¶How pryde in heretykes is dedely syn̄e / Caplm lviii (Book 58)
AN heretyke synneth dedely in pryde. for he chesyth his res¦te & his delyte in his owne opinyon and in his owne sa¦yeng / for he weneth that it is soth / whyche opinyon or sayen¦ge is ayenst god & holy chyrche / and therfore synneth he in pry¦de dedely for he louyth hymself and his owne wyll & witt soo moche that though it be openly ayenst the ordynaunce of ho∣ly chyrche he wyll not leue it but rest him therin as in sothfas¦nes▪ and soo makyth he it his god / but he begyleth hymselfe / For god & holy chyrche arn soo onyd & acorded togyder yt who soo dooth ayenst that one he dooth ayenst bothe / And therfore he that sayth he louyth god and kepith his biddynges / and di¦spiseth holy chyrche. and setteth at noughte the lawes & the or¦dinaunces of it made by the hede and the souerayne in gouer∣naunce of all crysten men / he lyeth he chesyth not god. but he chesyth the loue of hymselfe contrary to the loue of god / and soo he synneth dedely / And in that he weneth moost to pleyse god he moost dysplesyth hym / for he is blynde and wyll not see / Of this blyndnes and this fals resting of an heretyke in his owne felyng spekith the wyse man thus / Est via que vi¦detur homini recta / et nouissima ei{us} ducūt ad mortem.* 1.1 There is a waye whiche semyth to a man ryghtfull / and the last en¦de of it bryngeth hym to endles dethe / This waye specyally is callyd heresye / For other flesshly synners that syn̄en dedely