[6-text p 615] no mete but erbis / and watir to his drink ne no bed but the nakede erthe / ffor whiche his flesch was blak / as an Ethiopen / for hete & nygh distroyed / for cold / [346] ȝit seyde he / that the brennynge of lecherye / boylede in al his body / [347] wherfore I wot wel sekyrly that they ben disseyuede / that seyn that they ben not temptid in here body [348] witnesse of seynt Iame / the apostelle that seyth / that euery wiȝt is temptid in his owene Con|cupiscence / that is to seine that euery of vs hath mater & occasioun to be temptid / of the norysshynge of synne / that is in his body / [349] And therefore seyth seynt Iohn the ewangelist/ ȝif that we seyn that we been with-oute synne we disseyuyn oure seluyn / & treuthe is not in vs
[350] ¶ Now schal thow vndyrstonde / [. . . . .] how synne wexeþ And encreseth in man ¶ The ferste thyng is thilke noryschynge of synne / of whiche I spak by-fore / thilke fleschely concupiscence / [351] and aftyr that comyth subieccioun / of the deuyl / this is to seyne the deuylis bely with wheche he blowyth / in man the fer of fleschely concupscence / [352] And aftyr that a man be|thynkyth hym whethir he wele do or noo the ilke thyng to wheche he is temptid / [353] And thanne if that a man withstonde / & weyue the ferste entisyngis of hise flesch / & of the feend / thanne is it no synne And ȝif so be that he do not so / thanne fleit he a noon / a flaume / of delit / [354] and thanne is it good to be war / & kepe hym weel or ellys he wele / fallyn a noon in to consentynge / of synne / And thanne wele he do it ȝif he may / haue tyme & place / [355] and of this mater seyth Moyses. be the deuyl in this manere [folio 410b] The fend seyth I wele chase & pursewe the man be wekede sulieccioun / & I wele hente hym be meuyng or steri[n]g of synne / & I wele departe myn preyse or myn prey by de|liberacioun / & myn lust schal be accomplischid / in delit / I wele drawe myn swered / in concentynge / [356] for certis rygh as a swerd / departyth a thyng in to pecis / righ
