[6-text p 672] [954] Sotly a whit wal al thow it brenne not with stekynge of a candele; ȝit is the wal blak of the lyght. [955] Ful ofte tyme I reede that no man ful truste in his owen perfeccioun. but he be strengere than Sampsoun. or holyere than Danyel. And wisere than Salomon
[956] ¶ Now aftyr that I haue declared / ȝow as I can the seuene dedly synnys / And some of here braunchis. & here remedyis. Sothly [folio 438b] ȝif I coude I wolde telle ȝow the ten Comaunndementis. [957] but so high doctryne I lete to deuynes. Natheles I hope to god they been touchede in this tretyse eueryche of hem alle./
Sequitur iija. [iija and] pars Penitencie 3Decem mandata3 [3_3 corrected.]
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NOw for as meche as the secunde partye of penytence stant in confessioun of mechil as I be-gan in the ferste chapitere I seye seynt Augustyn seyth / [959] Synne is euery word / & euery dede & al that men coueyte ageyn the lawe of Ihesu crist And this is for to seyne. in herte in mouth & in dede by the fyue wittys / that is by herynge syghte smellynge tastynge or sauourynge and felynge [960] ¶ Now is it good to vndyrstondyn ¶ That þat aggreggith mechil euery syne / [961] Thow schat considere what that thow art that dost that synne / Whedyr thow be male or femele / ȝong. or old/ gentil. or thral / fre. or seruaunt. hol or sek / weddit or sengele / ordered. or onordered / wis. or fol. Clerk. or Seculer / [962] yf sche be of thyn kynrede. bodyly or gostely or noon / ȝif ony of thyn kenrede haue synned with hire or non And manye mo thyngis
[963] ¶ A nothir circumstaunce is this / Whethir it be doon in fornycacioun or in auouterye / or non. . . . . [no gap in the MS.] in manere of homycide or non / horrible greete synnys. or smale & how longe thow hast contynued in synne [964] ¶ The thredde circumstaunce is the place there thow hast do synne. Whethyr in othere
