[Imprynted at London :: Without Temple barre in saynte Clementes parysshe by me Iulyan Notary dwellynge at ye sygne of the thre kynges,
And this boke fynysshed the yere of our lorde. M.cccc. [et] vii [1507] And ended the. xxvi. daye of ye moneth of Ianyuer]
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Spiritual life -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.
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"Scala perfectionis." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A03936.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 8, 2024.
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¶A shorte stirynge to mekenes and charyte Caplm lxii
NOw by thyse wordes thou maye yf thou wolte trowe hem / conceyue comforte for thy degre of lyuyng / & also matere of mekenes / for though it be so yt thou shalt haue so moche mede specyally for thy state of liuīg if thou be saaf / neuertheles it may be yt ther is ma¦ny a wyfe & many worldlyche womā shal be nerer god than thou & more shal loue god & better know hym htā thou shalt for al thy state / And that ought to be ashame for the but yf thou be beye for to gete loue and charite as fully & asperfytly as a worldely man or womā / For thou maye haue as moche charyte of the gyft of god as he or she hathe that dwellyth stylle in worldely besynes
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thou shalt haue as moche of ye souereyn mede as he shal And thou shal ouer that for that state whiche thou hast taken haue a synguler mede & a worshyp whiche he shal not haue / Then yf thou wyl do wel meke thyselfe & for∣gete thy state as it were ryʒt nought For it is soth. by it self it is ryght nought / And ye thy desyre be & thy besines for to destroye syn̄es / & for to gete charyte & mekenes & other ghostly vertues / for therin lyeth al /
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