[6-text p 675] seint augustyn þat such schamefast folk ben next forȝeuenes of remissioun [988] ¶ The secounde signe is humilite of confessioun ¶ Of which saiþ seint petre humblith ȝow vnder þe might of god. þe hond of god is myȝty in confessioun For þer-by god forȝiueth þe synnes he alone haþ þe power. [989] and þis humilite schal ben in herte and in signe outward. For right as he haþ humilite to god in his herte; right so schulde he humble his body outward to þe prest þat sittith in goddes place [990] For which in no manere sith þat crist is souerayn and þe prest is his mene and mediatour bi|twix crist and þe synnere and þe synner is þe lasse as by way of resoun; [991] þanne schulde nouȝt þe confessour sitte as lowe as þe synnere but þe synnere schulde knele biforn him or at his feet but if maladye destourbid it for he schal take no keep who sittith þere but in whos place þat he sitteth. [992] a man þat haþ trespassed to a lord and cometh for to axe him of mercy and to maken his accord / and settith him doun anoon by þe lord. men wolde holde him outrageous and not worþy so soone for to haue mercy ne remissioun [993] ¶ The þridde signe is þat þy schrifte schulde be ful of teeris if men may wepe. and if he may not wepe wiþ his bodily eyen let him wepe wiþ his herte. [994] Such was þe confessioun of seint peter. For after he hadde forsake ihū crist. he wente out and wepte ful bitterly [995] ¶ The ferthe signe is þat he lette nouȝt for schame to schewen his confessioun. [996] Such was þe confessioun of þe magdaleyn þat spared for no schame of hem þat were at þe feste to go to oure lord [folio 283a] ihū crist and byknowe to him hire synne [997] ¶ The fifte signe is þat a man or a womman be obeisaunt/ to resceyue þe penaunce þat him is enioyned. For certis ihū crist for þe gultes of oon man was obedient to his deth
[998] ¶ The oþer condicioun of verray confessioun is þat it hastily be doon. For certes if a man had a dedly wounde. euer þe lenger þat he taried to warisch
