mercy for my sake With the sinnes of the world be at debate and strife And vnto grace my heauenly father will you take All they whom the law condemneth for synne By faith in me I saue and iustifie I am come sinners by repentance to winne Christe speaketh to Mary Like as the Prophet before did prophecie Thou woman with mercy I do thee preuent If thou canst in the Sonne of God beleue And for thy former lyfe be sory and repent All thy sinnes and offences I doe forgeue Infidelitie Who is the sonne of God sir of whom do ye talke Which hath this power wherof you do boast It is best for you out of this countrey to walke And neuer more be sene after in this coast The sonne of God quod he This is a pride in dede Trowest thou that the father can suffer this They come of Abrahams stocke and holy sede And thou saiest that they beleue all amisse Christ. Auoide out of this woman thou Infidelitie With the .vii. diuels which haue hir possessed I banish you hence by the power of my diuinitie For to saluation I haue hir dressed Infidelitie runneth away Mary falleth flat downe Cry all thus without the doore and roare terribly Diuels O Iesus the Sonne of God euer liuing Why comest thou before the tyme vs to torment In no person for thee we can haue any abidyng Out vpon thee the sonne of God omnipotent Christ. Arise woman and thanke the father of heauen Which with his mercy hath thee preuented By his power I haue reiâ—cted from the spirits seuen Which with vnbelief haue thy soule tormented Mary Blessed be thy name O father celestiall Honor and glory be giuen to thee world without end O Lord doest thou regard thus a womaÌ„ terrestriall To thee what tong is able worthy thanks to repend O what a synfull wretche Lord haue I bene Haue mercy on me Lord for thy names sake So greuous a sinner before this day was neuer sene Uouchsafe therfore compassion on me to take Iesus Christ. Canst thou beleue in God the maker of all thing And in his onely sonne whom he hath sent Mary I beleue in one God Lord and heauenly kyng And in thee his onely sonne with hearty intent Good Lord I confesse that thou art omnipotent Helpe my slender beliefe and infirmitie My faith Lord is waueryng and insufficient StreÌ„gth it I pray the with the power of thy maiesty No man can come to me that is in me beleue Christ â–ª Faith repeÌ„taÌ„ce entreth Except my father draw hym by his spirite Behold Faith and Repentance to thee here I geue With all other vertues to thy health requisite Note well the power of Gods omnipotencie Faith That soule which of late was a place of deuils He hath made a place for him self by his clemencie Purgyng from thence the multitude of euils Repentance The mercy of Christ thought it not sufficient To forgeue hir synnes and deuils to pourge But geueth hir grace to be penitent That is hir soule euer after this day to scourge The vertue of Repentance I do represent Which is a true turnyng of the whole lyfe and state Unto the will of the lord God omnipotent Sorowing for the sinnes past with displesure hate That is to say all the inward thoughts of the hart And all the imaginations of the mynde Which were occupied euill by Sathans arte Must hence forth be turned after an other kynd Dauid my father on his synnes did alway thinke Howe horrible they were in God almighties sight Teares were his sustenance yea both meat drinke His hole meditation was in heauen both day night So that Repentance is described in Scripture To be a returnyng from syn with all the soule hart And all the life tyme in repentyng to endure Declaring the same with the senes in euery part As thus like as the eyes haue ben vaynly spent Upon worldly and carnall delectations So henceforth to wepyng and teares must be bent And wholly giuen to godly contemplations Likewise as the eares haue ben open alway To here the blasphemyng of Gods holy name And fylthy talkyng euermore night and day Nowe they must be turned away from the same And glad to heare the Gospell of saluation How God hath mercy on them that doe call And how he is full of pitie and miseration Raisyng vp suche agayne as by synne dyd fall The tong which blasphemie hath spoken Yea and filthily to the hurt of soule and body Wherby the precepts of God haue ben broken Must hence forth praise God for his mercy daily Thus like as all the members in tymes past Haue ben seruantes of vnrighteousnesse and synne Now Repentance doth that seruice away cast And to mortifie all his lustes doth begynne True repentance neuer turneth backe agayn For he y t laieth his