[6-text p 644] of greuauncys in outward thyngis a-geyns the wheche .iiij. he mote haue .iiij. maneere of paciencis
[663] The ferste greuaunce is of wekke wordis. thilke sufferede Ihesu Crist with-oute grochynge ful paciently whanne the Iewis dispisedyn hym ful ofte [664] ¶ Suffere thow therfore paciently / for the wise man seith If thow stryue with a fool. thow the fool be wroth or thow he laughe; algatis thow schalt haue no reste / [665] ¶ That othyr greuaunce outward / is to haue damage of thyn catel. Theere ageyns sufferede Crist/ ful paciently; whan he was dispoyled of al that he hadde / in this lyf. And that nas but hise clothis / [666] ¶ The .iij. greuaunce is a man to hauen harm in his body. That sufferede Crist ful paciently in al his passioun [667] ¶ The .iiij. greuaunce is this in outragious labour in werkis wherfore [folio 424b] I seye that folk that makyn here seruauntys to trauayly to greuosly or out of tyme as on halydayis Sothly they doon greet synne [668] ¶ Hereageyns sufferede crist ful paciently & taughte vs pacyence / whan he bar vp-on his blyssede schuldyr the cros on the whiche he schulde suffere dispitous deth/ [669] Heere may men lerne to been pacient. ffor certis nat only cristene men been pacient for loue of Ihesu crist And for gerdoun of the blisful lyf that is perdurable But certis the olde paynemys that neuere were cristene commendyn & vsyn the vertue of pacience
[670] ¶ A Philisophre vp-on a tyme that wolde a bete his disciple / for his greete trespas / ffor whiche he was Ameuyd / & broughte a ȝerde to skoure the child. [671] & whan the child say the ȝerde. he seyde to his Maystyr / what thynke ȝe to do. I wele beete the quod his maystir for thyn correccioun / [672] Forsothe quod the child ȝe oughte ferst to corecte ȝoure self that haue lost al ȝoure pacience for the gilt of a child. [673] fforsothe quod the maystyr al wepynge thow
