[6-text p 606] þay to abbrigging of þe peyne of helle or elles to gete temporal riches. [244] Or elles þat god wol þe raþer enlumyne and lightene þe hert of þe synful man to haue repentaunce. [245] and eek þey auailen for to vsen a man to do goode werkes þat þe feend haue þe lasse power of his soule. [246] ¶ And þus þe curteys lord ihū crist ne wolde nouȝt no good werk be lost. For in som what it schal auaile. [247] But for als moche as þe goode werkes þat men don whil þay ben in good lif ben amortised by synne folwyng and eek sith þat alle the goode werkes þat men doon whil þay ben in dedly synne been outrely deede as for to haue þe lif perdurable; [248] wel may þat man þat no goode werkes werkiþ synge þilke newe freisch song. Iay tout perdu moun temps et moun labour [249] For certis synne byreueth a man boþe goodnes of nature and eek þe goodnes of grace [250] ¶ For soþly þe grace of þe holy gost fareþ lik fyre þat may not ben ydel. For fuyr as it forletiþ his werk|yng it faileth anoon ¶ And right so whan þe grace faileþ; [251] þan lesith þe synful man þe goodnes of glorie þat oonly is byhight [folio 257b] to goode men þat labouren and werken [252] ¶ wel may he be sory þanne þat oweth al his lif to god as longe as he haþ lyued and eek as longe as he schal lyue. þat no goodnes ne hath to paye wiþ his dette to god to whom he oweth al his lyf. [253] For trusteþ wel he schal ȝiue accompt as saiþ seint Bernard of alle þe goodes þat han be ȝeuen him in þis present lif. & how he hath hem dispendid. [254] nat so moche þat þer ne schal not perische an heer of his heed ne a moment of an hour ne schal not perische of his tyme þat he ne schal ȝiue of it a rekenyng.
[255] ¶ The .vte. maner of contricioun þat moeueþ a man þerto is þe remembraunce of þe passioun þat oure lord ihū crist suffred for. vs and for our synnes [256] ¶ For as seiþ seint Bernard whil þat I lyue I schal haue remem|braunce