haÌ„d on the plough loketh away Is not apt in the kingdom of heauen to raigne Nor to be saued with my sainctes at the last day Mary O Lorde without thy grace I do here confesse That I am able to do nothyng at all Where it pleaseth thee my miserie to redresse Strength me now that hence forth I do not fall Graunt me Lord suche a perfect repentance And that I looke no more back but go forward still Put my miserie euermore into my remembrance That I may forthinke my life that hath ben so yll Fayth The holy vertue of Faith I do represent Ioyned continually with repentance For where as the person for synne is penitent There I ascertain him of helth and deliuerance Wherfore I am a certaine and sure confidence That God is mercifull for Christ Iesus sake And where as is a turnyng or penitence To mercy he will the penitent take Faith therfore is the gyft of God most excellent For it is a sure knowledge and cognition Of the good will of God omnipotent Grounded in the word of Christes erudition This faith is founded on Gods promission And most clerely to the mynde of man reuealed So that of Gods will he hath an intuition Which by the holy ghost to his heart is sealed Repentance This Faith with the word hath such propinquitie That proprely the one is not without the other Faith must be tried with the word of veritie As the chyld is by the father and mother Iesus Christ. Yea truly if this faith do from Gods word decline It is no faith but a certayn incredulitie Which causeth the mynd to waÌ„der in strange doctrine And so to fall at length into impietie Faith The word to a glasse compare we may For as it were therin Faith God doth behold Whom as in a cloude we loke vpon alway As hereafter more plainly it shal be told Mary My heart doth beleue and my mouth doth publish That my lord Iesus is the sonne of God eternall I beleue that my soule shall neuer perysh But raigne with him in his kyngdom supernall Repentance The operation of Faith is not to enquire What God is as touchyng his
entangle men and snarle them in such a trade Infidelitie I can you thanke for that Mary in dede Well spoken an vniust God do you esteme Euen from the heart that sentence dyd procede Feare not their vniust God do you blaspheme You see no remedy but vtter damnation Folowe my counsell and put care away Take here your pleasure and consolation And make you mery in this worlde while you may Of one hell I would not haue you twayne to make Be sure of a heauen while you dwell here Refresh your self and al pleasure doe you take Plucke vp a lusty heart and be of a good chere Mary O this knowledge of synne is so in my syght That if I should dye truely I can not be mery Infidelitie We will ridde the knaue hence anon by this light Or else of his life I will soone make him wearie the Law O synner from thy heart put that infidelitie Which hath drowned thee already in the pit of hell Trust thou in Gods might and possibilitie Wherof neither angell nor man is able to tell Knowledge of synne That thing in dede whiche to man is impossible Is a small thyng for God to bryng to passe This mercy to all senses is comprehensible Which he will declare by his holy Messias the Law That thing which I cā not do through my infirmity God is able by his son to perform in tyme appointed All my contentes be shadowes of his maiestie Whom now in this tyme God hath anoynted Knowledge of synne That Messias alone onely shall the law fulfill And his fulfilling shall be in suche acceptation That God for his sake shall pardon mankyndes yll Acceptyng his offeryng for a full contentation the Law That Messias is the stone spoken of before Which of vayne builders should be refused Yet he shall be the corner stone of honour Which in the building of gods tēple shal be vsed And all that trust in hym with true beleue Knowledge of Sinne. That he is very God and man into this world sent God will all their synnes for his sake forgeue So that they can be contrite and repent Mary I euer beleued yet vnto this day That God was able of nothyng all things to make And as well I beleue also that he may Forgeue and mercy vpon synners take But seyng that he hath made a determination By a law that none shall be saued good or badde Then he that would looke for any saluation Truly I take hym ten tymes for worse than madde Infidelitie He that will not the kepers of the law saue Which obserue diligently his commaundementes Much lesse truly on them mercy he will haue Which haue contemned all his words iudgements Wel Mary I haue condemned thee vnto