The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.

bot fore heuen that is abouen. & swa we gif soun fra vpward at the touchynge of oure hend. when all that we wele doe is for goddis luf. Alswa this boke is distyngid. in thris fyfty psalmes, in the whilk thre statis of cristin mannys religion is sygnifyd. the first in penance. the tother in rightwisnes. the thrid in louynge of endles lyfe. the first fifty is endyd in Miserere mei deus. the tother in Misericordiam & iudicium cantabo. The thrid at omnis spiritus laudet dominum. This boke of all haly writ is mast oysed in halykyrke seruys, forthi that in it is perfeccioun of dyuyne pagyne. for it con|tenys all that other bokes draghes langly. that is, the lare of the ald testament. & of the new. Thare in is discryued the medes of goed men. the pynes of ill men. the disciplyne of penaunce. the waxynge in rightwise lif. the perfeccioun of haly men, the whilk passis til heuen. the lyf of actyf men. the meditacioun of contem|platifs. & the ioy of contemplacioun, the heghest that may be in man lifand in body & feland. Alswa what synne reues fra mannys saule & what penaunce restores. It is na ned to tell ilkan here, fore thurgh the grace of god thou sall fynd thaim oppynd in thaire stedis. This scripture is cald boke of ympnes of crist. ympne is louynge of god with sange. Til an ympne falles thre thyngs. louynge of god. ioiynge of hert or thoght. affectuouse thynkynge of goddis luf. Sange is a gret gladnes of thoght of lastand thynge & endles ioy. brestand in voice of louynge. wel than is it sayd boke of ympnes. for it leris vs to loue god with glad [S. U clad.] chere & myrth & softnes in saule. noght anly in hert bot alswa with voice louand, & kennand thaim that are vnconand. THE matere of this boke is crist & his spouse, that is, haly kyrke, or ilk ryghtwise mannys saule. the entent is; to confourme men that ere filyd in adam til crist in newnes of lyf. the maner of lare is swilke. vmstunt he spekis of crist in his godhed. vmstunt in his manhed. vmstunt in that at he oises the voice of his seruauntes. Alswa he spekis of haly kyrke in thre maners. vmwhile in the person of perfite men. somtyme of vnperfite men. som tyme of ill men, whilk er in halikyrke. by body noght by thoght; by name noght by ded, in noumbire noght in merit. In this werke .i. seke na straunge ynglis, bot lyghtest and comonest. and swilk that is mast lyke til the latyn. swa that thai that knawes noght latyn. by the ynglis may com til mony latyn wordis. In the translacioun .i. folow the lettere als mykyll as .i. may.

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Title: The Psalter, or Psalms of David and certain canticles / with a translation and exposition in English by Richard Rolle of Hampole ; ed. from manuscripts by the Rev. H. R. Bramley ... With an introduction and glossary.
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Publication: Oxford :: Clarendon press,; 1884.
Subject terms: Bible. -- O.T. -- English (Middle English) -- 1884.; Bible. -- O.T. -- Latin. -- 1884.

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