[6-text p 618] ¶ eek if he loue wyf or child or oþer worldly þing more þan resoun requireth. eek if he flatere or blaundisshe more þan him oughte for eny necessite [377] ek if a man menuse or wiþdrawe þe almesse of þe pouere eek if he apparaylith his body more deliciously þan it nedith or ete it to hastily by licoures|nes. [378] eek if he talke of vanitees at chirche or at goddis seruice. or þat he be a talkere of ydil wordes of vanite or of vilonye / for he schal ȝelde of hem acount at þe day of doome. [379] eek whan he heetith or assureth to do þinges þat he may nouȝt performe. eek whan þat by lightnes or foly he myssaith or scorneþ his [folio 262a] neighebor. [380] eek whan he haþ any wicked suspeccioun of þing þat he wot of it no soth|fastnesse. [381] þese þinges and mo wiþoute nombre ben synnes as saith seint austyn
[382] ¶ Now schal men vnderstonde þat al be it so þat noon erþely man may eschiewe alle venial synnes; ȝit may he refreyne hem by þe brennyng loue þat he haþ to oure lord ihū crist and by prayeres and by confessioun and oþer goode werkes. so þat it schal but litil greue [383] ¶ For as saith seint austyn ¶ ȝif a man loue god in such a maner þat al þat euer he doth is in þe loue of god or for þe loue of god verraily for he brenneþ in þe loue of god [384] ¶ loke how moche þat a drope of watir þat fallith in a furneys ful of fuyr annoyeth of greueth; So moche annoyeþ a venial synne vnto a man þat is perfyt in þe loue of ihū crist [385] ¶ Men may also refreyne venial synne vnto a man by resceyuyng of þe precious body of ihū crist/ [386] by receyuyng eek of holy water. by almes dede. by general confessioun of Confiteor at masse and at complyn and blessing of bisschops and of prestes and by other goode werkis [[No break in the MS.]]
