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| 300 Eke whan he is in helth of body and wil not faste whan | |||
| other men faste withoute cause resonable / Eke whan he sle- | |||
| peth more than nedeth / or whan he cometh by that encheson | |||
| to late to chirche or to other werkys of charyte / 301 Eke whan | |||
| he vsith his wyf withouten desyre souerayn of engendrure | |||
| to the honour of god or for thentent to yelde his wyf the | |||
| dette of his body / 302 eke whan he wil not visite the syke or the | |||
| prysoners whan he may / eke yf he loue wyf or chylde or ony | |||
| other wordly thyng more than reson requyreth / eke yf he | |||
| flatere or blaundyse more than hym ought for ony necessite | |||
| 303 Eke yf he amenuse or withdrawe the almes of the poure / | |||
| eke yf he appareylle his mete more deliciously than nede is | |||
| or ete it to hastely by lichorousnes 304 Eke yf he talke vanytees | |||
| in the chirche or at goddes seruyse or that he be a talker of | |||
| ydle wordes of foly or of vilonye / For he shal yeue acoun- | |||
| tes of hit at the day of dome / 305 eke whan he behoteth or assu- | |||
| reth to do thinges that he ne may not performe / eke whan by | |||
| lyghtnes of folye mysseyeth or scornyth his neyghbour / | |||
| 306 Eke whan he hath ony wickyd suspecion of thing there he | |||
| woot of hit no sothfastnes / 307 These thinges and moo with | |||
| outen nombre be synnes as saith saint Austyn / 308 Now shal | |||
| ye vnderstonde that al be hit so that none erthely man may | |||
| eschewe alle venyal synnes / yet may be refreyne hym by the | |||
| brennyng loue that he hath to our lord Ihesu Crist / And | |||
| by prayers and confession and other good werkes so that | |||
| it shal but lityl greue / 309 For as saith saint Austyn / yf a | |||
| man loue god in suche maner that al that euer he doth is | |||
| in the loue of god or for the loue of god / 310 loke hou mykyl | |||
| that a drope of water that fallith in a furneys ful of fyre | |||