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| 98 And withyn the hertes of folk shal be the bityng consci | |||
| ence / and withoute forth shal his werkes accuse hym . | |||
| 99 Thenne shal the wrecchid sowle fle to hyde hym But certes | |||
| he may not hyde hym he must come forth and shewe hym | |||
| 100 For certes as saith saint Iherome / the erthe shal caste him | |||
| out of hym and the see also and the Eyer also that shal | |||
| be ful of thunder clappis and lightnyng / 101 Now sothly | |||
| who so wil remembre hym of these thynges I gesse that his | |||
| synnes shal not torne hym to delite but to grete sorow for | |||
| drede of the peyne of helle / 102 And therfore saith Iob to god | |||
| Suffre lord that I may a whyle bewayle and bewepe or I | |||
| go retornyng to the derk erthe and coueryd with the derke- | |||
| nes / 103 the londe of miserye and of derknes where as is sha- | |||
| dow of deth where as ther is none other ordenance but grisly | |||
| drede that euer shal laste / 104 Lo here may ye see that Iob prayde | |||
| respyte a whyle to bewepe & wayle his trespaas / For sothly | |||
| one day to respyte is better than al the tresour of this world | |||
| 105 And for as muche as a man may acquyte hym self by fore | |||
| god by penitence in this world and not by tresour / Ther | |||
| fore shold he pray to god to yeue hym respyte a whyle to be | |||
| wepen & bewaylen his trespaas / 106 For certes alle the sorow | |||
| that a man myght make fro the begynnyng of the world | |||
| nys but a lityl thyng atte regarde of the sorow of helle / . | |||
| 107 The cause why that Iob chepeth the lond of derknes / 108 vn- | |||
| derstondeth that he clepeth hit londe or erthe / for it is stable | |||
| and neuer shal faylle derkenes / For he that is in helle hath | |||
| defaute of lyght naturel / . 109 For certes the derk lyght that | |||
| shal come out of the fyre that euer shall brenne shal torne | |||
| hem al to peyne that be in helle / For it shewith hym all the | |||