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212 And therfore said the angel to Ioseph / Thou shalt clepe | |||
his name Ihesus that shal saue his peple of her synnys . | |||
213 And herof saith seynt Peter / Ther is none other name | |||
vnder heuyn that is yeuyn to ony man by whiche aman may | |||
be sauyd but only Ihesus / 214 Nazarenus is as moche for to | |||
saye as florisshyng in whiche a man shal hope that he that | |||
yeuyth hym remission of synnys shal also yeue hym grace | |||
wel for to do / For in the flour is hope of fruyt in tyme co- | |||
myng / And in foryeuenes of synne hope of grace wel to doo | |||
215 I was atte dore of thyn herte said Ihesus and cleped for | |||
to entre / he þt openeth to me shal haue foryeuenes of synnys | |||
216 I wil entre in to hym by my grace / and soupe with hym | |||
by the good werkis that he shal do / whiche werkis ben the | |||
fode of god / And he shal sope with me by the grete ioye | |||
that shal be youen to hym / 217 Thus shal man hope that for his | |||
werkis of penaunce god shal yeue hym his regne as he be- | |||
hoteth hym in the gospel / 218 Now shal man vnderstande in | |||
what maner shal be his contricion / I saye hit shal be vny- | |||
uersal and total / that is to saye a man shal be veray repen | |||
taunt for alle his synnys that he hath don in delite of his | |||
thought / For delite is perilous / 219 For ther be two maners of | |||
consentynges that one of hem is cleped consentyng of af | |||
fection / Whan a man is meuyd to do synne 220 ayenst the lawe | |||
of god / Al though his reson consente not to do synne in dede | |||
221 Yet seyn some doctours & men that suche delite that dwellith | |||
longe is ful perylous / al be it neuer so lyte 222 And also a | |||
man shoold sorowe namely for al that euer he hath desired | |||
ayen the lawe of god with parfight consentyng223 to the dede | |||
224 Wherfore I saye that many men repente hem neuer of suche | |||