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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

[6-text p 676] himself; þe more wolde it corrupte and haste him to his deþ and eek þe wounde wolde be þe worse to hele [999] ¶ and right so fareþ synne þat long time is in a man vnschewed [1000] Certes a man oughte soone schewe his synne for many causes as for drede of deth þat comeþ sodeinly and not certeyn what tyme it schal come or ben in what place. and eek þe drecchyng of oon synne draweþ anoþer [1001] and eek þe lenger he tarieþ þe ferþer is he from crist and if he abyde vnto his laste day skarsly may he schriue him or re|membre him of his synnes or repente for þe greuous malady of his deth [1002] ¶ And for as moche as he haþ not in his lif herkened Ihū crist whan he haþ spoken; he schal crien to ihū crist at his laste day. and scarsly wol he herken him. [1003] And vnderstonde þat þis condicioun moste haue foure þinges þy schrifte moste ben purueyed byforn and auysed. For wikked haste doþ no profyt and þat a man can schryue him of his synnes. be it of pride or of enuye and so forþ alle þe spices and þe circumstaunces [1004] and þat he haue comprehendid in his mynde the nombre and þe gretnes of his synne . . . . . [no gap] [1005] and eek þat he be contrit of his sinnes and in stedefast purpos by þe grace of god neuer eft to falle in synne and eek þat he drede and countrewayte himself and þat he flee þe occasiouns of synne to whiche he is enclyned [1006] ¶ Also þat þou schalt schriue þe of alle þin synnes to oon man. and nat a parcel to oon man and a parcel to anoþer man þat is vnderstonde in entent to parte þy confessioun as for schame or drede. for it nys but strangelyng of þy soule [1007] For certes ihū crist is enterely al good. in him is noon imperfeccioun. and þerfore ouþer he forȝiueth al parfitely or elles neuer a del. [1008] I say nought if þer be assigned to þy penitencere for certein synne þat þou art bounde to schewe him al þe remenaunt of þy synnes of whiche
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The Harleian ms. 7334 of Chaucer's Canterbury tales. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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London,: Pub. for the Chaucer society by N. Trübner & co.,
1885.

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