[6-text p 682] demeth that he may suffre no penaunce ‖ [1059] ther [and of the remedie ther of/] agayns is remedie for to thynke. that bodily penance / is but short and litel at regard of the peynes of helle. that is so crueel and so long / that it lasteth with-outen ende
[1060] ¶ Now again the shame / that a man hath to [¶ Of shame / and of the remedie ther of/] shryuen hym. and namely thise ypocrites / that wolden been holden so parfite / that they han no nede to shryuen hem [1061] ¶ Agayns that shame. sholde a man thynke that by wey of reson / that he þat hath nat been shamed to doon foule thinges / certes hym oghte nat been ashamed to do faire thynges / and that is confessions [1062] ¶ A man sholde eek thynke / that god seeth and woot alle hise thoghtes and alle hise werkes / to hym may no thyng been hyd ne couered [1063] ¶ Men sholden eek / remembren hem of the shame that is to come at the day of doome to hem that been nat penitent/ And shryuen in this present lyf. / [1064] ffor alle the creatures in erthe and in helle shullen seen apertly / al that they hyden in this world
[1065] ¶ Now for to speken of hope / of hem that [¶ Of hope & of Surquiderie] been necligent/ and slowe to shryuen hem? that stant in two maneres. [1066] that oon is þat he hopeth for to lyue longe and for to purchacen muche richesse for his delit/. and thanne he wol shryuen hym. and as he seith / hym semeth thanne tymely ynough to come to shrifte ‖ [1067] Another is Surquidrie / that he hath in cristes mercy / [1068] ¶ Agayns the firste vice. he shal thynke / [¶ Remedie agayn necligent hope] that oure lif is in no sikernesse. and eek that alle the richesses in this world / ben in auenture and passen as a shadwe on the wal. [1069] and as seith seint Gregorie. / [¶ Sanctus Gregorius] that it aperteneth to the grete rightwisnesse of god. that neuere shal the peyne stynte. of hem þat neuere wolde withdrawen hem fro synne hir thankes / but ay continue in synne. ffor thilke perpetueel wil to do synne / shul they han perpetueel peyne
[1070] ¶ Wanhope is in two maneres. the firste wan|hope [¶ Of wanhope in two maneres] is in the mercy of crist ‖. that oother is / þat they
