The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce.
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The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce.
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Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
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[Imprynted at London :: In Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Sonne, by me Wynkyn de Worde,
The yere of our lorde god.M.CCCCC.xxv. the xxviij. daye of Nouember] [1525]
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"The rule of saynt Augustyne, bothe in latyn and englysshe, with two exposicyons. And also the same rule agayn onely in englysshe without latyn or exposicyon The tra[n]slatour doth aduyse [and] cou[n]seyll all the disciples of this rule to bere alway one of these bokes upo[n] them syth they ben so portatyue, [and] may be had for so small a pryce." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/B11254.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.
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Saynt Hugh.
¶ AS vnto those {per}sones that wyll not forgyue theyr felowes / let them (as we sayd) haue no trust to haue ye effecte & profyte of theyr prayer in the Pater nr̄. Yre & wrath doth soone moue some {per}sones / & soone agayne in them ceaseth. Other {per}sones doth it moue more late¦ly / but than it holdeth them lenger / & cōtynueth more styfly. But some ben of worse disposicyon / wel nere de¦uyllysshe / that soone wyll be wroth / & longe & lothe to be softe & appeased. And some of a cōtrary disposicyon & godly / that wyll be longe & lothe to be moued or dis∣pleased / and yet yf by chaūce they fall thervnto / they
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haue soone done wtall / & ben forthwt full sory therfore. This later disposicyon is better than ye fyrst. And the thyrde worse than ye second. Let therfore all religyous {per}sons wey & marke how grete an offēce is this synne of wrath / wherby good pacyence & gentyll maner is put away / & ye ymage of god in ye soule is blemysshed & defaced. For by angre a {per}sone loseth wysdome & discre¦cyon / so yt many tymes they wote not what they do or say. And by angre ye grace / fauour & cōmodite of good familiarite & companyable lyuynge is lost & destroyed By wrathe also is iustyce lefte & set asyde. For ye wyse man sayth. Noli esse assduus cū homine iracūdo. &c. Be not (sayth he) to moche familier wt an angry {per}sone and lerne not to folowe his wayes ne maners. For so may ye soone take occasyon & example of euyll / vnto ye hurte of your soule. For who so euer done not tempre & ordre themselfe after reason / ben in theyr lyuynge lyke vnto beestes. The angry & wroth {per}sones done not al∣waye fyght & stryue wt hand / but rather wt shrewed & frowarde wordes they wyll fyght wt the tongue / & so longe oftentymes they cōtynue & multyply language that the strawe waxeth a beme / that is to say / wrath turneth vnto hatred & malyce. We ben oftentymes a∣basshed & loth to be despysed / we haue indignacyon to be rebuked / & to suffre a sharpe worde: & yf we rean∣swere lyke vnto lyke / than shall we be loth fyrst to say mea culpa / & than shal we begyn to reason why shold I fyrst say mea culpa. He or she / fyrst offēded / let them fyrst make the amendes. For yf I shold say fyrst / than sholde I be occasyon of pryde in them. Thus ye carnall herte the proude mynde / desyrynge & coueytynge the glory & vayne prayse of ye worlde / forsaketh humilite.
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And all though he wolde fayne be at one & reconsiled / yet is he ashamed to make fyrst satysfaccyon / to saye fyrst mea culpa. Ah good lorde / & we wolde loke well vpon his actes / we shold soone be ashamed of our selfe For fyrst we done offende hym / & yet doth he fyrst sue for ye peace & recōsiliacyon. We sholde therfore be asha∣med of our proude herte & styffe stomacke / & vtterly be confoūded / yf we yt done offende / do not fyrst make the amendes. Syth he yt neuer dothe offende / but alway is offēded / is so redy to be recōsyled. The lettre. Qui autē nun{quam} vult petere veniā / aut non ex animo petit: sine causa est in monasterio / etiā si inde nō proijciatur. That is. And who so wyll neuer axe forgyuenes / or yt done not axe it wt hole herte & mynde / wtout reason or cause byde they in the monastery / all though they be not cast out / or put away therfrō. And hard iudgement For after the mynde of saynt Augustyne suche harde herted {per}sones as can not fynde in theyr hertes to saye mea culpa mekely / be not metely to be in religyon / & yf they ben therin / they ben worthy to be excluded & put out therfrom.
Originale〈…〉〈…〉 habet. Que nō vuli•…•… mittere sor∣nō speret a•…•…¦pere oratio•…•… effectsi: que nun{quam} vult•…•… ¶ The oryg•…•…¦nall wryt••n•…•… we sayd) fy•…•… vnto wonie•…•… hath thus. And she th•…•… hath not w•…•… to forgyue•…•… syster / let h•…•… not trust to l•…•…¦ue the effec•…•… of ony pray•…•… but she that wyll neuer s•…•… forgyuenes