[6-text p 611] remenaunt of hise othere synnes? nay [304] ¶ And forther ouer / contricion sholde be wonder sorweful / and ang|wissous [¶ how con|tricion / sholde be wonder sorweful] /. and therfore / yeueth hym god pleynly his mercy / and therfore / whan my soule was angwissous with Inne me /. I hadde remembrance of god that my preyere myghte come to hym [305] ¶ fforther ouer / contricion moste be continueel /. and that man haue stede|fast [¶ how contricioun moste be con|tinueel] purpos to shriuen hym / and for to amenden hym of his lyf /. [306] ffor soothly / whil contricion lasteth / man may euere haue hope of foryifnesse / and of this / comth hate of synne /. that destroyeth synne / boþe in him self/. and eek in oother folk. at his power ‖. [307] ffor which seith Dauid ye that louen god / hateth wikkednesse / for [¶ Dauid] trusteth wel / to loue god / is for to loue that he loueth / and hate that he hateth /
[308] ¶ The laste thyng that man shal vnderstonde in [¶ Wherof Contricioun auailleth] contricion / is this / wher-of / auayleth contricion ¶ I seye / that som tyme / contricion / deliuereth a man fro synne /. [309] of which that Dauid seith / ‖ .I. seye quod Dauid [¶ Dauid] [folio 216a] that is to seyn ¶ I purposed fermely to shryue me / and thow Lord / relesedest / my synne [310] ¶ And right so as contricion auailleth noght with-outen sad purpos of shrifte / if man haue oportunitee / right so / litel worth is shrifte / or satisfaccion / with-outen contricion [311] ¶ And moore-ouer contricion / destroyeth the prison of helle / [¶ How con|tricion destroyeth the prisoun of holle] and maketh wayk and fieble alle the strengthes of the deueles / and restoreth / the yiftes of the hooly goost and of alle goode vertues / [312] and it clenseth the soule of synne and deliuereth the soule / fro the peyne of helle / and fro the compaignye of the deuel / and fro the seruage of synne / and restoreth it to alle goodes espirituels / and to the compaignye and communyon of hooly chirche [313] ¶ And forther ouer /. it maketh hym that whilom was [¶ how con|tricioun / maketh him that whilom was sone of Ire / to be sone of grace] sone of Ire / to be sone of grace /. and alle thise thynges been preued by hooly writ. [314] and therfore / he that wolde sette his entente to thise thynges / he were ful
