werkes in ensaumpile & goed dedis in help: he selles thaim noght for fauoure and louynge of men. bot he gifes thaim for louynge of god, that quytes a hundreth fald. & that in his tyme. for all thynges that goed are askis tyme & discrecioun. & this is agayns selfwillid men. the whilk gifs ensaumpil to fast when tyme is to ete. & to wake when tyme is to slepe. forthi thai may noght fast ne wake when tyme is. & swa thai shame thaire state. And alswa this tyme is agayns auerous men & chynches, that gifes froit. bot when it is rotyn & out of tyme. or if thai oght sall gif, it is with swa mykil delaiynge. & swa wrathly, that it is noght worth that thai doe. ffor god lufis wele cherid gifers. Swilke tres ere wicked, that for eld in synne beris na goed froit. & forthi thai sall be smyten down & kastyn in til the fire of hell.
4. Et folium eius non defluet: & omnia quecumque faciet semper prosperabuntur. ¶ And the lef of him sall noght downren; and all thyngs that he sall doe. ay sall esely fare. ¶ The rightwisman dos in tyme his dede, & alswa his leef, that is, his worde, sall noght be aboute erthly thyngs ne ydel ne dis|sayuabile ne leghynge: for swilk wordes rennes doun in till synne. bot it sall be noteful, lerand the way till heuen. & swa ren vpward: and all thyngs that he sall doe. whether thai be werkis or wordis. ay sall esely fare. that is, thai sall turne hym til prou & other that ere edified in him. he that synnes noght in his tonge; he is a perfite man. that is. his leef to ryn noght down.
5. Non sic impij non sic: sed tanquam puluis quem pro|icit ventus a facie terre. ¶ Noght swa wicked noght swa; bot as the dost. the whilk wynd ferkastis fra the face of the erth. ¶ Here he departis ill men. fra crist. & fra the company of all goed men. and sais, noght swa wicked. boxsom til god. noght swa festid in godis laghe, bot as doste. that is. thai ere drye with outen wetynge of grace. & light to assent til ilk temptacioun. the whilk wynd. that is, pride, that heghis & bolnes thaim as wynd dos, dryues fra the face of the erth, that is, fra the presens of endles stabilnes. that nurisch [S now rises.] oure saule as the erth dos oure body.
6. Ideo non resurgunt impij in iudicio: neque peccatores in consilio iustorum. ¶ fforthi wicked rise noght in dome: ne synful in counsaile of rightwis. ¶ fforthi that thai ere dryuen thurgh pride fra god in till the deuel seruys. thai ryse noght in
