Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n
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The dyetary of ghostly helthe
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man_n and_o when_o you_o be_v alone_o /_o say_z often_o this_o verse_n qui_fw-la cognoscis_fw-la oculta_fw-la cordis_fw-la parce_fw-la peccatis_fw-la nostris_fw-la lord_n that_o know_v est_fw-fr the_o pryvyte_n of_o heart_n /_o we_o beseech_v the_o spare_v we_o /_o that_o we_o be_v not_o damn_a for_o our_o sin_n /_o and_z great_a offence_n ¶_o not_o only_o the_o body_n /_o but_z also_o the_o mind_n must_v be_v spar_v we_o from_o the_o occasyon_n of_o ill_a think_v though_o you_o shall_v be_v close_v up_o within_o iiij_o wall_n it_o be_v not_o enough_o to_o have_v your_o body_n spar_v from_o the_o occasyon_n of_o ill_a /_o where_o the_o mind_n be_v wander_v abroad_o in_o carnal_a pleasure_n /_o muse_v upon_o worldly_a vanyte_n /_o besy_v with_o work_n and_o matter_n of_o other_o person_n /_o and_o care_v moche_n for_o your_o friend_n and_o kynnesfolke_n /_o occupy_v sometime_o with_o unlawful_a and_o unclenly_a thought_n and_o desire_n therefore_o you_o must_v close_v up_o also_o your_o mind_n and_o affeccy_n on_o fro_o all_o such_o thing_n and_o that_o must_v be_v by_o often_o and_o contynuall_a remembrance_n of_o god_n /_o as_z never_a as_o you_o may_v close_o up_o and_o hide_v your_o love_n and_o mind_n in_o the_o deep_a and_o large_a wound_n of_o our_o lord_n ihesu_n cryste_n by_o devoute_a remembrance_n of_o his_o pytefull_a passion_n /_o always_o abide_v there_o /_o for_o there_o our_o enemy_n dare_v not_o meddle_v /_o but_o whyder_v you_o will_v or_o not_o /_o they_z will_v entre_fw-fr with_o you_o into_o the_o materyall_a cloister_n /_o your_o enemy_n the_o flesh_n must_v needs_o in_o /_o the_o devyll_n will_v not_o be_v behind_o and_o as_o i_o suppose_v /_o you_o shall_v have_v of_o he_o more_o force_n and_o strong_a batayle_n there_o than_o ever_o you_o have_v before_o and_o that_o we_o think_v now_o right_a lytell_fw-mi and_o easy_a /_o shall_v than_o perchance_o be_v full_a hard_a and_o grevous_a to_o overcome_v therefore_o prepare_v yourself_o manly_a stand_v fast_o in_o faith_n /_o and_o remember_v the_o reward_n of_o your_o vyctory_n /_o tru_a in_o god_n only_o for_o strength_n ¶_o how_o the_o world_n bring_v in_o trouble_n unto_o relygous_a person_n the_o world_n truss_v his_o gere_n &_o hyde_v they_o in_o a_o corner_n of_o a_o man_n soul_n /_o unto_o the_o time_n that_o he_o be_v enter_v into_o relygyon_n and_o than_o the_o devyll_n bring_v they_o to_o light_v so_o that_o those_o vanyte_v /_o sin_n /_o and_z inquyet_a besynesse_n /_o that_o you_o have_v see_v /_o hear_v /_o and_o ben_fw-mi in_o /_o shall_v than_o come_v to_o remembrance_n /_o which_o now_o you_o be_v nothing_o trouble_v with_o /_o as_z hyden_n within_o you_o than_o also_o the_o world_n shall_v send_v unto_o you_o by_o craft_n of_o the_o devyll_n /_o tydynge_n and_o tale_n berer_n which_o shall_v let_v you_o of_o great_a profit_n /_o if_o you_o be_v not_o ware_a sparre_n they_o out_o therefore_o and_o avoid_v they_o from_o you_o /_o and_z never_o be_v glad_a to_o here_o worldly_a rumour_n /_o ne_z vain_a talk_v let_v not_o the_o devyll_n hide_v up_o such_o thing_n in_o your_o soul_n that_o afterward_o may_v put_v you_o to_o trouble_v be_v never_o glad_a to_o talk_v and_o here_o of_o other_o person_n ill_a demeanour_n /_o of_z their_o beaute_fw-fr /_o their_o countenance_v /_o their_o apparel_fw-mi /_o and_o specyal_o of_o detraccyon_n