The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 612] wys / for soothly / he ne sholde nat thanne in al his lyf / haue corage to synne / but yeue his body & al his herte / to the seruyce of Ihu crist & ther of doon hym hommage / [315] for certes / oure swete lord Ihu crist hath sparid vs so debonairly in oure folies / þat if he ne hadde pitee of mannes soule / a sory song we myghten alle synge .. . .. . ...

¶ Explicit prima pars penitencie;

¶ Et incipit secunda pars eiusdem . . .

[316] THe seconde partie of Penitence / is Confession / that is signe of Contricion [317] ¶ Now shul ye vnderstonde / what is Confession / & wheither it oghte nedes be doon / or noon / & whiche thynges ben couenable to verray Confession

[318] ¶ ffirst shaltow vnderstonde / þat Confession is verray shewynge of synnes to the preest [319] this is to seyn verray / for he moot confesse hym of alle the condicions þat bilongen to his synne / as ferforþ as he kan / [320] al moot be seyd / & no thyng excused / ne hid / ne forwrapped / & nat auance hym of hise goode werkes ‖ [321] And forther ouer / it is necessarie to vnder|stonde / whennes þat synnes spryngen / & how they encressen / & whiche they ben

[322] ¶ Of the spryngynge of Synnes / as seith Seint Paul in this wise ‖ that right as by a man / synne entred first in to this world / and thurgh that synne deth / 'right so thilke deth entred in to alle men þat synneden / [323] and this man was Adam / by whom synne entred in to this world / whan he brak the comandementz of god / [324] and therfore / he þat first was so myghty / þat he sholde nat haue deyed / bicam swich oon / þat he moste nedes dye wheither he wolde or noon / & al his progenye þat is in this world/ þat in thilke man synneden [325] ¶ Looke þat in thestat of Innocence / whan Adam & Eue /

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Title: The Hengwrt ms of Chaucer's Canterbury tales / edited by Frederick J. Furnivall.
Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
Canvas: Page 579
Publication: London :: Published for the Chaucer Society by N. Trübner,; 1868-1879.

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