¶ Glad thai, wele cherid in thaire werkis, and fayn be thai [S thei. U om.] in clennes of consciens in the noght in thaim self. na in vanyte. thus dos all that felis in thaire hert the swete brennynge of cristis luf. and say thai euermare, in thoght and voice or dede. oure lord be worschipid, that kalles the synfull. forgifes till the sorowand. and guuernes the rightwisly lifand. and glorifies the lastand. all says noght this. bot that lufis thi hele. that is. ihū. thurgh whaim we ere safe. this luf is in twa thyngis if we will wreth him for na thynge. and hald his name in oure hert with delite.
6. Ego vero egenus & pauper sum: deus adiuua me. ¶ Sothly .i. am nedy and pore: god thou help me. ¶ Nedy he is that has noght to life with. pore he is that knawis his nede. swilke. am .i.: forthi .i. pray god thou help me out of this nede. and lede me in till thi light, whare na nede is na pouert.
7. Adiutor meus & liberator meus es tu: domine ne moreris. ¶ My helpere and my delyuerere ert thou; lord dwell noght. ¶ Thou .ihū. ert my helpere in feghtynge and perils of this life. and my delyuerere of all ill when .i. cum til the. forthi, lord ihū, dwell noght. that thynge vs thynke dwellis lange fra vs. that we luf with gret desire, and ilke day lokis when it cumes. swilke is the ȝernynge of haly saules til cristis cumynge: bot thai couait noght that he cum are the tyme that he has ordaynd. for thai abide ilke day his cumynge. and that is the last degre of per|feccioun when man couaits to dye and be with crist, whaim thai lufid verraly, sikere of endles bliss with aungels.
[PSALM LXX.]
IN te domine speraui, non confundar in eternum: in iusticia tua libera me, & eripe me. ¶ In the lord .i. hopid, be .i. noght shamed withouten end: 'in thi rightwisnes delyuere me, and out take me [U om. From S & comment in U.] .' ¶ That is, in the .i. sett hope to hafe the lastand ioy, forthi thof .i. seme in shame bifor thaim that florisch in the vayne heghnes of this warld, & dries [S drighes.] in verray pynes, .i. pray that .i. be not shamed withouten end, as thai sall be that here vnworthily resayfes fals honurs. bot in thi rightwisnes that thou has gifen til me, and wroght in me. delyuere me of
