And wyl [nat] þat he were cumbred or [and.] shent,
But a-bydeth hys amendëment;
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So ys þe ȝyfte of shryftë large,
And leseþ men of heuy charge;
Y rede we loue hyt, at alle our myȝt, [folio 79b:2]
For body and soule, hyt makeþ lyȝt.
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The þred grace þat shryfte ȝyueþ.
þe þred grace of hys ȝeuyng
ys, as hyt were, anoyntyng: [anoytyng H, anoyntyng O.]
Anoyntyng ys gode for body sore,
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And shryfte ys a-noyntyng for euermore;
For, shryfte ys [ys as a.] a sacrament,
hyt ys a grace, to alle men lent;
And, who-so cumþ weyl þar-tyl,
Fourë þynges he haþ þurgh skyl;—
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Þe fyrst þyng þou shalt beleue ynne,
To haue forȝyuenes for [of.] þy synne,
Ȝyf þat þou truly þe shryue,
And weyl holde hyt yn þy lyue.
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Mekenes ys þe touþer, men telle,
And yn godë hope to dwelle,
Þat þe shryfte, þat we to go,
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Alle oure synne may quenche and slo.
Þe þred ys, þat he shal fonde
To brynge hym oute of þe fendës bonde;
For þus hyt seyþ, weyl y wote,
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yn a boke þat seynt Austyn wrote:
'Yn wey to heuene, may no man be,
But he haue wyl, hys bande to fle.'
Þe fourþë þyng þat shal be dyȝt,
Alle hole þy wyl, to God almyȝt,
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Hym to wurschepe ouer alle,
Þat he wulde to shryfte þe calle,
And brynge þe áȝen to hys grace
