gode man, that God visiteth mani man for his sinnes diversly; some wit prisoning, some wit diverse sekenes, and if the sinne were awai, than his sekenes shuld aslake. Hereof berith witnes the Gospel, that God seith thus to ten mesels [lepers], whan he had helid hem of here lepre, go, he said, and sinne no more on aunter thow falle wors, as who seith, for thowre sinne the had this sekenes. And therfor it is ordeined be the law, that ther shal no leche zeve no bodili medicine to a seke man, til he be helid gostli; and that he have take gostli medicine, that is to sai, schrift and housel; and if 3e be wel schrive and veray repentaunt I drede nou3t that the sekenes shal aslake wiche he hath for sinne, or ellis it shal turne him to more blisse after his deth; and therfor if his sekenes aslake noust thou shalt comfort him on this maner.

How thou shalt comfort a man that he grucche [grudge] noust whan he is seke.

Sone loueste thou thi Lord God? he wil sai, ze. Than thus, 3f thou loue God, thou louest that He doith, and He skorgeth the, and therfor thou shalt gladli suffre it. Here of spekit Salamon, and seith, Sone speke nouzt azen the chastising of thi fader, for it is no sone whom the fader chastisith nouzt, and it acordith wit commine maner of speche. For if a man see anotheris child do schreudeli in his fader presence, and the fader chastised him nou3t, than wold that othir man seie, it is nou3t his sone, or ellis he loueth him nout, for if he were his child or ellis loued him, he wold chastise him: and therfor be nouzt evil afraide of thi Fadirs chastising of heuene, for he seith himself: whom I loue, him I chastise. Also sekenes of bodi makith soule hele [health], and soule hele is nout but of God; therfor despice nought Godis

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scorge, but whan God ponissche the, thanke him and loue him, that he emendith the, and undernemith [judgeth] the, and blameth the, and ponische the nou3t in his wrath ne in his wodnes [fury], but in his grete mercy. Thank thi God, and thinke that his merci passeth alle his grete wreche; he is jugge, [?], he wil nou3t damne the, but he wil haue merci on the. Mercifulli he chastise the, and ther [where] thou hast deservid for to have his wrath, and be damned for ever, he puttith ouer his veniaunce, and suffrith of his grete mercy, and ponische the here but awile, and therfor despice nou3t his 3erde [rod] of merci, ne grucche noust ther azens, but suffre it gladli, for al the domis [judgments] of God ben rithful. sethen [since] sekenes of God is hele to the soule, and wille thou or nilt, thou shal haue hit, 3if thou grucche azen God, and wit thi grucching thou makist thi soule more feble, and so thou profitist nou3t to thiself wit thi grucching azen thi Fadir, wiche is thi leche, but greuist thiself on diuerses maners; on [one] is, that thou greuist thi God: another thou shalt nouzt haue so miche gostly mede [reward] as thou shuldest, zif thou suffred deth pacientliche. And thou shalt knowe that God Fadir of heuene ponissche nout o [one] thing tuyes, and therfor wit a glad hert thou shalt suffre sekenes that God hathe sent the here, for it shal alegge [allay] the of the peyne of purgatorie, so that thou the more soner shal come to the kingdome of heuene. Thinke that if the king to whom thou hast ben tretour, forzeuith the thi deth and ponische the but awile in esi prison, thou art michil hold to him. So thou art to God, to whom thou hast ben tretour, and he hath forziue the euerlasting deth, and ponischinge the wit a litul sekenes here.

Tina në e ati, trele ʼn i'm on this maner,

the

Tadbiri md wei seie w meters dims word fou suidest desire to dve ir seta. blessed be thei that seanmg of thi f care and

mua und fene and disese, and Now vierder is it better, die wel Pariera e vei cu maist noust

If frem vai le 10 v in his wrecchid world, elit. Men man is a Ser. that is to seie. sim. mi 1so I sin tur senen sizes in the dai mun: md har seith Seina Poul, that no

Im Tied Tur sum letare: and seith thus to God. I lestra e ele and be wis God, for the kotes of tri mi to na tele. Here is Finger ni furs, nid and lene, trial and weridesse, me mi vrch, goode and lecherie, pride ai scurte, sense und istesse, manslausther and mere, and many her: and there is no man witoute Le mese. But be te ha som of these, fr ezeri man s staff and teror Dose de Dosephurs maden ever serve when are children were bore, and ioie whan Sel Bed and passid cm of the wo of this world And Seina Austin when he shall be ded, he gruk av beth ons mer: A thoa deth end of alle mykidzes tien lech end of traal beginning of ese and alle Sie, what man mai bechenke the profitis and the blisses that then brings with the? thou art desirefil to me, for a Cristin may est euil die, but wel die, and li lice) wit Criste.

When the host all in alle this, or ellis if thou kase mo time to sci dile for hast of dech, begin here, and no tone

speke to him on this maner, whan thou seest that he neiheth [neareth] the deth:

Brother, art thou glad that thou shalt die in Cristin feith? Resp. ze.

Knowleche that thou hast nou3t wel liued as thou shuldest? Resp. ze.

Art thou sori therfor? Resp. ze.

Hast thou wil to amend the, 3if thou haddist space of lif? Resp. ze.

Leuist thou in God, Fader Almighti, Maker of heuene and of erthe? Resp. ze.

Leuist thou in the Fader and Sone and Holi Gost, thre persons and on [one] God? Resp. ze.

Leuist thou that oure Lord Jesus Crist Godis Sone of heuene was conseiuid of the Holi Gost, and toke flesche and blode of oure ladi seint Marie, and was borne of hir, she being moder and mayde? Resp.

ze.

Leuist thou that he suffrid pine and deth, for oure trespas, and nou3t for his gilt under Pounce Pilate, and that he was don on the cros, and died for the on god Fridai, and was buried? Resp. 30.

Thankest thou him therfor? Resp. ze.

Leuist thou that thou may nou3t be sauid but throw his deth? Resp. ze.

Tunc dicat sacerdos :

Wil [while] thi soule is in thi bodi, put alle thi trust in his passion and in his deth, and thenke onli theron, and on non other thing. Wit his deth medil the, and wrappe the therinne, nou3t thinking on thi wif, ne on thi children, ne on thi rychesse, but al on the passion of Crist, and haue the crosse [crucifix] to fore the, and sai thus:-I wot wel thou art noust my God, but thou

at m. nd makest me haue more Le viem že art imagened. Lord

ANTONAM, the init of care Lord Jhu Crist, thi how magyged I set betwene the and

ach the insert merits] of Jhu Crist I A to makstud may leser, and have nouzt.

a Art Lei Jhu Crist the Sone son Jame, 2oder and maiden, I

One mi hana Sari, I heade my soule, for thou

A 1 Seri Gai, my nerey, my refute, the I desovne Tk. They come the Lord despice me nàor beaded and ful, but be to me te mes y reds for I may noust jete, ani kote msf vn my dedis, but thou Lorie hase bear me, he bring me out of care, and

Je my 20 m. I was on my dedis, but Jesper of dem se sustere on thi merciis, dan u de Èsper of my wicked dedes. Thou art hege, theu at my God, thou art ful of mercy, guin in the I have sinned therw my grete defaute. I certe and kneulecie ze the I besecke the of merci, wiebe deniest so no nai nerei