o bliss_n but_o live_v ever_o in_o such_o lust_n of_o his_o flesh_n if_o he_o may_v it_o be_v no_o dowte_n but_o y_fw-fr â—_o he_o syne_v dede_o for_z he_o love_v his_o flesh_n more_o than_o god_n but_o he_o that_o lie_v in_o dede_o sin_n of_o pride_n or_o envy_n or_o such_o other_o he_o be_v so_o blind_a by_o the_o devil_n y_fw-es â—_o for_o the_o time_n he_o have_v no_o power_n of_o his_o free_a will_v and_o therefore_o he_o may_v not_o well_o ayenstonde_v flessh_o likynge_n when_o they_o come_v but_o fall_v down_o wilful_o to_o hem_v as_o a_o best_a do_v to_o karyon_n and_o in_o asmoche_n as_o he_o have_v no_o general_n will_v before_o to_o god_n principal_o by_o cause_n that_o he_o be_v in_o dede_o sign_n therefore_o you_o e_o lust_n of_o glotenye_n the_o which_o he_o fall_v in_o lyght_o be_v to_o he_o dede_o sin_n for_z he_o makith_v none_o ayenstond_v general_n ne_o specyall_a but_o a_o neither_o man_n or_o woman_n which_o in_o grace_n or_o charite_n have_v always_o a_o good_a general_a will_n to_o god_n in_o his_o soul_n whede_a he_o sleep_v or_o wake_v eat_v or_o drink_v or_o what_o good_a deed_n y_o it_o he_o do_v so_o that_o it_o be_v not_o evyll_n in_o itself_o by_o the_o which_o wylle_n &_o desire_v he_o chesyth_v god_n above_o all_o thing_n &_o have_v lever_n forbere_fw-la all_o thing_n of_o the_o world_n than_o wrath_n his_o god_n for_o love_n of_o he_o this_o will_n though_o it_o be_v but_o general_a it_o be_v of_o so_o great_a virtue_n by_o the_o grace_n of_o our_o lord_n ihun_v that_o if_o he_o fall_v by_o freelte_n in_o lust_n &_o in_o like_v of_o meet_a &_o of_o drink_n or_o of_o such_o other_o siknes_n either_o by_o excess_n of_o tomoche_n et_a or_o to_o often_o or_o to_o greedy_o or_o to_o lusty_o &_o delicate_o or_o tosone_o in_o untyme_n it_o save_v he_o &_o kepith_n he_o fro_o dede_o sign_n and_o this_o be_v sooth_n aslonge_v as_o he_o be_v in_o charite_n by_o other_o dede_n &_o kepyth_v his_o general_a will_n to_o all_o that_o he_o do_v and_o nam_o if_o he_o know_v among_o his_o own_o wretchidne_n &_o cry_n after_o mercy_n and_o be_v in_o purpose_n specyal_o to_o ayenstonde_v such_o fleshly_a lust_n for_o our_o lord_n be_v good_a &_o merciful_a &_o these_o venyall_n syne_v of_o glotenye_n he_o foryevyth_v right_a soon_o unto_o a_o meek_a soul_n for_o the_o stir_v &_o the_o like_n of_o glotenye_n in_o asmoche_n as_o they_o be_v hard_a for_o to_o flee_v by_o cause_n of_o need_n of_o y_fw-fr e_o bodily_a kind_n among_o all_o other_o syne_n be_v moo_v exscuable_a &_o least_fw-mi perilous_a and_o therefore_o thou_o shall_v not_o rise_v against_o the_o ground_n of_o this_o sign_n as_o y_fw-fr u._fw-mi shall_v against_o all_o other_o syne_v for_o y_fw-fr e_o ground_n of_o this_o sin_n be_v oon_o need_n which_o may_v not_o be_v escape_v but_o if_o thou_o will_v do_v worse_a as_o slay_v y_z e_o need_n as_o many_o fole_n do_v which_o sholden_a slay_v the_o theyf_v and_o spare_v the_o true_a man_n that_o be_v to_o say_v they_z sholden_a slay_v unskylfull_a lust_n &_o the_o wilful_a like_n and_o spare_v and_o keep_v the_o bodily_a kind_n and_o they_o do_v not_o so_o but_o against_o all_o other_o syne_v thou_o shall_v arise_v for_o to_o destroy_v not_o oon_o dede_o sin_n and_o the_o great_a venyal_n but_o also_o against_o the_o ground_n of_o hem_n as_o moche_v as_o thou_o may_v see_v by_o this_o skylle_n thou_o may_v not_o live_v without_o meet_a and_o drink_v but_z thou_o may_v live_v without_o lechery_n if_o thou_o will_v &_o never_o but_o the_o better_a and_o therefore_o thou_o shall_v not_o flee_v onn_o the_o deed_n of_o it_o which_o be_v dede_o sin_n but_o also_o wylfull_a like_n of_o it_o in_o thy_o herte_n without_o