[6-text p 645] seist soth. haue thow the ȝerde myn deere sone & corekte me for myn Inpacience [674] ¶ Of pacience comyth obedience / thorw whiche a man is obedient to Crist & to alle hem to whiche he oughte to been obedyent in Crist / [675] And vndyrstond weel that obedyence is parfit whan that a man doth gladly And hastyly with good herte entyerly al that he schulde do [676] ¶ Obedyence generally is to parforme the doctryne of god & of hise souereynys to whiche hym oughte to been obeysaunt in al ryghtwisnesse
De Accidia [folio 425a] [is cut out.]
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[ [Harl. MS. 1758, on leaf219, back] Aftir the synnes of Ire I woll speke of the synnes of Accidie. ffor Enuye blyndeth the herte of a man & Ire troublyth a man. & Accidie makith hym heuy thoughtfull & wrawe. [678] ¶ Enuye & Ire maken bitternes in herte whiche bitternes is modir of Accidie. & be-nymeth hym the loue of all goodness. Then is Accidie the anguysche of a trouble herte. And seynt Austyn seith. [¶ Augustinus./] it is a-noie of goodnes & anoye of harme. [679] ¶ Certis this is a dampnable synne. ffor it doth wrong to ihesu crist. in as meche that he nymeth the seruyce that men ought to do to ihesu crist with all diligence. As seith Salomon. [¶ Salamon./] [680] But Accidie doth non suche diligence. he doth all thyng with a-noie & wrawnes. slaknes & excusacion & with dulnes & vnluste ¶ ffor whiche the book seith. A-cursid be he that doth the seruyce of god necligentli. [681] Then is Accidie enemye to eueri estate of man ffor certis the estate of [be-forn þat he fell in to synne.] man is in .3. maners. [682] ¶ Either it is the estate of [¶ Of .3. maners of Estat of man] Innocence as was the estate of Adam. biforn that he felle in to [¶ Estate of Inno|cence./] synne in whiche estate he was holdyn to wirche as in herying & honouryng of god [683] ¶ Another estate is the Estate of synfull men in whiche estate men ben holdyn [¶ Estate of syn|fulle men./]
