[6-text p 661] diluge / And aftir that he brente .v. Citees with thonder lyght. & sonke hem into helle //
[840] Now late vs speke thanne of thylke stynkynge synne of leccherie that men clepe avoutrie of weddide folke that is to seyn. if that oon of hem be weddyd. or ellys bothe [841] Seint Iohn seyth / that auowtiers shullen ben in helle in a stanke brennynge of fuyr & of brymstoon . . . . . [no gap in the MS.] for the stynke of hire ordure // [842] Certes the brekynge of thys sacrement. is an horrible thynge. It was maked of god hym selfe in paradys. and confermed by Ihesu criste as witnesseth seint Mathew in the gospel. 19. A man shal lete Fader & Moder & takyn hym to his wyfe. & they shuln ben twoo in oo fleissh [843] This sacrament betoke|neth the knyttynge to-gidre of criste & of holy chirche. [844] And nat oonly that god forbade avoutrie in dede. but eke he commaunded / that thow sholdest nat coueite thy neighebores wyfe [845] In this heste seith seint Augustyn. is forboden alle manere couetise to doon lecherie / loo what seith seint Mathewe.vo. in the gospel / that who seeth a woman to couetise of hys luste he hath doon lecherie with hire in his herte. [846] here may ye sen / that nat oonly the de dede of this synne is forboden / but eke the desire to doon that synne // [847] Thys cursed synne anoieth greuously hem that it haunten And firste to hire soule / For he obligeth it to synne & to peyne of deth that is perdurable / [848] vnto the body anoieth it greuously also / For it drieth hym & wasteth / and shente hym / and of his blood he maketh sacrifice to the fende of helle / It wasteth eke his catel / and his substaunce [849] and certes yef it be a foule thynge a man to wasten his catel on wommen; yet is it a fouller thynge whan that for swiche ordure wommen despenden vpon men hire catel & substaunce // [850] Thys synne as seith the prophete byreueth man & woman hire good fame & alle hire honour. And it is full plesaunt to the deuel./ For therby
