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| ¶ First man shal Remembre hym of his synnys / 60 But | |||
| loke that Remembraunce be to hym no delyte by no weye | |||
| but grete shame and sorow for his gylte . / For Iob | |||
| sayth / Synful men doon werkis worthy of confusion / . | |||
| 61 And therfore sayth Ezechyel / I wyl Remembre me | |||
| al the yeris of my lyf in bitternes of my herte / . 62 And | |||
| god saith in the Apocalips / Remembre you fro whens | |||
| that ye befalle / . For befor the tyme that ye synned ye | |||
| were the children of god and lymys of the Regne of | |||
| god / . 63 But for your synne ye ben waxen thral and | |||
| foule membris of the fende . Hate of aungels / sklaundre | |||
| of holy chirche / and food of the fals serpent / perpetuel | |||
| matier of the fyre of helle . 64 And that more foul and | |||
| abhomynalle for ye trespace as oft tyme as doth the | |||
| hound that torneth agayn to ete his owen spuyng. / | |||
| 65 And yet fouler for your longe contynuyng in synne | |||
| and your synfull vsage./ For whyche ye be Roten in | |||
| your synnys as a beest in his dung / 66 Suche maner | |||
| thouʒtis maketh a man ashamed for his synnys and | |||
| no delyte as saith the prophete Ezechiel . 67 Ye shul Re- | |||
| membre you of your weyes / and they shal displese yow | |||
| Sothly syunys ben the weyes that lede folk to helle . / | |||
| 68 ¶ The second cause that ought to make a man haue des | |||
| daign of synne is thys as sayth Saint Petir / Who so | |||
| doth synne is thrall to synne . / And synne putteth a | |||
| man in grete thraldom . 69 And therfore saith the prophete | |||
| Ezechiel I wente sorowful and had disdeign of my | |||
| self / Certes wel ought a man haue disdaigne of synne | |||
| and withdrawe hym fro that thraldom and vilonye . / | |||