seye whan he is y-temptyd, þat he is y-tempted [þat he is y-tempted in margin in 1st corrector's hand, S. om. P.] of God: for God ne is no temptour of wyckednesse, For he ne tempteþ no [verse 14] man: bote eferiche man is i-tempted [i added above line by a later hand, S. om. P.] þoroȝ sterynge & drawynge of his owne coueytyse. [verse 15] & after whan þat mannes coueytyse haþ y-conseyued, he bryngeþ forþ [S folio 20b] synne: & whan þe synne is y-don, it bygeteþ [te on erasure, S.] deþ. [verse 16] & þerfore, my leueste bryþeren, ne erre ȝe noȝt. [verse 17] Eferich ȝeft þat is best & parfyt is from abouen, comynge adoun from þe Fader of lyȝtes, at whom ne is non [no P.] chaungynge, ne ouer-schadewynge of re|wardynge. [verse 18] For wylfullyche he haþ bygeten ous þoroȝ þe word of trewþe, þat we ben sum bygynnynge of his creature. [verse 19] & wyte ȝe [an e in the margin, S.] wel, my dereste breþeren, eferich man be swyft [verse 20] forte heren & slow for-to speken & slow to wraþþe: For a mannes wraþþe ne worcheþ noȝt þe ryȝtfulnesse of God. [verse 21] & þerfore caste ȝe awey from ȝow eferych vnclennesse & plente of wyckednesse, & in goodnesse vnderfonge ȝe þe word þat is y-sowe to ȝow, þat may saue ȝoure soules. [verse 22] Bote be ȝe doeres of þe word, and noȝt onlyche hereris, bygylynge ȝow|selfe. [verse 23] For who þat is an herer of þe word, & noȝt a [om. P.] doere, þerafter he schal be lyckned to a man þat byholdeþ hym|selfen [verse 24] in a myrour: for [P folio 24] he haþ byholden hymself, & wente forþ his weye, and anon he haþ forȝeten whyche he was. [verse 25] Bote he þat byholdeþ in þe lawe of parfyt fredom, & duelleþ þerynne, & ne is noȝt y-mad a forȝetful herer, bote a doere of þe werk, he is y-blessyd in his doynge. [verse 26] & who þat troweþ hym-selfe a relygyous man, & refreyneþ noȝt his tunge bote bygyleþ his owne herte, his relygyoun is veyn. [verse 27] A clene relygyoun & wiþ-outen wem to-fore God & þe Fader þis [þis written above þat (crossed out), P.] is, to vysyten faderles chyldren and moderles, & wydewes in hure trybulacyoun, & to kepen [S folio 21] hym-self wiþ-outen wem from þis worlde.
[verse 1] And [C m 2m in the margin in an early hand, S.] my dere breþeren, ne haue ȝe noȝt þe feiþ of þe blysse of oure Lord Iesu Crist in vnderfongynge of mennes
