[6-text p 675] seint Augustyn /. that swich shamefast folk / been next foryeuenesse and remission [988] Another signe / is [¶ Of humylitee in confessioun Vnde sanctus Petrus.] humylitee in confessioun. of which seith seint Peter / Humbleth yow vnder the myght of god. the hond of god is myghty in confession. for ther-by / god foryeueth thee thy synnes. for he allone hath the power / [989] & this humylitee shal been in herte and in signe outward. for right as he hath humylitee to god in his herte? right so sholde he humble his body outward to the preest/ þat sit in goddes place. [990] ffor which in no manere sith þat crist is souereyn and the preest meene and mediatour bi|twixe crist and the synnere. and the synnere is the laste. by wey of reson [991] thanne sholde nat the synnere sitte as heighe as his confessour/ but knele biforn hym / or at his feet but if maladie destourbe it /. ffor he shal nat taken kepe. who sit there / but in whos place þat he sitteth ‖. [992] A man þat hath trespased to a lord and comth for to axe mercy and maken his accord. and set him doun anon by the lord / men wolde holden hym outrageous and nat worthy so soone for to haue remission ne mercy [993] ¶ The thridde signe is. how þat thy shrift sholde be ful of teeris if [¶ How a mannes shrift/ sholde be ful of teeris] man may / and if man may nat wepe with hise bodily eyen / lat hym wepe in herte /. [994] Swich was the confession [¶ Nota de con|fessione sancti Petri /] of seint Peter/ for after þat he hadde forsake Ihesu crist/ he wente out and weepe ful bitterly [995] ¶ The fourthe [¶ How a man sholde nat lette for shame to shewen his con|fessioun] signe is / þat he ne lette nat for shame to shewen his confession [996] ¶ swich was the confession of the Magdelene / þat ne spared for no shame of hem þat weren [¶ Nota de con|fessione Marie Magdalene] atte feeste for to go to oure lord Ihesu crist/ and biknowe to hym hire synnes [997] ¶ The fifthe signe is / that a man [¶ How a man sholde been obeisaunt to receyue penaunce for hise synnes] or a womman be obeisant to receyuen. the penaunce þat hym is enioyned for hise synnes. for certes Ihesu crist for the giltes of a man / was obedient to the deeth
[998] ¶ The seconde con[dicion] of verray confession / [¶ How confes|sioun sholde been hastily doon for diuerse causes.] is / þat it be hastily doon. for certes / if a man hadde a deedly wounde euere the lenger þat he taried to warisshe