hell fyre the Law Yet not so condemned thee but if thou canst beleue In that Messias which for thee doth enquire There is no doubt but thy sinnes he will forgeue Thy sore is knowen receiue thy salue and medicine I haue the sicke to the leache geue good eare Hearken diligently vnto his good discipline And he will heale thee doe nothyng feare Exit Let me fele your poulses mistresse Mary be you sick Infidelitie By my trouth in as good tēpre as any woman can be Your vaines are full of bloud lusty and quicke In better taking truly I did you neuer see The body is whole but sick is the conscience Knowledge of synne Which neither the law nor man is able to heale It is the word of God receyued with penitence Like as the boke of wisedome doth plainly reueale Infidelitie Conscience how doth thy conscience litle Mall Was thy conscience sicked alas little foole Hooreson fooles set not a pynne by them all Wise inough in dede to folowe their foolishe schoole You bottell nosed knaue get you out of place Auoyde stinkyng horeson a poyson take thee Hence or by God I will lay thee on the face Take hede that hereafter I doo you not see Though I appere not to hir carnall syght Knowledge of synne Yet by the meanes that she knoweth the lawe I shall trouble hir always both day and night And vpon hir conscience continually gnawe Infidelitie What chere nowe is here but we twayne alone Be mery mistresse Mary and away the mare A murreyn go with them now they be gone Plucke vp your stomacke and put away all care Mary O maister Prudence my heart is sore vexed The knowledge of synne is before me alway In my conscience I am so greuously perplexed That I wote not what to doe truly nor say Here entreth Christ Iesus Infidelitie Benedicite arte thou come with a vengeance ▪ What wilt thou do Mary doe you loue me My wordes print well in your remembrance To yonder felowes saying doe you neuer gree Christ Iesus Into this worlde God hath sent his owne Not to iudge the world or to take vengeance But to preache forgeuenesse and pardon Through true faith in hym and perfect repentance The sonne of man is come to seke and saue Suche persons as perishe and go astraye God hath promised them lyfe eternally to haue If they repent and turne from theyr euill way The kyngdom of heauen is at hand therfore repent Amende your lyues and the Gospell beleue The sonne of God into this world is sent To haue mercy on men and theyr synnes to forgeue Mary O here is the Messias of whom we haue harde What say you Prudence is not this same he Infidelitie A Mary do you my wordes no more regard You haue a waueryng witte now well I doe see Is not this a lyke person the sonne of God to be And the Messias whiche the worlde should saue He is a false harlot you may beleue me Whome you shall see one day handled like a knaue If the lawe of God published by Moyses Be not able to bryng men to saluation Muche lesse suche a wretched man doubtlesse Can do ought for your soules consolation Tushe take one heauen in this present world here You remember what before to you I haue sayd Pluck vp your heart wenche and be of good there Neuer regard his words tushe be not afrayd Mary The lawe hath set my synnes before my syght That I can not be mery but am in despaire I know that God is a Iudge equall and right And that his lawe is true pure cleane and fayre By this law am I condemned alredy to hell The wordes he hath spoken must be fulfilled Of myrth and ioy it is but foly to tell For I perceiue that both body and soule be spilled Christ Like as the father raiseth the dead agayne And vnto life doth them mercifully restore So the sonne quickeneth the dead it is playne And geueth them a life to liue euermore Uerily verily I say he that heareth my voyce And beleueth on him that hath me sent Shall haue euerlastyng life therin to reioyce And shall not come into damnable torment But the same passe from death vnto lyfe Repent and trust in Gods
