Scala perfecc[i]onis

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Title: Scala perfecc[i]onis
Author: Hilton, Walter, d. 1396.
Publication: [Westminster :: Printed by Wynkyn de Worde,; 1494]
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Subject terms: Spiritual life -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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¶How we sholde crucifye this ymage of synne. and quyc¦ken the ymage of Ihesu / Caplm lxxxvii. (Book 87)

WHat shall thou then̄e doo wyth this ymage / I answere the by a worde y^u the Iewes sayd to pylat of cryste.* 1.1 Cru¦cifige eū / Take thou this body of synne & doo hym on y^e cros¦se / That is for to saye / Breke down this ymage & slee the fal¦se loue of synne in thyself / as cristis body was slayne for our synne & our trespaas / Right soo the behouyth yf thou wolte be like to cryste slee thy bodily likynge and flesshely lustes in thyselfe / * 1.2 Thus sayd saynt poul / Qui autem cristi sunt camē suam crucifixerunt cum viciis & concupiscenciis / Thise that

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arn cristis folowers hath crucifyed and slayne her flesshe that is the ymage of synne wyth all the lustes & the vnskylfull ly∣kynges of it / Slee thenne and breke downe pryde. and set vp mekenesse / Also breke downe yre & enuye and reyse vp loue & charyte to thyn euen crysten. Also in stede of couetyse. pouertee in spiryte / In stede of accidye. feruour in deuocyon wyth glad redynes to all good dedes / And in the stede of glotenye & leche¦rye. sobirte & chastyte in body & in soule / This cōsydered sayn∣te poul whan he said thus / Deponentes veterem hominē cū suis actibus qui corrūpitur scdm desideria erroris.* 1.3 et induite nouū hominē qui scdm deum creatus est in sanctitate & iusti∣cia / ye shall put down the olde man that is the ymage of sin¦ne of the olde adam wyth all his membres / for he is rotin in desyres of errour / and ye shal shape you & clothe you in a new man whiche is the ymage of god by holynes & ryghtwysnes and ful hede of vertues / who shall helpe the. breke down this ymage / Sothly thy lorde Ihesu / In the vertue & in the name of hym shall thou breke downe this mawmente of synne / Praye hym besily and desyre. and he shall helpe the /

Notes

* 1.1

Ioh̄. 1••.

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* 1.2

Gal. ••.

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* 1.3

Ep••. iiii

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