Of Ioye in tribulacioun/ Capm .XIm.. ‖
But for þat we reproue þise synnes.̉ þis yuel parti grucchiþ/ and pursueþ wiþ strong hand.̉ to prisoun & to slee/ þerfore must we lerne þe loore.̉ of Cristis hooli gospel/ Mat. vo. 'Beati estis cum maledixerint vobis homines & persecuti vos fuerint & dixerint omne malum aduersum vos mencientes propter me &c' [Vulg. Matt. v. 11 'Beati estis cum maledixerint vobis et persecuti,' etc.] / ȝe ben blessid whanne men han oursid ȝou. & han pursued ȝou. & seid al [folio 72b] yuel aȝens ȝou lying for me.̉ Ioye & be myry. for ȝoure mede is miche in heuenes [W. V. 'Ȝee shulen be blessid, when men shulen curse ȝou, and shulen pursue ȝou, and shulen say al yuel aȝeins ȝou leeȝing for me. Joye ȝee with yn forth, and glade ȝee with out forth, for ȝoure meede is plenteuouse in heuenes.'] / And also seint Petir seiþ. I. Pe. iiio. 'Siquid patimini propter iusticiam.̉ beati' [Vulg. 1 Pet. iii. 14.] ‖ Whanne þat ȝe suffren ony þing for riȝtwisenesse.̉ blessid mut ȝe be [W. V. 'But if ȝe suffren ony thing for riȝtwisenesse, ȝe ben blessid.'] ‖ Seint Poul affermeþ þis sentence.̉ þat Goddis trewe seruauntis/ schullen haue peyne in þis lijf.̉ to kepe hem in vertu/ II. Thimo. iiio. 'Omnes qui pie volunt viuere in christo iesu.̉ persecucionem pacientur' [Vulg. 2 Tim. iii. 12.] ‖ Alle