the trauaile and the sorow that he has doen till haly men, that he be tourmentid thare [U thaire. S thore.] eftire.
38. Tibi derelictus est pauper: orphano tu eris adiutor. ¶ Til the is left the pore; till stepbarn thou sall be helpere. ¶ The pore, that leues all the couaitis of this warld, is left til god. that crist be anly his hope. til the stepbarn, that is he of whaim his fadire the deuel and the warld is ded. that gat him in till syn. thou sall be helpere til heuen.
39. Contere brachium peccatoris & maligni: queretur peccatum illius & non inuenietur. ¶ Altobreke the arme of the synful and of the ill willd; soght sall be the syn of him. and it sall noght be funden. ¶ Breke the arme, that is the myght of the synful in him selfe destroy: and of the ill willed, begiland othere: soght sall be his synn, that is. he sall be demed of his synn. and it sall noght be funden: that is. & he sall perische for his syn. his synn he calles his pouste that made [S halp.] him to synn. and nouther that. na the stede of him sall be funden eftere domes day. for than n a mare sall be knawen in erth whare synful mannys wonynge was. than thou man [? mon S may.] now knaw the steppis of the foghill. in the ayre.
40. Dominus regnabit in eternum & in seculum seculi: peribitis gentes de terra illius. ¶ Lord sall be kynge with|outen end and in warld of warld; perische sall ye genge fra the land of him. ¶ This kyngdome sall be the graciousere for the illes that rennys bifore: & when antecrist is distroid. all goed sall regne [U renge. S reyne.] thare in. bot ye genge, that is all ye synful, that lifis noght in the luf of god [S ins. 'yee.'] , sall perische fra the land of heuen.
41. Desiderium pauperum exaudiuit dominus: prepara|cionem cordis eorum exaudiuit auris tua. ¶ The ȝernynge of pore men lord herd; the rediynge of thaire hert herd thin ere. ¶ The ȝernynge of pore that brennys in luf and couaits the comynge of crist. thou herd: the rediynge of thaire hert. that is thaire hert redy to serue the. and to thole. thin ere herd, that is thi myght and thi mercy. for in the godhed is na bodily lym. bot we sall vndirstand in swilk wordis his myght and his werke. bren|nynge of desire is when all myghtis of oure saule is gedired to couait anly a thynge.
42. Iudicare pupillo et humili: vt non apponat vltra
