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measure_n that_o they_o have_v mesure_v to_o pour_v folk_n for_o the_o mercy_n of_o ihesu_n crist_n but_o they_o it_o amend_v now_o shul_n you_o understande_v in_o what_o manner_n sin_n weyith_n and_o encresiâ—h_v in_o man_n the_z first_o thing_n be_v that_o norissh_v of_o sin_n of_o which_o i_o speak_v bifore_fw-la that_o be_v concupiscence_n and_o after_o that_o come_v suggestion_n of_o the_o devyl_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o devyllis_n below_o with_o which_o he_o blowith_v in_o man_n the_o fire_n of_o concupiscence_n and_o after_o that_o a_o man_n bethink_v he_o whether_o he_o wool_fw-mi do_v or_o no_o that_o thing_n to_o which_o he_o be_v tempt_v and_o than_o if_o that_o a_o man_n wythstont_a and_o weyve_v the_o first_o 'tice_v of_o his_o flesh_n and_o of_o the_o fiend_n than_o it_o be_v no_o