[6-text p 595] clene lif [98] ¶ For certes if he be baptiȝed wiþoute penitence of his olde gilt. he receyueth þe mark of baptisme; but nouȝt þe grace ne þe remissioun of his synnes til he haue repentaunce verray [99] ¶ Anoþer defaute is þis þat men doon deedly synne after þat þay haue receyued baptisme [100] ¶ þe þridde defaute is þat men fallen in to venial synne after here baptisme fro day to day. [101] þer of saiþ seint austyn ¶ That penitence of goode men and of humble [folio 253a] folk is þe penitens of euery day
[102] ¶ The spices of penitence ben thre ¶ That oon of hem is solempne ¶ Anoþer is comune ¶ And þe þridde is pryue [103] ¶ Thilke penaunce þat is so|lempne is in tuo maners as is to be put out of holy chirche in lente for slauȝtre of childre and such maner þing [104] ¶ Anoþer is whan a man haþ synned openly. of which synne þe fame is openly spoken in þe contre. and þanne holy chirche by iugge|ment streyneth him to doon open penaunce [105] ¶ Comune penaunce is þat prestes enioynen men comunly in certeyn caas. as for to goon per aduenture naked in pilgrimage or barfot [106] ¶ Priue penaunce is þilk þat men doon alday for priue synnes of whiche we schryue vs priuely and receyuen priue penaunce
[107] ¶ Now schalt þou vnderstonde what bihoueth and is necessarie to verray parfyt penitence. and þis stondith in þre þinges [108] ¶ Contricioun of hert ¶ Con|fessioun of mouth ¶ And satisfaccion. [109] ¶ For whiche saith seint Iohan Crisostom ¶ penitence distreyneth a man to accepte benignely euery peyne þat him is enioyned with contricioun of herte and schrift of mouth with satis|faccioun and in werking of alle maner humblete [110] and þis is fruytful penitence. agayn þre þinges in whiche we wraþþe our lord ihū crist/. [111] þis is to sayn by delit in þinking ¶ By rechelesnes in speking ¶ By wicked synful werkyng [112] ¶ Again þese
