[6-text p 648] man / that it ne may in his liff be distroyed bi penaunce / thorugh vertu of the passion & the dethe of criste / [705] Allas what nedith a man than to be dispeired / sithen that his mercy so redy is / & so large / Aske & haue / [706] Than cometh sompnolence that is sloggy [¶ sompnolencia] slombrynge / whiche maketh a man hevy & dul in body / & in soule / & this synne cometh of slouthe / [707] And certes the tyme that [MS Arch. Seld. B. 14 folio 292b] bi wey of reson men sholde nought slepe bi the morowe but if ther were cause resonable / [708] ffor sothely on the morowe tide is most couenable a man to seie his prayeres / & for to thenke on god / & for to honoure god / & to yeve almes to the pore that first comen in the name of criste / [709] Lo whath seith Salomon who so wol bi the morowe awake & seke me / he shal fynde me / [710] Than cometh necligence or rechelesnesse / [¶ necligence] that recketh of nothinge / And how that ignoraunce is the moder of al thing/that toucheth harme/Certes necligence is the norice / [711] necligence doth no force whan he shal do a thinge / whether he do it wel or badly /
[712] Off remedy of these two synnes / as seith the wise man / That he that dredith god / spareth not to don / that him oughte to don / [713] & he that loueth god / he wol do diligence to please god / bi his workes / and habunden him selff with al his myghte wel for to don / [714] Than cometh ydelnesse / that is the yate of al [¶ ydelnesse.] harme / An ydel man is like to a place that hath no walles / there As deuels may entren bi euery side / or shete at him at discouert bi temptacion on euery side / [715] this ydelnes is the Thorroke of alle wikked & vileynes thoughtes / & of alle Ianglis / triflis / & of al ordure / [716] Certes the heuen is yeven to hem that wol laboure & nought to ydel folke / Eke Dauid seith / [¶ Dauid] thei ne be nat in the laboure of men / ne thei ne shal nat be whippede with men / that is to seie in purgarie /