or_o backbyte_v of_o any_o manner_n of_o person_n /_o but_o rather_o flee_v their_o company_n /_o or_z moeve_v they_o to_o say_v well_o /_o and_z to_o speak_v that_o be_v honest_a and_o convenyent_a for_o to_o here_o /_o sayenge_a thus_o before_o you_o shall_v speak_v with_o any_o worldly_a person_n domine_fw-la libera_fw-la any_fw-la mam_n meam_fw-la a_o labiis_fw-la iniquis_fw-la &_o lingua_fw-la dolosa_fw-la good_a lord_n i_o beseech_v the_o delyver_v my_o soul_n from_o the_o lip_n of_o wicked_a man_n &_o from_o a_o dysceyvable_a tongue_n ¶_o to_o order_n well_o every_o time_n avoid_v ydelnesse_n than_o after_o the_o counseyll_n of_o some_o good_a man_n dyspose_v and_o order_v every_o time_n of_o the_o day_n to_o some_o profit_n bodily_a or_o ghostly_a so_o that_o idleness_n before_o all_o thing_n may_v be_v utter_o exclude_v for_o idleness_n be_v the_o mother_n of_o all_o ill_a /_o stepdame_n to_o virtue_n /_o forger_n of_o unclenne_n /_o the_o way_n to_o unstablenesse_n nuryssher_n of_o vice_n /_o increacer_fw-fr of_o slothfulness_n /_o kyndeler_n of_o malice_n and_o invye_n it_o sow_v ill_a thought_n it_o gender_v ill_a desire_n /_o and_o bring_v forth_o many_o ill_a work_n it_o make_v we_o weary_a of_o ghostly_a lyve_v it_o put_v we_o in_o fere_n of_o ghostly_a batayle_n /_o and_o dryve_v we_o from_o the_o way_n of_o penance_n o_o false_a ydelnes_n how_o many_o do_v thou_o deceyve_v ydelnesse_n be_v the_o snare_n that_o the_o devyll_n hyde_v ymonge_n the_o grass_n of_o the_o green_a flourysshing_n youth_n /_o and_o ymonges_n the_o fallyngeleve_v leve_n of_o the_o vain_a worldly_a joy_n and_o pleasure_n /_o and_z very_a hear_v it_o be_v to_o escape_v it_o therefore_o beware_v that_o the_o devyll_n in_o no_o wise_n find_v you_o in_o this_o snare_n /_o but_o if_o you_o be_v catch_v therein_o /_o break_v out_o betimes_o before_o he_o catch_v hold_v upon_o you_o for_o when_o he_o have_v hold_v upon_o you_o /_o it_z be_v hard_a to_o break_v away_o ¶_o how_o we_o shall_v gyve_v we_o to_o dyvers_a exercyse_n and_o because_o our_o mind_n which_o be_v moche_n subject_n unto_o vanyte_n while_o we_o be_v in_o this_o life_n /_o abide_v never_o long_o in_o one_o state_n therefore_o we_o must_v dryve_v away_o ydelnes_n by_o dyvers_a change_n of_o good_a exercyse_n as_o sometime_o by_o good_a hand_n work_v /_o &_o convenyent_n bodily_a labour_n sometime_o in_o prayer_n /_o sometime_o in_o study_n /_o or_z rede_a of_o scrypture_n or_o of_o some_o good_a work_n of_o holy_a doctor_n sometime_o in_o medytacyon_n and_o contemplacyon_n if_o you_o can_v attain_v thereto_o and_o se_z the_o your_o hand_n work_n be_v other_o to_o the_o honour_n of_o god_n /_o to_o the_o profit_n of_o poor_a people_n /_o orel_n for_o your_o own_o necessyte_n and_o in_o every_o thing_n that_o you_o shall_v do_v se_fw-la first_o that_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o you_o to_o do_v it_o secundare_o if_o it_o become_v you_o for_o to_o do_v it_o thyrde_o whyder_v it_o be_v expedyent_n for_o to_o do_v it_o for_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v lawful_a and_o seem_a for_o you_o to_o do_v /_o be_v not_o to_o be_v do_v /_o but_o if_o they_o be_v expedyent_n saint_n poule_n to_o wytnes_n omnia_fw-la michilicent_fw-la set_v non_fw-la omne_fw-la michi_fw-la expediunt_fw-la therefore_o that_o thing_n that_o be_v seem_a expedyent_n and_o not_o again_o the_o commandment_n of_o god_n perform_v it_o /_o sayenge_a before_o every_o work_n in_o nomine_fw-la patris_fw-la etc._n etc._n with_o