Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue. of Diues [and] paup[er]. that is to say. the riche [and] the pore fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]man̄mentes ...

The iiii. chaptre

DIues.

I assent / say forth I pray the.

Pauper.

Al∣so goddes name is take ī veyne by blasphemye and spiteful spe¦che of god / as whan men grutch ayenst goddes domes in seknes tribulacion and disease / and sey that god is vnrightful and cruel or grutche ayenste his mercy.

Whanne they may natt haue vengeaūce of their aduersaries. as they wolde haue / & saye that god is to pacient and to mercy a¦ble And they also that fal in wā hope / and say that god wol nat foryeue theym their synne. And they also that presume to moche of goddes mercy / and wole nat amende theym / for they say that god wole foryeue it them at the firste worde. Also sūme saye that god slepith whanne he hel∣pith theim nat as they wolde. Alle that speke thus or saye any other thing of god. that is ayēst his worship and his godhode / ta¦ke goddes name ī veyne by blas¦phemy. Also goddes name is ta¦ken amys and in veyne by mys speche of othes swerynge For who so wole lightly swere for a thynge of nought or of no char∣ge / or custumably or falsly wyt¦tyng wele that he sweryth false. or dispitously / or disseyuablye. or swerith any creature / or vseth any nyce othes / or vnleful othes alle these take goddes name in veyne. For ther owith noo man ne woman swere but for a treuthe of charge / and whāne it nedith to swere to witnes of treu¦the. And whanne a man shalle swere he shal swere by his god / & by no creature.

Diues.

Moche folke is so brought in custume. of swering that vnneth they can speke thre wordes to gidder but they suere by god or by some cre¦ature / or some grete or nyce othe

Pau{per}.

As I saide bifore wyc∣kid custume excuseth nat synne but accuseth and aggregith syn And therfore it is to drede y^t they swere so custumably & so lightly y^t they syn dedly swere they sothe swere they false And therfore sa∣lomon saith Iuracioni ne assues cas os tuū. &c. Ecclesi. xxiii.c. Lete nat thy mouthe saith he be vsed to swering / for many harde happes & fallinges been in such

swerynge And name nat to ofte saith he goddes name wyth thy mouthe in swerynge / ne be natt vsaunt in sweryng to medle the with seyntes names For if thou do thou shalt nat be clere of foly swerynge / ne clere of synne For what man saith he swerith mo∣che / he shalbe fylled with synne. and shreudenesse / and tribulatiō and disease shal nat passe fro hī & his housholde. For god saith y^t who so taketh his name in vey∣ne. he shalle nat passe vnpunys¦shyd Suche swerynge and dispi¦syng of goddes name is so orry∣ble a synne in goddes sight / that as salomon saith in the same bo¦ke the xxvii.c. Whan that men herde suche swerynge. the here of the hede shulde aryse for drede / & they shuld stoppe their erys and nat here suche irreuerēce and dis¦pyte of goddes name. Loque∣la multū iurās horripilationem capiti statuit / et irreuerencia il∣lius obturatio aurium.