deed_n which_o be_v venyall_n sign_n &_o sometime_o it_o be_v de_o but_o also_o thou_o shall_v traveyle_v against_o the_o ground_n of_o it_o for_o to_o destroy_v the_o feeling_n &_o the_o rise_a of_o flesshly_a stir_v ¶_o how_o the_o ground_n of_o lechery_n shall_v be_v destroy_v with_o ghostli_a traveyle_n &_o with_o bodily_a caplm_fw-ge lxxiii_o but_o this_o traveyle_n against_o the_o ground_n of_o lechery_n shall_v be_v goostly_a as_z by_o prayer_n &_o ghostly_a virtue_n and_o not_o by_o bodily_a penance_n for_o wit_v thou_o well_o that_o if_o thou_o fast_o &_o wake_v &_o scourge_v thyself_o and_o do_v all_o that_o thou_o can_v thou_o shall_v never_o have_v y_z e_o clennes_n &_o the_o chastite_n without_o the_o yefte_a of_o god_n &_o the_o garce_a of_o mekenes_n thou_o shall_v soon_o slay_v thyself_o than_o thou_o sholdeste_v slay_v flesshly_a stirynge_n &_o felynge_v of_o lust_n &_o lechery_n either_o in_o thy_o herte_n or_o in_o thy_o flesh_n by_o any_o bodily_a penance_n but_o by_o the_o grace_n of_o ihesu_n in_o a_o meek_a soul_n the_o ground_n may_v be_v moche_n stop_v &_o destroy_v and_o the_o spring_v may_v be_v moche_n dry_v and_o that_o be_v very_a chastite_n in_o body_n &_o in_o soul_n on_o the_o same_o manere_fw-mi may_v be_v say_v of_o pride_n &_o of_o covetise_n and_o of_o such_o other_o for_o thou_o may_v live_v if_o thou_o be_v not_o proud_a ne_o covetous_a and_o therefore_o thou_o shall_v destroy_v all_o the_o felynge_v of_o they_o asmoche_n as_o y_fw-mi u._fw-mi may_v but_o in_o glotenye_n thou_o shall_v rise_v &_o smite_v away_o the_o unskylfull_a stirynge_n and_o save_o the_o ground_n hole_n ¶_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v besye_n to_o put_v away_o all_o stirynge_n of_o sin_n but_o more_o besye_n of_o ghostly_a sin_n than_o of_o bodily_a caplm_n lxxiiii_o and_o therefore_o he_o that_o rise_v against_o the_o feel_n of_o flesshly_a like_n in_o meet_a and_o drink_v more_o full_o and_o more_o sharp_o than_o of_o pride_n or_o covetyse_v which_o for_o they_o semen_fw-mi fair_a be_v not_o lyghte_o reprove_v or_o of_o envy_n or_o of_o lechery_n i_o say_v that_o he_o be_v half_a blind_a for_z he_o see_v not_o yet_o ghostly_a unclenne_n as_z of_o pride_n and_o envy_n how_o foul_a it_o be_v in_o goddis_fw-la siÈte_fw-it i_o hope_v if_o a_o man_n may_v see_v with_o his_o eye_n ghostly_a how_o foul_a pride_n and_o covetyse_n arne_v in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n and_o how_o contrary_a to_o he_o he_o shall_v more_o loathe_v a_o styre_n of_o pride_n and_o the_o vain_a like_n of_o it_o and_o also_o he_o shall_v the_o more_o agryse_v and_o rise_v against_o that_o evyll_n will_v of_o envy_n or_o ire_n to_o his_o even_o crysten_v than_o many_o a_o styring_n or_o like_v either_o of_o glotenye_n or_o of_o lechery_n nevertheless_o all_o man_n wenen_fw-ge not_o so_o for_o comyn_o man_n arn_v more_o eschew_v for_o to_o feel_v a_o styre_n of_o flesshly_a sin_n and_o have_v for_o it_o more_o sorrow_n and_o hevynesse_n than_o for_o the_o great_a likynge_n in_o vain_a glory_n or_o in_o other_o ghostly_a sin_n but_o they_o arn_v not_o wise_a for_o if_o they_o will_v understonde_v holy_n write_v &_o doctor_n saw_n thereof_o they_z sholden_a find_v as_o i_o say_v which_o i_o ne_v may_v ne_o will_v rehearse_v now_o i_o will_v not_o exscuse_v they_o that_o fall_v in_o likynge_n of_o glotenye_n and_o lechery_n that_o they_o sin_n not_o for_o i_o wot_v well_o that_o all_o the_o spyce_n of_o they_o arn_v sin_n more_o or_o less_o after_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o sin_n and_o other_o lykynge_n with_o wylfull_a cyrcumstaunce_n but_o i_o will_v that_o thou_o know_v and_o