[6-text p 606] þey to abreggen of þe peyne of helle or elles to geten temperal richesse [244] ¶ Or elles þat god wol þe raþere enlumyne and lightne þe herte of þe synful man to han repentance. [245] and eek þey auaylen for to vsen a man to doon good werke þat þe feende haue þe lesse power of his soule [246] ¶ and þus þe curteyse lord ihesu crist ne wol þat no good werk be loste ¶ ffor in somwhat it schal auayle [247] ¶ But for as moche þe goode werkes þat men don whiles þey ben in good lijf ben al mortefyed by synne folwynge ¶ And eek seþenes alle þe goode werkes þat men doon whiles þey ben in dedly synne ben outrely deede as for to haue þe lyff perdurable; [248] wel may þat man þat no good werk ne doþ Synge þilke newe freissche song. Iay tout perdu mon temps & mon labour [249] ¶ ffor certes synne byreueþ a man goodnesse and nature and eek þe goodnesse of grace [250] ¶ ffor soþe þe grace of þe holy gost fareþ as fuyr þat may nouȝt ben ydel ffor fuyr fayleþ anon as it forleseþ his wirch|inge . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] [251] þenne leseþ þe synful man þe goodnesse of glory þat oonly is behight to goode men þat labouren and werken [252] ¶ Wel may he be sory þenne þat oweth alle his lyff to god as lange as he lyueth haþ lyued and eek als longe as he schal lyue þat no goodnesse ne haþ to paye wiþ his dette to god to whom he oweþ alle his lyff [253] ¶ ffor truste wel he schal ȝiue acountes as saiþ seint Bernard of alle þe goodes þat han ben ȝouen him in þis present lyff / and how he haþ hem dispended [254] nought so moche þat / þer schal nought perissche an heer of his heede ne a moment of an houre ne schal not perissche of his tyme þat he ne schal ȝiue of hit a rekenyng
[255] ¶ The vte. þing þat oughte meue a man [folio 266a] to [va causa] contricion is remembrance of þe passion þat oure lord ihesu crist suffred for oure synnes [256] ¶ ffor as saiþ seint Bernard ¶ Whil þat I lyue I schal haue remem|brance