law he teacheth a doctrine All holy Religion he doth detest The reuerend bishops and you the pharisies He calleth hipocrites and doth you reuile So he doth the doctours and scribes of all degrees â–ª Beside that the Saboth also he doth defile He vseth as great blasphemie as euer was The sonne of the lyuyng God he doth hymself call He saith that he is the very same Messias Prophecied before of the Prophets all I promise you right worshipfull Simon Your temple lawe and people shal be made captiue If in this sort he be suffred alone And you shall lose all your prerogatiue Simon We the fathers of the clergie diuers seasons About hym haue consulted together To destroy hym we haue alleaged reasons But many thyngs therin we do consider His doctrine is maruellous this is true And his workes are more maruellous doubtlesse If as yet we should chaunce hym to pursue Muche inconuenience might chaunce and distresse The people do hym for a great Prophete take He doth so muche good among them that be sicke That they wote not what on hym to make For he healeth bothe the madde and the lunatike Malicioê° iudge Me thinke verily that it doth you behoue Which are men of learnyng and intelligence His doctrine and miracles wisely to proue And whence he had them to haue experience Simon By my faith I wil tell you what was my pretence To haue bidden him to dyner this day I thought Where we would haue examined his science And by what power suche wonders he wrought But if I can not haue hym in my house this day I will appoynt an other day for the same cause Then will we appoint for hym some other way If we fynd hym contrary to our lawes Malicioê° iudge Ne credas tempori trust not the tyme he doth say I feare that you will permitte hym to long There is euer peryll in muche delay Neuer suffre you to raigne ought that is wrong Simon Well seyng that at this tyme he doth not appere I will returne hence as fast as I may Take you the payne a whyle to tary here To see if he chance at any tyme to come this way Or if you here where he is resident Let vs haue worde as fast as euer you can Malicioê° iudge As concernyng your request I will be diligent To doe you pleasure euermore I am your man It shall cost me a fall I promise hym truely Except I bryng hym shortly to an ende Watche for hym will I in all places duely I will know what the marchant doth intende A beggerly wretch that hath not of his owne One house or cabyn wherin he may rest his heade His parents for poore laboring folks ar wel known And haue not y e things which shold stand theÌ„ in stede No man knoweth where he lerned went to schoole And yet he taketh vpon hym to teache men doctrine But within a while he will proue him selfe a foole And come to vtter destruction and ruine Is he able thynke you to withstande So many bishops priestes and pharisies Great learned men and seniors of the lande With other people that be of their affinites His foly by his presumption he doth declare A while we are content that he doth raigne But I trust to make him wearie of his welfare If I may see hym in this countrey agayne Infidelitie Ha ha ha laugh quod he laugh I must in dede I neuer sawe a bolder harlot in my life To prompt hir forward we shall not nede No poynt of synne but that in hir is rife Malicioê° iugemâ—t Infidelitie what a diuell doest thou here I had not knowen thee but by thy voyce Infidelitie Malicious iudgement I pray thee what chere To see thee mery at my heart I doe reioyce Malicioê° iudge What a diuell meanest thou by this geare This garment is not of the wonted fashion Infidelitie For euery day I haue a garment to weare Accordyng to my worke and operation Among the Pharisies I haue a Pharisies gown Among publicans and synners an other I vse I am best I tell thee now both in citie and towne And chiefly among the people of the Iewes This is the cause their Messias whoÌ„ Christ they call Is come into the world sinners to forgeue Now my labour is both with great and small That none of them do hym nor his wordes beleue The bishops pharisies I make y e more hard harted The synnes of them that are disposed to synne I augment so that they can not be conuerted So that hard it will be any grace to wynne Malicioê° iudge Among them Malicious iudgemeÌ„t is not my name The true intellection of the law they doe me call Carnally I cause them to vnderstand the same And accordyng to their owne malice to iudge all Infidelitie Thou knowest that among theÌ„ I am Iustice lega For by the dedes of the law they will be iustified So that the doctrine of the Messias euangelicall Shalbe despised and he therfore crucified Malicioê° iugemeÌ„t The reuerend father Simon the Pharisie To haue spoken with him euen now was here Under the pretence of frendship and amitie He would bid him to diner and make him good chere Not for any good-will that to hym he doth owe But to proue his fashion learnyng and power Good will quod he â–ª No no that I do know Infidelitie For yf they durst he should die within this houre But let this passe I will tell thee what I haue done Knowest thou not a wench called Mary Magdalene Malicioê° iudge Yes mary I