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The thridde partie of Penitence. is Satisfaccion. and [¶ Of .iij. manere of Almesses.] that stant moost generally in Almesse. and in bodily peyne [1030] ¶ Now been ther thre manere of Almesses ¶ Contricion of Herte; where a man offreth hymself to god ¶ Another is / to han pitee of defaute of hise neighebores ¶ And the thridde is / in yeuynge of good conseil goostly and bodily / where men han nede. and namely in sustenance of mannes foode [1031] ¶ And tak [kepe] / þat a man hath nede of thise [¶ Of the werkes of charitee] thinges generally /. he hath nede of foode. he hath nede / of clothyng / and herberwe. he hath nede of charitable conseil and visitynge in prisone and in maladie / and sepulture of his dede body. [1032] And if thow mayst nat visite the nedeful with thy persone / visite hym by thy message and [[MS. repeats thy message and]] by thy yiftes. / [1033] Thise been generally almesses or werkes of charitee of hem that han temporeel richesses / or discrecion in conseilynge ¶ Of thise werkes / shaltow heren at the day of doome?
[1034] Thise Almesses shaltow doon of thyne owene propre thynges and hastily and priuely if thow mayst. [1035] but nathelees / if thow mayst nat doon it priuely. thow shalt nat forbere to doon Almesse though men seen it/ so that it be nat doon for thank of the world. but oonly for thank of Ihesu crist [1036] ¶ ffor as witnesseth Seint Mathew capitulo .vo. A Citee may nat been hyd / [¶ Mathei .50.] that is set on a montayne. ne men lighte nat a lanterne and put it vnder a busshel /. but men sette it on a candle|stikke to yeue light to the men in the hous./ [1037] right so shal youre light lighten bifore men. that they may seen youre goode werkes and glorifie youre fader that is in heuene?
[1038] ¶ Now as to speken of bodily peyne. it stant in [¶ Of bodily penaunce] preyeres / in [folio 235b] wakynges / in fastynges / in vertuouse
