[6-text p 599] seruant & þrall to sinne & sore biene aschamed of hem self; [153] þat god of his enles goodenesse haþ sette hem in hihe astate or ȝeuen hem wiþ strenkeþ of body. hele beaute. prosperite; [154] & bouht hem fro deþ with his hert blode; þat þei so vnkindely aȝeines his gentillesse whiten him so velenslye to slauhter of here owen sowles [155] ¶ O goode god. ȝe wemmen þat bien of so grete beaute; remembreþ ȝowe of þe prouerbe of Salomon. he seiþe [156] A faire womman þat is a fole of hir body; is like to a ringe of golde þat wereþ in þe groyne of a sowe [157] ¶ For riht as a sowe wroteþ in euery ordure; So wroteþ sche hir beaute in stinkeinge ordur of sinne
[158] ¶ The þred cause þat ouht to meue a max to contricione is þe drede of þe daie of dome & of þe orribles peynes of hell for as seint Ierom seiþe. Att euery time þat me remembreþ of þe daie of dome .I. quake; [160] For whan .I. ete or drink or do what so .I. do euer semeþ me þat þe trompe souneþ in myne ere; [161] Riseþ vpe þat bien dede & commeþ to þe Iugement [162] of god; ¶ Muche ouht iche man to drede suche a Iugement þere as we scholne bue all as seiþ seint Poule Be forne þe strete of oure lorde ihesu crist. [163] Where as ȝe schal maake a general con|gregacioun; Wher as noman mai be absent; [164] For certes þere ne availeþ none assoyene ne excusacion; [165] And not onely þat oure fautes schal bu Iuged; bot eke þat al oure werkes schal openli be knowe; [166] And as seiþe seint Bernarde. There ne schal no pledynge availe ne no sleiht; we scholne ȝeuen Rekenynge of euery Idel worde [167] ¶ There schal we haue a Iuge. þat maie nouht be deceyued ne corruppte; And whi for al oure þouhtes biene discouerde as to him; ne for preier ne for meede he wil not be corrupte; [168] And þerefor seiþe Salomon. þe wraþþe of god wol nouȝt bue corrupte; And þerfor seiþ Salomon; The wreche
