thaim self brennand with the fire of the haly gast: and thus doand hopes in god, forto haf ioy in heuen, noght in this world, for ȝoure med: bot for that vnneths any is that lufis verraly gastly goeds. the whilk anly sould be lufid. he says, many says wha shews vs goeds. of heuen. this is the voice of tha that lufis noght bot bodily thynge, and sais. wha wate if it be soth that thai say. or wha is comen fra hell or fra heuen to tell swilk thynge: bot fra wardly ask thai, & wrechidly erre thai: thurght skil in thaire saule thai myght knaw that god is rewardere of goed and ill. and this is that he says,
7. Signatum est super nos lumen vultus tui domine deus: dedisti leticiam in corde meo. ¶ Takynd is on vs the lyght of thi face lord; thou has gifen faynes in my hert. ¶ The light of godis face is the light of his grace that refourmes in vs his ymage, thurgh the whilk ymage we ere like till him in gast. and the prynt we bere of that light, as the wax does of the sele. how myght than man be in mare wrechidnes than swa to foule this ymage that it kan noght knaw til whas lyknynge it is made. and thurgh that light thou has gifen faynes, that is gastly ioy. noght withouten in vanytes bot withinen in my hert. whare thou god wones withinen, ere verray goeds and certayn, that ill men sees noght: and forthi thai luf that thai see. of the whilk he says,
8. A fructu frumenti vini & olei sui: multiplicati sunt. ¶ Of the froit of whet of wyne & of thaire oile: thai ere multiplide. ¶ Whet wyne and oile, for thai ere mast nedful til mannys oise, he settis for all riches. of the whilk many that sekis noght verray goed ere multiplide. that is. thai ere draghen in many fald wricchidnes, and fantoms withouten end, of couaitise & vayn thoghtis, swa that a souereyn goed thai may noght se: in the whilk goed the haly man ioys sayand,
9. In pace in id ipsum: dormiam & requiescam. ¶ In pees in it self; .i. sall slepe and .i. sall rest. ¶ That is at say, in pees of thoght that is in it self. that is. it is tendant in til lastandnes and vnchaungeabile ioy, .i. sall slepe. that is with all softnes, pryue fra all the noys of the warld .i. sall dye, and sythen .i. sall rest in the bed of endles blis and in the setil of heuen. and this verraly sall be.
10. Quoniam tu domine: singulariter in spe constituisti me. ¶ ffor thou lord; syngulerly in hope has sett me. ¶ That is at say, in a hope, thurgh the whilke. i. hope a thynge, that is verraily goed.
