Diues [et] pauper

Caplm .vij.

NOw leue frende I haue in par∣te declared you the .x. cōmaūde∣mentes / by whiche ye muste gouerne your lyfe yf ye wyll be saued. For cry¦ste sayth to eche man & woman. Si vis ad vitam ingredi serua mandata Math .xix. Yf y^• wylt entre euerlastyn¦ge lyfe / kepe goddes cōmaūdementes And therfor do ye as Salomon sayth Deū time et mandata eius obserua. hoc est ois homo. Eccl. vltimo. Drede ye god & kepe his cōmaundementes / this is euery man & woman. For as moche as man or woman pleseth god by kepynge of his byhestes / so moche is he in goddes syght. And as moche as man or woman is in goddes syhht so moche he is and no more / as sayth saynt Ansten de ci.li.xx.ca.iiij. For as he sayth / ther is no•• man ought but the keper of goddes cōmaūdementes For as he sayth / who so is not keper of goddes cōmaūdemēt he is nought for he is not reformed ayen to the ly∣kenesse of treuth y^t he was made af∣ter / but dwelleth styll in the lykenesse of vanyte that he was not made to.

Therfore Dauyd sayd. Maledicti qui declināt a mandatis tuis. Cursed be they y^t bowe awaye fro thy cōmaūde¦mentes & wyll not kepe them. We re¦de in holy wryte. Deut^• .xxvij. That god bad y^• childern of Israel y^t whan they came newely in to y^• londe of by∣hes e . vi. kynredes of Iacob / y^t is to say Symeon. Leui. Iuda. Ysachar. Ioseph & Beniamyn sholde stande on y^• hylle of Garizym there to thanke god & to blesse all the kepers of goddes lawe. And ayenst them sholde stande other vi. kynredes of Iacob / y^t is to saye. Ru¦ben Gad. Aser. Zabulon. Dan. and Neptilym. on y^• hylle y^t hyght Ebal & curse w^t hygh voyce all y^• breke god∣des byhestes & saye in this wyse. Cur¦sed be y^t man & woman y^• maketh ony grauen ymage y^• is abhomynacōn to god werke of y^• hondes of men of craf¦te to worshyp it outwarde w^t his body & setteth it in preuy place / y^t is to saye in his hert to set his fayth & his trust therin / so to worshyp it with his hert Inwarde / & at goddes byddynge all the peple sholde answere & saye amen So mote it be. Cursed be he that not worshyppeth fader & mod / amen sayd the people. Cursed be he y^t flytteth the boundes & the doles or termes of his neyghbour / & putteth hym out of his ryght / amen sayd all the people. Cur∣sed be he y^t maketh the blynde to wyl or to erre in his waye / amen sayd al y^• people. Cursed be he y^t peruerteth the ryghtful dome of the comelynge and of the straūger and of the faderlesse childe & of the moderlesse childe / and of the wydowe / amen sayd all the pe¦ple Cursed be he that lyeth by his fa¦ders wyfe / or by ony of his nygh kyn¦rede / or of nygh affynyte / amen sayd al the people. Cursed be he y^t medleth flesshely with ony vnresonable beest / amen sayd all the people. Cursed be he that lyeth by his neyghbours wyf / amen sayd all the people. Cursed be he that pryuely sleeth & murdreth his neyghbour / amen sayd all the people Cursed be he y^t taketh gyftes to slee hym y^t is not gylty / amen sayd al the people. Cursed be he y^t dwelleth not in the wordes of goddes lawe / ne dooth them not in dede / amen sayd all the people. This is the hygh curse & the solempne sentence whiche god gyueth to all tho y^• wyl not kepe his byhestes & lawe / & what curse & myscheef shol¦de falle to them y^• wyttyngly or wyl∣lynge breke his byhestes / he sheweth in the same booke the next chaptre where he sayth thus.