a_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la and_o un_fw-fr aue_fw-la maria_fw-la ¶_o of_o exercise_n in_o prayer_n and_o study_n your_o prayer_n 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life_n /_o both_o for_o to_o feel_v at_o yourself_o /_o and_o to_o show_v it_o unto_o other_o for_o the_o same_o intent_n and_o before_o you_o go_v to_o rede_n or_o study_v /_o say_v thus_o spiritus_fw-la sancti_fw-la gratia_fw-la illuminet_fw-la corda_fw-la et_fw-la corpora_fw-la nostra_fw-la with_o a_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la that_o be_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o holy_a ghost_n light_v on_o we_o both_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o after_o your_o rede_a /_o remember_v brefe_o what_o you_o have_v read_v /_o and_o than_o say_v thus_o confirma_fw-la hoc_fw-la deus_fw-la quod_fw-la operatus_fw-la es_fw-la in_o nobis_fw-la with_o a_o pater_fw-la noster_fw-la how_o to_o be_v order_v at_o your_o upryse_v /_o when_o you_o wake_v in_o the_o morning_n from_o sleep_v after_o the_o hour_n assign_v to_o
rise_v forthwith_o lyfte_v up_o your_o heart_n to_o god_n /_o commyte_a yourself_o to_o his_o proteccyon_n /_o and_o gyve_v he_o thanks_n /_o for_o that_o he_o have_v preserve_v you_o that_o night_n past_a /_o suffer_a no_o vain_a thought_n to_o fall_v into_o your_o mind_n /_o but_o short_o bless_v you_o and_o fall_v unto_o your_o prayer_n be_v never_o overcomen_v with_o sluggysshnesse_n ne_o dulness_n of_o body_n /_o as_o some_z ben_z that_o with_o groan_v and_o grutching_n rise_v out_o of_o their_o bed_n but_o with_o a_o quick_o mind_n put_v away_o all_o sloth_n as_o though_o cry_v our_o spouse_n do_v call_v you_o unto_o marriage_n /_o sayenge_a to_o yourself_o rise_v thou_o wretched_a body_n out_o of_o of_o thy_o couch_n /_o make_v the_o ready_a and_o light_v thy_o lamp_n /_o go_z meet_a with_o thy_o spouse_n /_o and_o do_v thy_o duty_n least_fw-mi thou_o be_v refuse_v for_o come_n to_o late_a be_v not_o long_o in_o the_o apparylling_n of_o yourself_o /_o but_o apply_v you_o unto_o your_o work_n or_o seruyce_n enjoin_v to_o you_o for_o to_o do_v with_o gladness_n of_o mind_n let_v no_o vanyte_n appear_v in_o your_o apparel_fw-mi /_o but_o keep_v always_o a_o seem_a form_n and_o a_o unyfourme_v way_n in_o your_o dress_v /_o use_v neither_o to_n rude_a vesture_n ne_o to_o precious_a /_o but_z in_o a_o mean_a /_o no_o wise_n desyre_v to_o please_v the_o world_n by_o it_o /_o but_z to_o honour_n god_n call_z also_o beseli_a unto_o god_n for_o his_o help_n and_o grace_v /_o that_o you_o may_v be_v strong_a against_o the_o malice_n and_o power_n of_o your_o enemy_n for_o many_o have_v be_v in_o great_a peryl_n both_o of_o body_n and_o soul_n /_o because_o they_o have_v not_o bless_v themselves_o &_o honour_a god_n at_o their_o upryse_v therefore_o say_v always_o when_o you_o rise_v some_o bless_v and_o prayer_n /_o as_z you_o may_v find_v in_o dyvers_a book_n ¶_o of_o hear_a mass_n if_o it_o may_v be_v /_o here_z mass_o every_o day_n for_o by_o that_o you_o be_v make_v the_o more_o able_a to_o all_o good_a work_n in_o the_o day_n follow_a /_o and_o prosper_v the_o better_o in_o every_o thing_n in_o mass_n time_n be_v dylygent_a asmoche_n as_o you_o may_v to_o have_v devocyon_n /_o commytting_a yourself_o and_o all_o that_o long_v unto_o you_o to_o he_o that_o be_v there_o present_a the_o mass_n be_v the_o veray_fw-fr memoryall_n of_o cryste_n passion_n than_o if_o you_o will_v have_v devocyon_n /_o fall_z to_o some_o medytacyon_n of_o cryste_n holy_a