charge_v all_o ylke_n a_o sin_n as_o it_o be_v more_o the_o more_o as_z arn_a ghostli_fw-la syne_v less_o the_o less_o arn_v as_o flesshly_a sin_n and_o yet_o shall_v thou_o nevertheless_o hate_v and_o flee_v all_o both_o bodily_a &_o ghostly_a upon_o thy_o may_v for_o wit_v thou_o well_o that_o flesshly_a desire_n and_o unskylfull_a likynge_n in_o meet_a &_o drink_v or_o any_o likynge_v that_o longen_fw-mi to_o the_o body_n pass_v reasonable_a need_n though_o they_o be_v not_o always_o great_a sin_n to_o he_o that_o be_v in_o charyte_n nevertheless_o to_o a_o soul_n that_o desire_v clennes_n and_o ghostly_a feel_n of_o god_n they_o arn_v full_a hevy_a painful_a and_o bitter_a and_o moche_n for_o to_o eschew_v for_o the_o spiryte_n may_v not_o feel_v his_o kindly_a savour_n w_o t_o in_o till_o the_o flesh_n have_v lose_v his_o bestly_a savour_n wythouten_a ¶_o that_o hunger_n and_o other_o bodily_a pain_n let_v moche_o goostly_a werching_n caplm_fw-ge lxxu·_fw-la and_o therefore_o if_o thou_o wolt_fw-ge come_v to_o clennes_n of_o herte_a the_o behovyth_v ayenstonde_v unskylfull_a stir_v of_o flesshly_a desire_n but_o against_o the_o ground_n thou_o shall_v not_o rise_v as_o
manner_n of_o joy_n &_o like_v but_o in_o y_z e_z cross_n and_o in_o the_o passion_n of_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n cryste_n and_o nevertheless_o afterward_o he_o say_v thus_o predicamus_fw-la vobis_fw-la xpmm_n dei_fw-la virtutem_fw-la &_o dei_fw-la sapienciam_fw-la as_o who_o say_v first_o i_o prechyd_v of_o the_o manhede_v &_o the_o passion_n of_o cryste_n now_o i_o prithee_o to_o you_o of_o the_o godhede_v â–ª_o as_o thus_o that_o cryst_n be_v the_o may_v of_o god_n and_o the_o endless_a wysdom_n of_o god_n ¶_o that_o the_o meditacyon_n of_o the_o passion_n of_o cryst_n be_v wythdrawen_v from_o they_o that_o it_o be_v yeven_v to_o oft_o scythe_n for_o dyvers_a cause_n caplm_fw-ge xxxvi_o this_o manner_n of_o meditaconn_n a_o man_n have_v not_o always_o when_o he_o will_v but_o when_o our_o lord_n will_v yeve_v it_o unto_o some_o man_n and_o wymmen_v he_o yevyth_v it_o all_o their_o life_n time_n by_o scythe_n when_o he_o vysyte_v hem_o as_z some_o man_n arne_v so_o tender_a in_o her_o affeccyon_n that_o when_o they_o here_o man_n speak_v or_o elles_fw-fr that_o they_o thynken_fw-mi of_o his_o precyous_a passion_n her_o herte_n melten_fw-mi in_o devotion_n and_o arne_v feed_v and_o comfort_v against_o all_o manner_n temptacyon_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o that_o be_v a_o great_a yeft_v of_o god_n to_o some_o man_n he_o yeve_v it_o first_o plentevous_o and_o afterward_o he_o with_o draw_v it_o for_o dyverse_a cause_n other_o if_o a_o man_n wax_v proud_a of_o it_o in_o his_o own_o sight_n or_z for_o some_o other_o sin_n by_o the_o which_o he_o makith_v himself_o unable_a for_o to_o receyve_v the_o grace_n or_o else_o our_o lord_n wythdrawyth_o it_o &_o all_o other_o devocyon_n sometime_o from_o a_o man_n or_o a_o woman_n for_z he_o will_v suffer_v he_o to_o be_v assay_v by_o temptacyon_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o so_o will_v he_o dyspose_v a_o man_n for_o to_o know_v and_o feel_v himself_o more_o ghostly_a for_o he_o say_v so_o himself_o to_o his_o discyple_n expedit_n vobis_fw-la ut_fw-la ego_fw-la vadam_fw-la si_fw-mi enim_fw-la non_fw-la abiero_n 16._o peraclitus_fw-la non_fw-la veniet_fw-la ad_fw-la vos_fw-la it_o be_v spedefull_a to_o you_o that_o i_o go_fw-mi from_o you_o bodily_a for_o if_o i_o go_v not_o the_o holy_a ghost_n may_v not_o come_v to_o you_o for_o as_o long_o as_o he_o be_v with_o they_o they_o love_v he_o moche_n but_o it_o be_v flessh_o in_o his_o manhede_v and_o