dyd see her yesterday at noone A pretie wenche she is in deede and a cleane Infidelitie I haue brought her now into suche a case That she is past the feare of God and shame of man She worketh priuily in euery place Yea and prouoketh other therto now and than I would thou dydst see hir disposition Thou hast not sene hir like I think in thy dayes Malicioê° iudge If she haue tasted of thy erudition I doubt not but she knoweth all wicked ways To se her fashion I would bestowe my forty pence But at this tyme I can no longer tary here About my busynesse I must depart hence Seekyng for the same Christ both farre and nere Infideli Uery little I hope for his commoditie To doe hym any good doest thou intende Thou knowest my mynde right well Infidelitie â–ª What nede we any more tyme to spende Farewell thou wilt come to â—â—â—er to day Maister Symon will haue him if it be possible Infidelitie Thou knowest that I dwell with such men alway For in his heart I am euen now inuisible Well remembred yet I must prouide a garment Agaynst that I come to my master Symon About the which the preceptes of the testament Must be written in order one by one Nowe will I returne to my minion againe I may not from hir be away absent If hir companie I should a litle refraine I knowe well that she would not be content Mary Horeson
propre nature But how good he is to vs to know faith doth desyre Which thing appereth in his holy Scripture Faith It is not inough to beleue that God is true only Which can neuer lie nor deceaue nor do yll But true faith is persuaded firmly and truely That in his word he hath declared his will And also what soeuer in that word is spoken Faith beleueth it as the most certaine veritie Which by his spirit he doth vouchsafe to open To all such as seke hym with all humilitie Repentance Christ the sonne of God here hath promised Forgiuenesse of synnes to you syster Mary Of his owne mercie this to do he hath deuised And not of your merites thus you see plainly If in this promise you be certain and without doubt Beleuing that the word of his mouth spoken He is able and also will do and bryng about Then that you haue Faith it is a token Mary O Iesu graunt me this true faith and beleue Lord I see in my self as yet imperfection Uouchsafe to me thy heauenly grace to geue That it may be my gouernance and direction Christ Mary my grace shall be for thee sufficient Goe thy way forth with faith and repentance To heare the Gospell of health be thou diligent And the wordes therof beare in thy remembrance Faith Though in person we shall no more appeare Yet inuisibly in your heart we will remayne Repentance The grace of God shal be with you both far nere Wherby from all wickednesse I shall you detaine Mary Honor praise and glory to the father eternall Thankes to the sonne very god and very man Blessed be the holy gost with them both coequall One god which hath saued me this day from SathaÌ„ Exeunt Christ I thank thee O father O lord of heueÌ„ earth of al That thou hast hidden these things from the sapient And hast reuealed them to the litle ones and small Yea so it pleased thee O father omnipotent All things of my father are committed vnto me And who the sonne is none but the father doth knew No maÌ„ but the sonne knoweth who y e father shold be And he to whom the sonne wil reueale and showe Come vnto me all you that with labor are opâ—â—essed And are heauy laden and I will you comfort Dispaire not for that you haue transgressed But for mercy do you boldly to me resort My yoake vpon your neckes do you gladly take And learn of me for I am lowe and meke in hart And you shal fynd rest for your soules neuer to slake My yoake and burden is light in euery part I came not into the world the righteous to call But the synfull persons vnto repentance The whoale haue no nede of the physition at all But the sicke haue nede of deliuerance Uerily I say vnto you that the angels Haue more ioy in one synner that doth repent Than in many righteous persons else Which are no sinners in their iudgement Here entreth Symon the Pharisie and malicious Iudgement Symon biddeth Christ to dynner Symon God spede you syr heartily and well to fare I reioyce much that I chaunce you here to fynde In good soth I was sory and toke muche care That I had no tyme to declare to you my mynde We know that you do much good in the countrey here Wherfore the liuyng God is glorified You heale the sicke persons both farre and nere Like as it hath ben credibly testified Christ. My father euen vnto this tyme