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[84] ¶ Seint Ambrose seith / that Penitence / is the [¶ What Penitence is] pleynynge of man / for gilt þat he hath doon / and na|moore to do any thyng for which hym oghte to pleyne / [85] ¶ And som doctour seith / Penitence is the wayment|ynge of man / that sorweth for his synne / and pyneth hym self for he hath mysdoon [86] ¶ Penitence / with certeyne circumstances / is verray repentance of a man that halt hym self in sorwe / and oother peyne for hise giltes / [87] And for he shal be verray penitent. he shal first biwaylen the synnes that he hath doon and stidefastly purposen in his herte / to haue shrift of mouthe / and to doon satisfaccion [88] and neuere to doon thyng. for which hym oghte moore biwayle / or to compleyne / and con|tinue in goode werkes / or elles his repentance may nat auaille /. [89] ffor as seith seint Ysidre ¶ he is a Iaper and a gabber / and no verray repentant. that eftsoone dooth thyng. for which hym oghte repente /. [90] Wepynge / [¶ Nota] and nat for to stynt to synne / may nat auaylle [91] ¶ But nathelees / men shal hope /. that euery tyme þat man falleth / be it neuer so ofte / þat he may arise thurgh Peni|tence / if he haue grace /. but certeinly it is greet doute ‖ [92] ffor as seith Seint Gregorie / vnnethe ariseth he out [¶ Nota secundum sanctum Gregorium] of synne / that is charged with the charge of yuel vsage / [93] And therfore / repentant folk / þat stynte for to synne / and forlete synne / er þat synne forlete hem / hooly chirche / holdeth hem siker of hire sauacion /. [94] And he that synneth / and verraily repenteth hym in his laste /. hooly chirche yet hopeth his sauacion / by the grete mercy / of oure lord Ihesu Crist for his repentance but [tene certum] taak the siker wey /
[95] ¶ And now / sith I haue declared yow / what thyng is penitence / now shul ye vnderstonde / that ther been .iij. accions of Penitence / [96] ¶ The firste accion of [¶ The firste accioun of penitence] Penitence is / that a man be baptized after that he hath synned ‖. [97] Seint Augustyn seith ‖ but he be penytent [¶ Nota secundum sanctum Augustinum] for his olde synful lyf. he may nat bigynne / the newe
