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A03564
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Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called the Lucydarye; Elucidarius
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Honorius, of Autun, ca. 1080-ca. 1156.; Chertsey, Andrew.
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1523
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STC 13686; ESTC S117897
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scalded with the fyre of the candell in suche wyse that often he falleth vnto the erthe also he ryseth agayn the best wyse he can and with all his power he putteth hymselfe agayne in the fyre of the candell all holly that he there abydeth not withstandynge that he seeth well the daungere Also done those the whiche dampneth themselfe for how be it that they se and knowe the daunger that therin is and also that they ben often scalded by trybulacyous and aduersytees to th ende that they conuert theÌ„ and that by inspyracyon dyuyne they haue some remors how be it for that they cease not tyll vnto that that of theyr owne wyll wtout ony constraynt they put them so depe in the fyre that they there abyde and shall neuer go forthe And how be it that good wyll of symple wyll that all men be saued and hath one so grete a gyfte as the realme of paradys without ony meryte and by suche wyse my chylde knowe thou that god hath made the man not to th ende that he be dampned but to th ende that by his holy operacyoÌ„s in suffryng pacyentlye trybulacyons and aduersytees and in resystynge and fyghtynge valyauntlye ayenst the deuyll the worlde and the flesshe he may meryte to be saued ¶ Mayster those the whiche ben predestynate to be saued may they be saued without deseruynge it to trauayle therefore My chylde nay for god knowith well that by theyr merytes and trauayles they shall be saued And in lykewyse may a man say of the dampnyd ¶ Mayster syth that those the whiche beÌ„ predestynate to be saued may they not be daÌ„pned and those the whiche shold be dampned may they be sauyd what auayleth it elles so moche to trauayle for to haue paradys or hell My chylde if thou be predestynate to be saued in the glorye eternall thou sholdest not encrease thy paynes in purgatory to lesse thy glory in paradys by faute to do well yf thou be predestynate to be daÌ„pned thou sholdest not therfore euermore lyue in synne but thou sholdest euermore enforce the to do well to do penaunce for to lesse thy paynes in hell for as moche as thou knowest not whereunto thou art destynate thou sholde alwayes thynke on the better ê‘ty that is to vnderstaÌ„de that god the hath made vnto his seÌ„blaunce hath bought the with his precyous blode for to saue the not to dampne the. wherfore my chylde thou shold euermore do good dedes to fle the yll knowe thou my chylde that god the hath gyueÌ„ wytte vnderstaÌ„dynge reason fre wyll lyberall arbytre to chose the good or the yll to th ende that thau haue not ony cause of Ignoraunce or of ImpuyssauÌ„ce ¶ Master what say ye of them the which neuer hereth the coÌ„maundementes of god ne none they done My chylde the men ben made vnto the Image vnto the semblauÌ„ce of god to th ende that they hym loue serue drede and therfore if they knowe not theyr creature in this worlde we shall not knowe them in the other ne yet by theyr Ignoraunce they shall not be excused but more soner accusyd for the IgnorauÌ„ce excusyth not the synne ¶ Mayster yf a chylde were nourysshed in a wood he had neuer harde speke of the fayth of Iesu cryste shal he be daÌ„pned yf yâ— he dye in suche wyse My chylde it is a thynge to beleue that god maketh reuelacyoÌ„ vnto euery persone of the fayth of Iesu cryst by techynge of man or by reuelacyon dyuyne or otherwyse if he go ayenst the sayd reuelacyon knowe thou that he shall be dampned ¶ Mayster ben the soules made from the begynnynge of the worlde My chylde nay but god them createth all the dayes theÌ„ putteth in the bodyes of the chyldren wtin the wombe of theyr moder that is to vnderstaÌ„de vnto men at .xl. dayes after theyr coÌ„cepcyon Mayster what auayleth vs coÌ„fessyoÌ„ My chylde it is the secoÌ„de baptym For in lykewyse as by baptym all synnes be pardoned In lykewyse by the vertu of the sacrament of coÌ„fessyon all our synnes be pardoned for as moche as a man knowlegeth his defaute before god or before his lyeutenaunt for God loueth more obedyeÌ„ce thaÌ„ sacryfyce for obedyeÌ„ce is mother of all vertues ¶ Mayster auayleth more penauÌ„ce don by enioynynge of the coÌ„fessoure than penauÌ„ce don by wyll My chylde if thy coÌ„fessoure the hath enioyned in penauÌ„ce one pater nâ— all onely thou leue it to say an hole sauter synÌ„est thou shalt not acquyte the of thy penauÌ„ce but yf thou saydest the PeÌ„nrÌ„ yâ— which to the was enioynyd and thou leuest to say the sauter or other many fayre orysons that thou sayst by symple wyll thou shalt not synÌ„e but thou shalt acquyte the of thy penauÌ„ce for as I haue tolde the more better is obedyeÌ„ce done to our lorde than doth the sacryfyce ¶ Mayster what auayleth contrycion at the poynt of deth My chylde those the which abydeth theÌ„ to repent tyll vnto the houre of deth ben trechoures vnto our lord as the trechoure yll payer that promyseth for to paye at a certayne terme but he wolde that the terme sholde neuer come and for this mater cause he maketh a M. trecheryes vnto his creature to th ende that he ne paye hym so sone or neuer and of the other parte saynt Luke sayth that god is not well payed of hym the which hym payeth of that thynge that he ne may no lenger holde Howe be it it is wryten that at what houre that the synner shall declare his synne in grete repentaunce and coÌ„trycyoÌ„ that it vnto hym shall be pardoned But my childe it is a ryght grete parell to abyde hym to repeÌ„t for thaÌ„ a man is so troubled that a man knoweth not hymselfe nor none other for as sayth the psalmys OmÌ„noÌ„ est in morte q memor sit tui in iferno auÌ„t quis confitebitur tibi That is to say that as the deed man hath no remembraunce of god and that is no tyme hym to repent and to confesse his synne whan that a man is in hell for the senteÌ„ce of god is gyuen Than my chylde thou shold repent coÌ„fesse the whaÌ„ thou hast tyme space thou sholdest not tarye tyll to morowe for thou knowest not whether thou shalte deye to morowe or sooner the discyple the mayster MAyster sythen that the synne of pryde is ê‘doned by baptyme wherfore dyeth those the which ben baptysed My chylde the good deyeth to the ende that they ben taken from the trybulacyon of this worlde they be crowned in the realme of paradys and the euyll deyeth by theyr synnes to the ende that they be put from the Ioyes and delytes of this worlde ben in greate doloure punysshed eternally in hell ¶ Mayster what noyeth the sodyen dethe vnto the man My chylde that man the whiche dyeth so daynly so that he be in the