worketh truely And I work according to his commandement wil The sonne can do nothyng of hym selfe duely But that he seeth the father doyng alway still Whatsoeuer the Father doth the sonne doth the same For the father doth the sonne entierly loue And sheweth him al things to the praise of his name And shal shew him greter works thaÌ„ these as you shal proue Malicioê° iudge Lo sir what nede you haue more testimonie You heare that he doth him self the sonne of God call Doth not the law condemne that blasphemie Commaunding such to be slaine great and small Symon For a season it behoueth vs to haue pacience I shewed you the reason wherfore of late At this season I pray you do your diligence And semble rather to loue hym than to hate Shall it please you syr this day to take payne With me at my house to take some repast You shal be welcome doubtlesse I tell you playne No great puruiance for you I entend to make Christ. My meate is to doe his will that hath me sent But syr I thanke you of your great curtesy To come to you I shall be very well content So that you will appoynt the houre stedily Symon All things be in maner ready I thinke verily In the meane season in my gardein we will walke Take the paines to go with me I pray you heartily Till dinner be ready of matters we will talke Christ With a good will I will waite vpon you Pleaseth it you to go before you know the way Symon Sirrâ— you see how that we are appointed now Make all thyngs ready without delay Malicioê° iudge Sir I will go about as fast as I may In good fayth I would that I might haue my will I would prepare for hym a galowes this day Upon the whiche I desyre his bloud to spill Infidelitie A vengeance take hym thefe is he gone From Mary Magdalene he did me chace From Symon the Pharisie he will driue me anon So that no where I shal be able to shew my face Malicioê° iudge Nay we are so surely fixed in the Pharisies mynde That his blasphemous words can not driue vs theÌ„ce Womens heartes turne oft as doth the wynde And agayne of the law they know not the sence In malice I haue made them all so blynde That they iudge nothyng in Christ aryght To the letter of the law so fast I do them bynde That of the spirite they haue no maner of light Infidelitie I will tell thee Malicious Iudgement His wordes be of suche strength and great power That the diuell hym self and all his rablement He is able to expell and vtterly to deuoure Malicioê° iudge Tushe hyde thy self in a Pharisies gowne Suche a one as is bordered with the coÌ„maundemeÌ„ts And then thou maist dwel both in citie and in towne Beyng well accepted in all mens iudgements Infidelitie As for a gowne I haue one conuenient And lo here is a cappe agreing to the same Malicioê° iudge As thou saiest that geare is very ancient I warant thee now to escape all blame Mary of one thyng thou must take good hede As nere as thou canst let him not behold thy face Doubt thou not but he shall haue his mede If I remayne with the Iewes any space Infidelitie And as for the reuerend byshop Cayphas With all the Aldermen of Ierusalem Will helpe to bryng that matter to passe For I am like for euer to dwell with them Malicioê° iugemeÌ„t The same Christ dineth with
Simon to day Who commanded to prepare the table in all hast Helpe to make all ready and the cloth to lay For surely here he purposeth to take his repast Infidelitie By God he shall haue soure sause it may hap Do thy parte and surely I purpose to watche It shal be hard but we will take hym in a trap He shall fynde hym here that will hym matche Malicioê° iudge Go and fetche trenchers spoones salt and bread See whether the cookes be ready also I pray thee They will come to dynner I dare lay my head Before that all things prepared well shall be Infidelitie A straw all this geare wyll quickly be doone The cookes be ready also I am sure Let me see byr lady it is almost noone I maruell that they can so long fastyng endure Malicioê° iudge Yonder they come turne thy face out of sight Thou must make curtesy downe to the ground Infidelitie I would he were hanged by God and by this light For neuer before this day was I thus bound Symon Sir now are you welcome I pray you come nere Fetche in meate syrs I pray you quickly I promise you I byd you for no good chere But such as it is you ar welcome hartily Infidelitie Pleaseth it you to washe syr here is water Let not yonder beggerly felow wash with you Symon Can you not a while dissemble the matter It is no tyme to talke of suche geare now Will you sit sir bryng