The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.

33. Deleantur de libro viuencium: & cum iustis non scribantur. ¶ Away be thai done of the boke of lifand; and with the rightwis be thai not writen. ¶ The boke of life is the

knawynge of god, in the whilke he has destaynd all goed men to be safe. forthi vndirestand not that he writes any man in this boke. whaim eftereward he dos of. bot vndirstand it thus. away be thai done of the boke. that is, fall thai fra that hope that thai wene thaim writen in heuen. in thaire aghen presumpcioun. noght in godis ordynaunce ere thai thare: for thi ere thai lightly done away. and with the rightwis that lastes [S. U h—.] in goednes til thaire ded, be thai not writen. that is, shewid be it. till thaim. that thai ere not destaynd to won with tha that lifes with god. wha is that may be sikere, ore life withouten drede, that heris this wordis, when naman wate what his endynge sall be. Noght all that sumtyme ere rightwis and dos wele dwellis in the boke of life. bot anly tha that endis in rightwisnes.