therefore_o it_o be_v spedefull_a to_o hem_v that_o he_o shall_v withdraw_v the_o bodily_a form_n from_o her_o sight_n that_z the_o holy_a goost_n may_v come_v to_o hem_v and_z teach_v they_o for_o to_o love_v he_o and_o know_v he_o more_o ghostly_a as_z he_o die_v on_o the_o day_n of_o pentecost_n right_o so_o it_o be_v spedefull_a to_o some_o that_o our_o lord_n withdraw_v a_o lityl_o the_o bodily_a and_o the_o flesshly_a likeness_n from_o theye_n of_o the_o soul_n that_o the_o herte_n may_v be_v set_v and_o fyx_v more_o besy_o in_o ghostly_a desire_v and_o seek_n of_o his_o godhede_v ¶_o of_o dyvers_a temptaconn_n of_o the_o fiend_n caplm_fw-ge xxxvii_o nevertheless_o it_o behovith_n a_o man_n to_o suffer_v many_o temptation_n first_o and_o thyse_n temptacyon_n fall_v oftsythe_n to_o some_o man_n &_o wymmen_v after_o when_o comfort_n be_v wythdrawen_v upon_o dyvers_a manner_n by_o malice_n of_o the_o enemy_n as_o thus_o when_o the_o devyll_n perceyve_v devocyon_n moche_v wythdrawen_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v leave_v as_o it_o be_v nakyd_v for_o a_o time_n thenne_fw-fr send_v he_o to_o some_o man_n temptaconn_n of_o lechery_n of_o glotenye_n so_o hot_a &_o so_o bren_v that_o they_o shall_v think_v that_o they_o felyd_v never_o none_n so_o grevous_a in_o all_o her_o life_n time_n before_o when_o they_o yaaf_a hem_n moost_n to_o sin_n in_o so_o moche_v that_o they_o shall_v think_v it_o impossyble_a for_o to_o stone_v long_o and_o suffer_v that_o they_o ne_o shall_v needs_o fall_v but_o they_o have_v help_v and_o therefore_o have_v they_o thenne_v moche_n sorrow_n both_z for_o lack_v of_o comfort_n and_o devoconn_n which_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o have_v and_o they_o have_v moche_v drede_v of_o fall_a from_o god_n by_o such_o open_a sin_n and_o all_o this_o werkyth_v the_o devyll_n at_o the_o suffraunce_n of_o god_n for_o to_o do_v hem_n forthynke_v she_o good_a pourpoo_n and_o turn_v again_o to_o sin_n as_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o do_v but_o who_o so_o will_v abide_v awhile_o and_o suffer_v a_o lityll_a pain_n and_o not_o turn_v again_o to_o sin_n for_o no_o thing_n the_o honde_n of_o our_o lord_n be_v full_a never_o and_z helpyth_o right_a soon_o for_o he_o kepyth_v he_o full_a sickerly_a and_o the_o man_n wot_v not_o how_o as_o the_o prophet_n david_n say_v in_o the_o person_n of_o our_o lord_n cum_fw-la ipo_fw-la sum_fw-la in_o tribulaconne_n 9â—_n eripiam_fw-la eum_fw-la &_o glorificabo_fw-la eum_fw-la i_o be_o with_o he_o in_o his_o trybulaconn_n and_z in_o temptacyon_n i_o shall_v delyver_v he_o and_z i_o shall_v make_v he_o glorious_a in_o my_o bliss_n some_o man_n he_o tempt_v by_o ghostly_a syne_n malicyous_o as_o by_o mystrow_v of_o the_o faith_n or_o of_o the_o sacrament_n of_o our_o lordis_fw-la blessyd_v body_n also_o of_o despeyr_n or_o of_o blasphemy_n in_o our_o lord_n or_o oni_n of_o his_o saint_n or_o loathing_n of_o her_o life_n or_o bitterness_n or_o unskylfull_a hevyne_n or_z of_o tomoche_n drede_v of_o hemself_n and_o of_o she_o bodi_fw-la if_o they_o put_v they_o holy_a to_o goddis_fw-la seruyse_n some_o man_n he_o tempt_v also_o and_o nam_o solitary_a man_n &_o wymmen_v by_o drede_n and_o uglynes_n and_o quakynge_n and_o shakynge_n either_o appear_v to_o they_o in_o bodily_a lyknes_n or_o else_o in_o ymagyne_v sleep_a &_o wake_v and_o tarry_v they_o so_o that_o un_v may_v they_o have_v any_o rest_n and_o also_o on_o many_o other_o wyse_v he_o tempt_v moo_o than_o i_o can_v or_o may_v say_v ¶_o of_o dyvers_a remedye_n against_o temptaconn_n of_o the_o fiend_n caplm_v xxxviii_o 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