[6-text p 611] remenant of hise othere synnes; nay; [304] ¶ And forther ouer Contricion / sholde be wonder sorweful and ang|uissous / and ther fore / yeueth hym god / pleynly his mercy / and therfore / whan my soule was anguissous with Inne me / I hadde remembrance of god / þat my prayere myghte come to hym [305] ¶ fforther ouer Contricion moste be continuel / and þat man haue stede|fast purpos to shryue hym / & for to amende hym of his lyf / [306] for soothly / whil Contricion lasteth / man may euere haue hope of foryeuenesse / And of this / cometh hate of synne þat destroyeth synne / bothe in hym self & eek in othere folk at his power / [307] for which seith Dauid / ye þat louen god / hateth wikkednesse / for trusteth wel / to loue god / is for to loue that he loueth / [nota] & hate that he hateth
[308] ¶ The laste thyng þat men shal vnderstonde in Contricion / is this / wher of auaileth Contricion ¶ I seye / þat som tyme / Contricion delyuereth man fro synne / [309] of which þat Dauid seith ‖ I seye quod Dauid / that is to seyn / I. purposed fermely to shryue me / & thow lord relessedest my synne / [310] and right so as Contricion auaileth nat / with outen sad purpos of shrifte / if man haue oportunytee; right so / litel worth is shrifte / or satisfaccion / with oute Contricion / [311] And moore / Contricion destroyeth the prison of helle [folio 243a] and maketh wayk & feble / the strengthes of the deueles / & restoreth the yiftes of the holy goost & of alle goode vertues / [312] and it clenseth the soule of synne & delyuereth the soule fro the peyne of helle / & fro the compaignye of the deuel / and fro the seruage of synne / & restoreth it to alle goodes espirituels & to the compaignye communyon of holy chirche / [313] and forther ouer/ it maketh hym / þat whilom was sone of Ire / to be sone of grace / and alle thise thynges / be preued by holy writ / [314] and therfore / he þat wolde sette his entente / to thise thynges / he were ful
