[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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¶What remedye a man shal vse ayenst defawte made in etynge or drynkyng / Caplm̄ lxxvi
FOr thy do thou skylfully ye longeth to the / & ke∣pe thy bodely kynde vpon reyson / and suffre god then sende what he wyl hele or syknesse / take it gladly / and grutche not ayenst god wylfully / Do thou as I say take thy mete as it commyth. And ordeyne for it yf nede be vpon reason / And take it gladly as for nede: But be wel waar of lust that commyth with nede / Eschewe to moche as wel as to lytyl And so whan thou haste done / and thenne it commyth to thy mynde ye bytyng of con∣scyence that thou haste eten to moche. And soo thenne
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begynnest for to tary the / & drawe to ouermoche bytter¦nes / Lyfte vp ye desyre of thyn hert thy good lorde Ihū and know thyself for a wretche & a beest / & aske hym for gyuenesse. and saye that thou wylte amende it / & truste of forgyuenesse / Leue of then and tarye no lenger with all / ne stryue not moche as thou woldest destroye it vt∣terly / for it is not worthe for to do so / Thou shalt neuer brynge it soo abowte \ but redely ordeyne the rede to so∣me other occupacyō bodely or ghostly / after thou felyst the dysposed that thou myghtest more profyte in other vertues / as mekenesse & charyte. For wyte thou wel he that hathe in his desyre & in his traueylle none other re∣warde to none other thynge but to mekenes and chary¦te / aye cryenge after hem howe he myght haue hem / he shal in that desyre / werchynge folow and after profyte and wexe in al other vertues / as in chastyte abstinence & suche other yf he haue but lytyl rewarde in hem in a ye¦re more than he sholde withouten this desyre profyte in seuen / yf he stryue with glo••enye lechery & suche other contynuelly / & bete hymself with scourges eche day fro morowe to euensong tyme /
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