Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman.

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Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman.
Editor
Horstmann, Carl, b. 1851.
Publication
London: Sonnenschein
1895-1896
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English prose literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500.
English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts.
Mysticism -- England
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"Companion to the English prose works of Richard Rolle : a selection / from the edition by Carl Horstman." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/rollecmp. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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O ¶ The seconde is thou shalt in the begynnynge of thy werkes thynke on the worshyp & drede of god.

THe seconde poynte is: what euer thou do thynke vpon the worshyp & drede of god. If thou kepe this thou shalt the more sykerly lyue to goddes pleasure. For what dede thou art in wyll to perfourme in worshyp of god, thou mayst be syker of grete mede. Also yf thou drede god, thou art aferde for to do ony thynge that sholde be dyspleasynge to hym / & for as moche as þou dredest thou doost it not; Soo by that drede thou leuest that thynge vndo whiche shold tourne the in to grete peryll of thy soule yf it had ben perfourmed in dede. By this thou mayst wel knowe that it is full spedfull to thynke in þe begynnynge of all thy werkes vpon the worshyp & drede of god. To this accordeth the techynge of saynt Paule where he sayth thus: What euer ye do in worde or in dede / do it in the name of our lorde Ihesu cryst. For he that begynneth all thynge in þe name of almyghty god he begynneth in the worshyp of god. Loue than so stedfastly almyghty god / that what euer thou shalt do thynke fyrst in þe worshyp & drede of god / & thus thou shalt kepe the seconde poynte of this degree of loue.

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