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The Virtues of the Name Jesus.
IF þou wole be weel with god, And haue grace [page 88]
to reule þi lijf, And come to þe ioie of loue, Þis name
ihesu, fastne it so fast in þin herte Þat it come neuere
out of þi þouȝt. And whanne þou spekist to him,
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& seist ihesu þoruȝ custum, It schal be in þin eere
ioie, And in þi mouþ hony, And in þin herte melo|
die, For þou schalt þinke ioie to heere þe name of
ihesu be nempned [There is a curl of contraction as for er over the second c.] , [page 89] swetnes to speke it, Myirþe &
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song to þinke on it. If þou þinke on ihesu con|
tynueli, And holde it stabli, It purgiþ þi synne, it
kyndeliþ þin herte, It clarifieþ þi soule, It remeueþ
anger, it doiþ a-way slownes, It wyndiþ in loue
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fulfillid of charite, It chasiþ þe deuel, it puttiþ
out drede, It openeþ heuene, it makiþ contemplatijf
men haue in mynde ofte ihesu, For alle vicis &
fantums it puttiþ fro þe louer. Also þerto heile ofte
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marie boþe day & nyȝt, And þanne myche ioie &
loue schalt þou fele. And þou do aftir þis lore, Þe
neediþ not greetli coueite many bookis. Holde loue
in herte & in werk, And þou hast al þat we may
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seie or write, For fulnes of lawe is charite: In þat
hongiþ al.