þou serueste god, but holde yt a souereyn goodnes of god þat he wolle brynge þe to very meekenes of herte, and þat ys þe bygynnynge of perfeccyon & of goodnes of man. The .ii. poynte ys þat þou be not sory neyþer mys-payed wiþ noþinge þat falleþ, but for synne oonly eyþer for þinge þat ledyþ to synne: But of alle maner tribulacyon and wronge, dyseses and dyspytys, study for to be glaade, and hem þat dysesen þe studye for to loue specyallye, and for hem prey to god inwardely, and of alle maner tribulacyon and woes þanke god lowely and freendly—for certys þo þat god loueþ he beteþ hem and chastyseþ by woo of þe worlde, þe which wo and dysese makeþ man to turne to god and hate of þe worldys condycyons. And þis medytacyon makeþ a man pacyent, and wiþ eese of herte to suffre anguysch and woo for goddys loue, þat suffred alle maner woo for þe loue of man. The iiide poynte ys þat þou studye for to loue pouerte, mekenesse and symplenesse, and for to conforme þi lyuynge to Crystys lyuynge þi lorde, and of worldly goodys haue not ouer-moche bysynesse, ne couetyse but þereto þat þe nedeþ to þe sustynaunce of þi body. And byþenke þe welle and ofte þat þe more ryche and worschypfulle þat þou arte: þe more vnlyche þou arte to Cryste þi lord in lyuynge, and so myche more mater þou haste of sorowe. And þerfor yf þou wolte lyfe withe Cryste in blys, folowe hym in lyuynge and conforme þi lyffe to hys. The iiiithe poynte ys þat þou dyspyse no creature seme he neuer so yuele, synnefulle and vnworþi or symple, but haue rewe, pytee and compassyon of alle as a moder wolde haue of her chylde. ¶ And þenke and holde þat þe dysese and mysese of þin euyncrysten ys þi dysese; ¶ And as þou woldeste ese þi-selfe, or ellys as þou woldeste þat he esyd þe in þi dysese, so be aboute to esyn hym. The .V.the poynte ys þat þou deme no man ne no womman, for þou wooste not what þe grace of god worcheþ in hys soule; but whan þe semeþ by eny worde or dede þat eny man or womman ys falle into synne, be more sory for hys synne þen for eny bodyly myschefe þat myȝte falle to þe, and þenke inwardly þat more precyouse ys þat soule þat ys wownded wiþ synne, þen be alle þe erþely bodyes þat Cryste haþ made. ¶ And þerfor a man skylfully schulde be more sorye whan he wyste hys euencrysten falle in to a deedly synne, þan he schulde for bodyly deþe of hym-selfe or of enye frende of hys, for god ys more myspayde wiþ gostly deeþe of soule, wiche makeþ a man to be departed from hym and from hys blysfule ende, þen for bodely deeþ of eny man or womman. The .VI.te poynte ys þat þou loue þe go[o]d and þe profyte and þe worschype and preysynge of þin euyncrysten as myche as of þi-selfe, and as þe moder ys glade of þe profyte of her chylde, so be þou glade of þe good and profyte of þin euyncrysten, and namly of gostly goodys and profyte. The .VII.the poynte ys þat þou loue man neyþer womman ne eny oþer þinge but oonly for god, so þat þou loue god for hym-selfe, and alle oþer þinge for god; for god wole haue noþinge euen loued wiþ hym; for þe loue of god where euer yt be, eyþer yt ys aloone eyþer yt ys souereyne. The .VIII. poynte ys, what-euer þou doo þat þou studye to haue god specyally in þi mynde, & in alle þi werkys princypally desyre the worschyppe of god and þe profyt of þin euencrysten. And in alle þingys and werkes bysyly be aboute for to haue god present in þi mynde and in þin herte as þouȝ þou syȝe hym present wiþ þi bodyly yȝe, and so drede hym and reuerence hym and loue hym as he were euermore in þi syȝte; for goddys seruaunte schulde neuermore þenke ne speke ne do but as he wolde do in þe presens of god. For certeynly al þat þou þenkeste, spekeste or doeste, god seeþ yt as verely as þouȝ þou were in hys presence, þere as he syttyþ in heuene. And for goddys loue take hede, yf þou arte a-schamed for to do a deedly synne byfore þin euyncrysten þe whiche ben freyle & synfulle as þou arte and may not greue but þi body, moche more schuldeste þou be agaste to synne byfore þi god þat neuer trespased and schalle be þi domysman at þe day of dome. The .IX. poynte ys þat incaas þou