[6-text p 212] god and pray him to dresse þy wayes. and loke þat alle þi counseiles be in him for euermore [2309] ¶ Seint Iame eek saith ¶ If eny of ȝow haue neede of sapiens axe it of god. [2310] and aftirward þanne schul ȝe take counseil in ȝoure self. and examine wel ȝoure þouȝtes of suche þinges as ȝou þinkiþ þat is best for ȝoure profyt [2311] and þanne schul ȝe dryue fro ȝoure hertes þo þat ben contrarie to good counseil. [2312] þat is to say . Ire . coueytise . and hastynes
[2313] ¶ First he þat axeþ counseil of himself . certes he moste be wiþoute Ire . for many cause [2314] ¶ The first is þis ¶ He þat haþ gret Ire and wraþþe in himself . he weneth alwey he may do þing þat he may not doo [2315] ¶ And secoundly he þat is Irous and wroþ . he may not wel deme [2316] ¶ and he þat may not wel deme; may nought wel counseile [2317] ¶ The þridde is þis . þat he þa is Irous and wroth as saiþ Senec may not speke but blameful þinges [2318] and with his vicious wordes he stireþ oþer folk to anger and to Ire [2319] ¶ And eek sire ȝe moste dryue coueitise out of ȝoure herte / [2320] ¶ For þapostil saith þat coueytise is roote of alle harmes. [2321] And trusteth wel þat a coueitous man ne can not deme ne þinke [folio 211a] but oonly to fulfille þe ende of his coueitise [2322] ¶ And certes þat may neuer ben accomplised ¶ For euer þe more abundaunce þat he hath of riches . þe more he desireth [2323] And sire ȝe moste also dryue out of ȝour herte hastynes . [2324] For certes ȝe may nought deme for þe beste a sodein þouȝt þat falleþ in ȝoure herte ¶ But ȝe moste auyse ȝou on it ful ofte [2325] ¶ For as ȝe herde here biforn þe comune prouerbe is þis; þat he þat soone demeth soone repentith;
[2326] ¶ Sire ȝe ben not alway in lik disposicioun [2327] For certis som þing þat som tyme semeþ to ȝow þat it is good for to doo; anoþer tyme it semeþ to ȝou þe contrarie