passion_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o kyndelyth_v man_n affeccyon_n so_o soon_o as_o the_o medytacyon_n thereof_o if_o you_o will_v be_v perfyte_o purge_v from_o vice_n if_o you_o will_v be_v endue_v with_o virtue_n if_o you_o will_v be_v lyghtn_v with_o understand_v if_o you_o will_v have_v vyctory_n of_o your_o enemy_n if_o you_o will_v have_v consolacyon_n in_o adversyte_n if_o you_o will_v have_v swetenesse_n with_o teres_fw-la in_o your_o prayer_n if_o you_o will_v depart_v pleasaunt_o out_o of_o this_o life_n if_o you_o will_v have_v rede_o everla_a joy_n use_v devoute_a medytacyon_n of_o cryste_n passion_n in_o your_o mass_n hear_v and_o also_o every_o other_o time_n before_o you_o shall_v pray_v the_o mass_n be_v of_o merueylous_a great_a effect_n for_o after_o the_o sayenge_a of_o saint_n austyn_n by_o every_o mass_n devout_o say_v be_v there_o one_o soul_n delyver_v out_o of_o purgatory_n /_o and_o one_o sinner_n convert_v therefore_o here_o mass_n devout_o /_o beseeching_n our_o lord_n sayenge_a bless_a ihesu_n let_v i_o sinner_n be_v the_o person_n the_o shall_v be_v steadfast_o convert_v unto_o the._n and_o say_v this_o prayer_n aina_n cristisanctifica_fw-la i_o and_o when_o you_o be_v comonde_fw-fr /_o se_fw-es that_o you_o dyspose_v yourself_o before_o with_o high_a devocyon_n &_o mekenes_n /_o by_o contrycyon_n /_o confessyon_n /_o and_z devoute_a prayer_n /_o so_o that_o you_o may_v receyve_v your_o maker_n to_o the_o saluacyon_n and_o strength_n of_o your_o soul_n and_o after_o to_o contynu_a the_o more_o steadfast_a in_o virtue_n ¶_o how_o goddess_n seruyce_n and_o prayer_n shall_v be_v say_v the_o seruyce_n that_o you_o be_v command_v for_o to_o say_v and_o all_o that_o long_v to_o obedience_n /_o se_fw-es that_o you_o fulfil_v moost_n dylygent_o before_o all_o thing_n for_o other_o prayer_n be_v not_o acceptable_a to_o god_n /_o if_o you_o leave_v on_o those_o thing_n that_o you_o be_v bind_v to_o of_o dewte_n therefore_o when_o the_o bell_n rynge_v to_o seruyce_n /_o consider_v as_o it_o be_v the_o trump_n that_o shall_v be_v blow_v at_o the_o judgement_n than_o hie_v you_o fast_a to_o chyrche_v with_o great_a mekenesse_n and_o fere_n /_o to_o treat_v and_o dyscusse_v your_o cause_n before_o god_n the_o moost_n high_a judge_n /_o moo_v mighty_a /_o moo_v ferefull_a /_o moo_v wise_a /_o moo_v tyghtwyse_o /_o but_o yet_o moo_v merciful_a remember_v that_o he_o be_v mercyful_a to_o all_o they_o that_o ben_fw-mi meek_a &_o obedyent_a /_o and_z their_o complaint_n and_o petycyon_n only_o he_o delyte_v to_o here_o therefore_o dyspose_v yourself_o to_o mekenes_n afore_o your_o prayer_n /_o by_o some_o medytacyon_n /_o as_z of_o your_o sinful_a life_n with_o sorynes_n therefore_o /_o of_z your_o few_o meryte_n &_o innumerable_a demeryte_n /_o of_o the_o daily_a misery_n in_o this_o life_n /_o of_o the_o infynyte_n peyne_v for_o sin_n after_o this_o life_n of_o the_o great_a endless_a joy_n in_o heaven_n /_o of_z the_o great_a goodness_n of_o god_n /_o for_o delayenge_a our_o punysshement_n /_o for_o that_o we_o shall_v amend_v our_o life_n of_o the_o great_a mercy_n of_o our_o savyour_fw-mi ihesu_n /_o suffer_a bitter_a passion_n for_o our_o redempcyon_n which_o all_o /_o but_o these_o pryncypal_o be_v great_a cause_n for_o to_o meken_v our_o heart_n /_o &_o to_o serve_v god_n devoute_o and_o when_o you_o have_v great_a devocyon_n by_o mekenesse_n saye_z your_o seruyce_n &_o prayer_n not_o only_o in_o your_o one_o person_n 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