[6-text p 595] clene lif /. [98] for certes / if he be baptized / withouten penitence of his olde gilt he receyueth the mark of baptesme / but nat the grace / ne the remission of his synnes / til he haue repentance verray / [99] ¶ Another [¶ The .ijde. accioun of penitence] defaute is this that men doon deedly synne / after þat they han receyued baptesme [100] ¶ The thridde defaute [¶ The .iijde. accioun of penitence] is / that men fallen in venial synnes after hir baptesme / fro day to day [101] ¶ Ther of seith Seint Augustyn [¶ Augustinus] ¶ That penitence / of goode and humble folk /. is the penitence of euery day / [species]
[102] The speces of Penitence / been .iij. ¶ That oon [¶ Of .iij. speces of penaunce] of hem / is solempne ¶ Another is commune ¶ and the thridde is priuee [103] ¶ Thilke penance that is so|lempne [¶ Of penaunce solempne] is in two maneres /. As to be put out of hooly chirche in lente for slaughtre of children / and swich maner thyng [104] ¶ Another thyng is / Whan a man hath synned openly / of which synne / the fame is openly spoken in the contree / and thanne hooly chirche by Iugge|ment destreyneth hym / for to do open penaunce / [105] ¶ Commune penaunce is / that preestes enioynen men in [¶ Of commune penaunce] certeyn caas / as for to goon perauenture [folio 211b] / naked in pilgrimages / or bare foot [106] ¶ Pryuee penaunce is [¶ Of priuee penaunce] thilke / that men doon alday for priuee synnes / of whiche they shryue hem priuely and receyue priuee penance
[107] Now shaltow vnderstande / what is bihouely [¶ What is bihouely to perfit penitence] and necessarie / to verray perfit penitence /. And this stant on .iij. thynges ‖. [108] Contricioun of herte ‖. Con|fession of Mouth ¶ and Satisfaccion /. [109] ffor which / seith Seint Iohn Crisostom ¶ Penitence destreyneth a man [¶ Iohannes Crisostomus] to accepte benygnely euery peyne that hym is enioyned / with Contricion of herte and shrift of mouth / with satis|faccion / and in werkynge of alle manere humylitee / [110] and this is fruytful penitence agayn .iij. thynges in whiche [¶ Of iii thynges in whiche we wratthe oure lord Ihesu crist /] we wratthe oure lord Ihesu Crist ‖. [111] This is to seyn / by delit in thynkynge ¶ by reccheleesnesse in spekynge ‖. and by wikked synful werkynge ‖ [112] And agayns thise
