¶ Seruis til lord in dred; and ioyes til him in quakynge. ¶ If ȝe doe wele as ȝe aghe at doe. seruys til god in dred. that ȝe be noght pridid. for the dred of god suffers noght to synne. And he that standis; loke that he fall noght. for the pote of laire [S clay.] is bresil and soen will breke, bot if it be warly kepid. and ioyes til him. fore the dred of god is noght of wricchidnes bot of ioy: with quakynge. swa that ȝoure ioy be noght ouere sykire, ne forgetand what ȝe sould doe. Dred is wirkere of vertus. and sykirnes brynges necligence. fforthi dred is nedful. that we hegh vs noght: and ioy, that we yrk noght in godis ȝoke.
12. Apprehendite disciplinam ne quando irascatur domi|nus: & pereatis de via iusta. ¶ Gripes [S ins. or takes.] disciplyne, leswhen lord wreth: and ȝe perisch fra rightwis way. ¶ If it befall that ȝe be angird with ill men, lettis neuermare therfore to luf crist. bot takis disciplyne. that is, haldis goed lyf and fayre conuersacioun, and ordene [S ordaynes.] amendment of ȝoure maners, and takes [S. U om.] tribulaciouns of the werld as in helpe & warnysynge. leswhen god wreth him. this worde bytakyns doutynge, noght of the prophet, that is certayn, bot of tha that he amonestis. the whilk ere wont for to thynk lyghtly by the vengauns of god. and dout whether he be wrath, for thai fele noght soen his vengauns: and ȝe perisch fra rightwis way. that is, fra crist. fra whaim wha sa perisch, with mykil wricchidnes he erres by the way of wickidnes. for he is right way til heuen. the whilk way nathynge departis fra vs. and vs fra it. bot synne. that blyndes oure herts swa that we may noght the way knaw that we ga in.
13. Cum exarserit in brevi ira eius: beati omnes qui con|fidunt in eo. ¶ When his ire has brent in short [S ins. tyme.] : blisful all that traistes in him. ¶ Now ere many that says. thai traist in god and hopes that thai sall be saf. and neuere the lattere cesses noght to doe ill: and thai ere bigild. for when his wreth brennys. that is, when ven|gaunce comes of synful men. than thai may noght traist in hym. fore thaire aghen dedes sall dampne thaim. in short while, for all men sall be demed at anes, in na langere tyme than a man may opyn his eghe. and na tyme sall be ituyx will of demynge and of vengaunce. or, in short. wha swa wenys that it is lange are the dome come. alswa say, it is bot short tyme thare [U thaire. S thor.] til. and than
