Of whom, þat is so heiȝ in blis,
Al-holichirche halewed hit is.
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Þe tenþe is of comynge [r. comonynge] of holi men,
Þat is to sei fulliche of hem
Þat ben lymes of holychirche
And no dedly synne nul worche,
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Han part of alle goode dedes sone
Þat in holi chirche ben done.
Þe Elleueþe is: þorw þe sacrament
Of holichurche wiþ good entent
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Þe goode schul haue forȝiuenesse
Of heore synnes more and lesse.
Þe twelfþe is þat Mon and wyue
Schullen arise from deþ to lyue.
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Þe þrettenþe is: þe goode schul haue
Euerlastinde lyf þat schal hem saue,
And þis oþure þenne schul wende
To lastyng pyne wiþ-outen ende.
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Þe Seuen sacromens of holy churche. [In Spec., Th. and V. pr. tr. included in the creed as forming the 7 last articles. The text is abridged.]
Afftur þis schul ȝe here bi-ginne
Þe sacramens seuen þat fordon synne;
He hem ordeynde synne to wiþ-stonde
And þe gode to take on honde.
Þe furste is cald Baptisme,
Þat child takeþ er þen his crisme;
Þat clanseþ mon of þat synne
Þat vr forme-fader brouȝt us inne.
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Þat oþur sacrament is of renoun
And is cald Confirmacioun:
ffor whon he is so cristned þon,
He confermeþ þe holigost in mon.
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Þe þridde is penaunce to biginne,
Þat freteþ a-wei þe fulþe of synne.
Þe feorþe is sacrament of þe Auter,
Þat confermeþ mon hol and feer
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And ȝiueþ him strengþe good wiþ-alle,
Þat he eft-sones in synne ne falle;
Þat sacrament reconsileþ him ay,
Susteyneþ him, þat he ne falle may.
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