Anouþer cumfort ys wel to mene,
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þat shent þe fende, and doþe hym tene:
Ȝyf he ys aboute to temptë þe
To any synne, what so hyt be,
Ȝyf þou with-stonde þe temptacyoun,
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And parceyuest what he wld haue doun,
Þan halt he hym shamly dysceyued,
Þat of hys queyntyse þou art parceyued;
Ne he shal neuer efte haue [haue eft.] þat powere,
Of þat synne to tempte þe nere;
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For þy wyþstondyng haþ hym rafte,
Of hys temptyng, alle þe crafte.
Blessed ys shryfte with God almyȝt,
For hyt confoundeþ þe deuyl doun ryȝt;
God ȝyue vs grace, þe fende to shende, [folio 80a:2]
And vn-to shryfte oure wyl alle wende.
The fyfueþ [fyfþe.] grace þat shryfte ȝyueþ.
Ȝyt þyr ys a feyrë ȝyfte
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Þat vs [vus.] purcháceþ þe grace of shryfte;
hyt makeþ vs [vus.] lefe, þere we were loþe,
hyt peseþ God whan he ys wroþe.
wroþë shul we neuer hym make,
But hyt were for synnë sake;
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Ȝyue þou þe shryue, and mercy cry,
God forȝyueþ all þy foly.
weyl oȝt we loue [to loue.] hym as lorde and syre,
Þat wyl so sone forȝyue hys yre;
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Þarfore seyþ seynt Bernard,
Þat noun, to shryfte, be slogh ne hard.
Haue þou mekenes with répentaunce,
And hope yn shryfte gode áffyaunce,
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How þou hast myȝt merueylusly
Ouer God, and hyse þat are hym by,
And ouercomest hym gracyously,
Þat noun may wynnë with maystry;
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