[6-text p 661] diluge. And after that he brente .v. Citees with thonder leyt and sank hem in to helle
[840] Now lat vs speke thanne / of thilke stynkynge [¶ Of the synne of Auowtrie] synne of lecherie that men clepe Auowtrie. of wedded folk /. that is to seyn. if that oon of hem be wedded. or elles bothe [841] ¶ Seint Iohn seith that Auowtiers [¶ Nota secun|dum Iohannem] shullen been in helle / in a stank brennynge of fyr and of Brymston . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] for the stynk of hire ordure /. [842] Certes / the brekynge of this sacrement is an horrible thyng/. it was maked of god hym self in paradys and confermed by Ihesu crist as witnesseth seint Mathew in the gospel. A man shal lete [¶ Mathei. 19o.] fader and mooder/ and taken hym to his wif/ And they shullen be two in o flessh [843] ¶ This sacrement bitok|neth the knyttynge togidre / of Crist and of hooly chirche. [844] And nat oonly that god forbad Auowtrie in dede. but eek he comanded that thou sholdest nat coueite thy neighebores wyf [845] ¶ In this heeste seith seint Augustyn. is forboden alle manere coueitise to doon [¶ Sanctus Augustinus] lecherie ¶ Lo what seith seint Mathew in the gospel. that [¶ Mathei .v.to] who so seeth a womman to coueitise of his lust /. he hath doon lecherie / with hire in his herte. [846] Heere may ye seen / that nat oonly. the dede of this synne is forboden. but eek the desir / to doon that synne / [847] This cursed synne anoyeth greuousliche hem that it haunten ¶ And first to hire soule. for he obligeth it to synne and to peyne of deeth that is perdurable ‖. [848] vn-to the body. anoyeth it greuously also for it dreyeth hym. and wasteth. and shent hym. and of his blood he maketh sacrifice to the feend of helle. it wasteth his catel and his substance. [849] And certes if it be a foul thyng / a man to waste [¶ Nota] his catel on wommen. yet is it a fouler thyng/. whan that for swich ordure. wommen dispenden vp-on men hir catel and substance [850] ¶ This synne as seith the prophete [¶ propheta] bireueth man and womman hir goode fame. and al hire honour. and it is ful plesant to the deuel. for ther-by
