Diues [et] pauper

Caplm .ix.

IF thou here the voyce of thy lorde god / to conne & to kepe all his byhestes that I bydde the kepe / thy lorde god shal make the hygher than all nacyons that dwelle vpon erthe. And all these blessynges shall come to the & take the / so that y^u kepe goddes byhestes y^u shalt be bles∣syd in cyte in towne & in felde. The fruyte of thy bodye / the fruyte of thy londe / the fruyte of thy beeestes shal be blessyd / thy berne / thy garner / thy seller shall be blessyd / & all thy leuyn¦ges shall be blessyd. Thou shalt be blessyd comynge in and goynge out. God shall make thyn enemyes that ryse ayenst the to falle in fyght byfo¦re the. They shal come ayenst the by one waye / & they shall flee awaye by seuen wayes. God shall gyue his bles¦synge prosperyte and spede to all thy werkes so that y^u kepe goddes byhestis & go in his wayes & in his lawes / y^• al people on erth shal see & knowe that the name of our lorde is called on the & they shall drede the & worshyp the / and our lorde god shal make the plen¦teuous in all goodes. God shal vndo his beste tresour aboue from heuen & gyue the rayne in tyme. Thou shalt lene to other nacyons / & y^u shalt haue no nede to borowe of other nacyons. God shall make the in to the hede & not in to the tayle. For he shal put the alwaye aboue & not byneth / so that y^• kepe his byhestes & his lawes. And at the daye of dome he shall gyue to all the kepers of his lawes his endelesse blessynge of euer lastynge Ioye / & say to them in this wyse. Venite benedicti patri•• mei. possidete paratū vobis reg¦nu a ••stitucōe mūdi. Math .xxv. Co∣me ye with me ye blessyd childern of my faders / & take ye in possessyon the kyngdome of heuen arayed & ordey∣ned

to you from the settynge or ma∣kynge of the worlde. In whiche kyng¦dome as sayth saynt Austen shall be lyght without derkenesse / endelesse Ioye without heuynesse / endelesse lyf without wo / endelesse myrthe & glad∣nesse w^t the blysfull companye of an¦gels apostles & all sayntes. There he sayth is lyght of lyght well bryght shynynge. There is y^e cyte of sayntes y^t is called Ierusalem of heuen The•• is y^• grete couent of martyres & of ho¦ly prophetes & patryarkes Abraham Ysaac & Iacob & of al sayntes The•• is no sorowe ne heuynesse after Ioye There shall be no nyght / none age / no feblenesse. There is charyte with∣out ende & euerlastynge peas / no deba¦te no dyscensyon. There euery man & woman hath y^t he loueth & what he desyreth. There is all loue without wo & without sorowe & care. There shall we be angeles peres & felowes in blysse w^t the hygh potestates Che rubyn & Seraphyn / & with all y^• nyne ordres of angels. There shal be mā∣na our heuenly fode without corrup∣cyon. There shall be angeles lyfe / & shortly to saye / there shall be sowne no sorowe / no dysease / none euyll / and what may be thought of ony good∣nesse there it shall be founde.