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[622] ¶ let vs þanne speke of chydynge and reproche whiche þat ben ful grete woundes in mannes hert . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] [623] ¶ For certis vnneþe may a man plainly ben accordid with him þat him openly reuyled and reproued and disclaundrid. þis is a ful grisly synne as crist saith in þe gospel. [624] and takith keep now þat he þat reproueþ his neighebor. ouþer he reproueþ him by som harm of peyne. . . . .[625]. . . . . [no gap in the MS.] þanne tornith þe reproef to ihū crist. For peyne is sent by þe rightwis sonde of god and by his suffraunce be it meselrie or many oþer maladies. [626] and if he repreue him vncharitably as þou holour þou dronk|elewe harlot and so forth þanne aperteyneth þat to þe reioysing of þe deuel þat euer haþ ioye þat men doon synne. [627] And certis chidyng may nought come but out of a vileins herte ¶ For after þe abundaunce of þe herte spekeþ þe mouth ful ofte. [628] and ȝe schal vnderstonde þat loke by any way whan any man schal chastise anoþer þat he be war fro chyding or repreuyng. For trewely but he be war; he may ful lightly quiken þe fuyr of anger and of wraþþe which þat he schulde quenchen: and par auenture sleþ þat he mighte chaste with benig|nite. [629] for as saiþ salamon ¶ The amiable tonge is þe tree of lif þat is to sayn of lif espirituel. and soþely dislaue tonge sleþ þe spirit of him . . . . . [no gap] þat is repreued [630] ¶ lo what saith seint augustyn ¶ Ther is no þing so lik þe fendes child as he þat ofte chideþ ¶ Seint poule seiþ eek I seruaunt of god bihoueth nouȝt to chide. [631] and þough þat chidyng be a vileins þing bitwixe alle maner folk/; ȝit is it certes more vncouenable bitwix a man and his wif. For þer is neuer rest
