Þat bryngeþ [brynge.] a trew man on a þefe;
And ȝyf þou do þus, þy wytande,
þan chargë men hyt most yn hande;
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þarfore loke þat þou wyte noȝt,
No synne hyde yn herte ne þoȝt,
Ne wyl nat wyte for neuer more
whan þou receyuest God ryȝt þore.
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Also þe clerk þat haunteþ synne,
But he leue, and þer-of blynne,
He shal nat serue at þe auter,
Noþer halewed þyng to comë ner.
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Y touched langer of þys outrage
whan y spake of sacrylage,
Þat þe holy gost shewed hym noȝt
For þe dekene synned yn þoȝt,
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Yn þe tale of Ion [Ion.] Crysostomus; [[p. 278]]
Þys tale ys tolde for ȝow and vs.
Also he ys wurþy to be shent,
Þat, sone aftyr þe sacrament,
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To foly and to synne hym draweþ:
lytyl of Goddes veniaunce hym aweþ.
Ȝyf þou forgete or ouersyttes
Tyme of housel, þat þou weyl wytes,
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lytel fors of hym þou ȝyues, [folio 68b]
Þou louest hym nat þat þou by lyues,
And ouer alle þyng he loueþ þe beste,
And þou ne wylt, a nyȝtys geste,
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lete hym herber yn hys hous;
Þou art vnkynde ryȝt merueylous,
Þat alle þe ȝere þou latest hym [hyt.] weyue,
And with wurschyþ þou wylt nat hyt receyue.
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God manaceþ swyche, for swyche enchesun,
And ryȝt hyt wyl, and gode resun;
For swychë men are holde vntrewe
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Yn þe olde lawe, and eke yn þe newe.
