[6-text p 661] diluue ¶ And after þat he dreynte fyue citees with thonder layt and sonk hem in to helle
[840] ¶ Now let vs thanne speke of þilke stynkyng synne of leccherie þat men clepen aduoutry of weddid folk þat is to sayn if þat oon of hem be weddid or elles boþe [841] ¶ Seint Iohan saith þat aduoutris schuln be in helle in watir brennyng of fuyr and of brimston. In fuyr for þe leccherie. In brimston For þe stynk or her ordure. [842] ¶ Certis þe brekyng of þis sacrament is an horrible þing. hit was makid of god himself in paradis Confermed of ihū crist as witnesseth seint Mathew ¶ A man schal lete fader and mooder and take him to his wif and þay schul ben two in oon fleisch [843] ¶ This sacrament bitok|eneþ þe knyttyng togider of crist and of holy chirche [844] nat oonly þat god forbad aduotrie in dede; but eek he comaunded þat þou scholdest [folio 277b] not coueyte þy neyhebors wif [845] ¶ In þis heste seiþ seint austyn is forboden al maner coueytise to do leccherie ¶ lo what seiþ seint mathew in þe gospel. that who-so seth a womman to coueytise of his lust; he haþ doon lecchery wiþ hir in his herte. [846] ¶ here may ȝe se þat nouȝt oonly þe dede of þis synne is forboden; but eek þe desir to do þat synne [847] ¶ This cursed synne annoyeth greuosly hem þat it haunten and first to here soule. for he obligith it to synne and to pyne of þe deþ þat is pardurable [848] ¶ vnto þe body annoyeþ it greuously. also for it dreyeþ him and wastith him & schent him. and of his blood he makith sacrifice to þe deuel of helle ¶ It wastith eek his catel and his substaunce. [849] and certes if þat it be a foul þing a man to waste his catel on wommen; ȝit is it a fouler þing whan þat for such ordure wommen dispende vpon men here catel and here substaunce [850] ¶ This synne as saith þe prophete byreueth man and womman her good fame and al here honour. and it is ful pleasaunt to þe deuel. For þer by