hither a cushion and a stoole Set it down I say there there at the tables ende Infideli Here is a businesse with a beggerly foole It greueth me the tyme about him to spende Go to you are welcome hitherto my maister Simon Thinke your self at home in your owne place Christ. I thanke you sir I will syt downe euen anone But first we will prayse God and say our grace Blessed art thou heauenly father which of thy mercy Hast made man to thyne owne image and similitude Which through Sathans wicked malice and enuie Was spoiled of thy grace and of ghostly fortitude But at this tyme of thy mercy appointed Thou hast looked on man of thy compassion And sent thyne owne sonne with thy spirit anoynted Which for his synne shall make satisfaction Let all creatures praise thee for their creation Glory to thy name for their preseruation Laude and honour to thee for their restauration All thankes to thee for eternall saluation Simon I pray you sitte downe I pray you heartily You are welcom I pray you eate such as is here Go to I would not haue you to make any curtesy I am sory that for you I haue no better chere Infidelitie It is simple chere as you say in dede It is to good for him by the Masse Haie is good ynough for hym theron to feede Or for any such foolishe asse Malicioê° iudge Marke you not what in his grace he dyd say Thou hast seÌ„t thy sonne anointed with the holy ghost By these words euidently vnderstand we may That to be the son of God of him selfe he doth boast Simon Wherof doe you .ii. talk what is the matter Is there any thing that doth grutch your conscience Malicioê° iugemeÌ„t This is the truth of our talke yea I wil not flatter Your gest said a word wherof I wold haue iÌ„telligeÌ„ce He thanked God at this tyme nowe appointed That on mens synnes he had pitie and compassion And hath sent his sonne with his spirite anointed Which for his sinne should make satisfaction Hath God into this world sent his owne sonne Or who is the sonne of God I wold be glad to know Like as now he speaketh so oft tymes he hath done The tyme and place I am able to showe Symon I pray you my guest his mynde do you satisfie It is said that the sonne of God you do your self call Christ. I am come into this world the truth to testifie Wherof the scripture and the Prophets do witnes all If I of my self should beare testimonie My witnesse of you should not be taken as true But there is an other that witnesseth of me verily And I know that his testimonie is true Of man truely no testimonie do I take But I speake these wordes that saued you myght be The sonne of God is sent hither for your sake Whom in the glorie of his maiestie you shall se. The workes which to me the father doth geue That I may doe them those workes to you I say Beare witnesse if you haue the grace to beleue That the father hath sent me into the world this day Besides these workes the father that hath me sent Hath by many scriptures of me testified By the whiche the matter is euident That my wordes spoken before are verified But the father you haue neuer heard speaking And what he is by faith you haue neuer sene His word you haue not in you remayning Therfore to him whom he hath seÌ„t faithful you haue not beÌ„ Serch y t scriptures for you thiÌ„k in your mind That in them you shall obtaine life eternall Them to beare witnesse of me you shall fynde How I am the sonne of the liuyng God immortall Symon Wel sir you ar welcom I wold not haue you to thiÌ„k That I did byd you hither to tempt or to proue But that I would haue you both to eate and drinke Euen as my entier friend and for very loue Wherfore any thing that is here done or sayd Shalbe layd vnder foote and go no further For surely if your wordes should be betrayd As a blasphemer the people would you murder Christ. You know that there is .xi. houres in the day And night commeth not till the .xii. houres be expired It is not in mans power my life to take away Till the houre commeth of my father required Infidelitie Under the foote quod hee if I kepe counsell I would I were hanged vp by the very necke Fye on hym horeson traitour and very rebell Hear you not how god him self he beginneth to check Malicioê° iudge Though maister Symon doth but few wordes say Yet I warrant you he beareth this geare in mynde Doubt thou not but he will fynde suche way That he shal be ryd and as many as be of his kynde Simon Go to I pray you alacke you eate no meate You see that at this tyme we haue but plaine fare Christ When we haue sufficient before vs to eate Let vs thanke God and put away all care Mary Magdalen sadly apparelled The more that I accustom my self with repentance The more I see myne owne synne and iniquitie The more knowledge therof the more greuance To a soule that is conuerted from hir impietie To all the worlde an example I may be In whom the mercy of Christ is declared O Lord what goodnesse dydst thou in me see That thus mercifully thou hast me spared What goodnesse nay rather what a rable of euils Full of wickednesse like one past all grace Replenished with a multitude of deuils Which
Lord Iesus of his great mercy Mary entreth with Iustificatiō To speake sentences here in my presence Of the which I haue no perfect intelligence The fyrst is Many sinnes are forgiuen hir sayd he Because she hath loued much meanyng me I pray you most holy Iustification Of this sentence to make a declaration Iustificaion A question right necessary to be moued For therby many errors shall be reproued It were a great errour for any man to beleue That your loue dyd deserue that Christ shold forgeue Your synnes or trespasses or any synne at all For so to beleue is an errour sanaticall And how can your loue desyre forgiuenesse of your yl Seing that the law it is not able to fulfill The law thus commaundeth as touchyng loue Thou shalt loue thy Lord God as it doth behoue With al thy hert with al thy soule w t al thy strēgth And thy neighbor as thy self He saith also at length There was neuer man borne yet that was able To performe these preceptes iust holy and stable Saue onely Iesus Christ that lambe most innocent Which fulfilleth the law for suche as are penitent But loue foloweth forgiuenesse of synnes euermore As a fruict of faith and goth not before In that parable which vnto you he recited Wherin he declared your sinnes to be acquited He called you a detter not able to pay Then your loue paid not your dets perceiue you may The forgiuenesse of your sinnes you must referre Only to Christes grace then you shall not erre Of this thing playn knowledge you may haue In these wordes go in peace thy fayth doth thee saue So by faith in Christ you haue Iustification Frely of his grace and beyond mans operation The which Iustification here I do represent Which remayn with all suche as be penitent Here commeth loue a speciall fruicte of Faith As touchyng this heare mekely what he saith Mary O how much am I vnto Iesus Christ bound In whom so great mercy goodnesse I haue found Not onely my synfull lyfe he hath renued But also with many graces he hathe me endued Loue entreth I am named loue from true faith procedyng Where I am there is no vertue nedyng Loue commyng of a conscience immaculate And of a faith not fained nor simulate Is the end of the law as Scripture doth say And vnto eternall felicitie the very path way This loue grounded in Faith as it is sayd Hath caused many euyls in men to be layd For where as the loue of God in any is perfite There in all good workes is his whole delite This true loue with Mary was present verily When to Christ she shewed that obsequie But this loue dyd procede from beleue When Christ of his mercy dyd hir sinnes forgeue Loue deserued not forgeuenesse of sinnes in dede But as a fruite therof truely it did succede Iustification Of this matter we might tary very long But then we should do our audience wrong Which gently hath heard vs here a long space Wherfore we will make an end nowe by Gods grace Praying God that all we example may take Of Mary our synfull lyues to forsake And no more to looke backe but to go forward still Folowyng Christ as she did and his holy will Loue. Such persons we introduce into presence To declare the conuersion of hir offence Fyrst the lawe made a playne declaration That she was a chylde of eternall damnation By hearyng of the law came knowledge of synne Then for to lament truely she dyd begynne Nothyng but desperation dyd in hir remayne Lokyng for none other comfort but for hell payne But Christ whose nature is mercy to haue Came into this world synners to saue Which preached repentance synnes to forgeue To as many as in hym faithfully dyd beleue By the word came faith Faith brought penitence But bothe the gyft of Gods magnificence Thus by Faith onely Marie was iustified Like as before it is playnly verified From thens came loue as a testification Of Gods mercy and her iustification Mary Now God graunt that we may go the same way That with ioy we may ryse at the last day To the saluation of soule and body euermore Through Christ our Lord to whom be all honor FINIS