thy_o mercy_n give_v life_n /_o thy_o mercy_n give_v light_v /_o by_o which_o mercy_n /_o thy_o goodness_n be_v know_v in_o every_o creature_n /_o in_z sinful_a man_n &_o in_o unryghtful_a man_n ¶_o thy_o mercy_n shine_v in_o the_o highness_n of_o heaven_n as_o in_o thy_o seynte_n if_o i_o speak_v of_o thy_o earth_n /_o thy_o mercy_n be_v there_o all_o plenteous_a ¶_o that_o mercy_n shine_v in_o the_o derkenesse_n of_o hell_n /_o not_o yield_a somoche_n peyne_v to_o they_o the_o ben_fw-mi dampen_v /_o as_z they_o be_v worthy_a /_o with_o thy_o mercy_n thou_o do_v assuage_v /_o &_o refresshe_a thy_o ryghtwysenes_n ¶_o of_o thy_o mercy_n thou_o hase_fw-mi wassh_v we_o in_o thy_o blood_n /_o &_o of_o the_o same_o mercy_n thou_o be_v conversaunt_a w_n e_o man_n ¶_o o_o lord_n how_o great_a mercy_n it_o be_v of_o somoche_n love_n ¶_o o_o lord_n be_v it_o not_o suffycyent_a to_o the_o to_o be_v incarnate_a /_o but_o yet_o moreover_o thou_o will_v suffer_v the_o dethe_v ¶_o whether_o than_o that_o dethe_v be_v not_o suffycyent_a because_o thou_o go_v down_o in_o to_o hell_n /_o take_n fro_o then_v holy_a fader_n /_o that_o thy_o mercy_n &_o sothefastnesse_n shall_v be_v show_v in_o they_o /_o but_z moreover_o thy_o sothsastnes_n do_v gyve_v to_o they_o /_o that_z seruen_a the_o in_o truth_n good_n that_o may_v not_o be_v speak_v ¶_o thou_o dyscend_v to_o hell_n /_o because_o thou_o will_v delyver_v they_o fro_o peyne_v and_o misery_n the_o which_o have_fw-mi sern_v the_o thou_o yield_v to_o they_o the_o fruit_n of_o their_o labour_n ¶_o yet_o gracious_a lord_n as_o i_o seem_v thy_o mercy_n constrain_v the_o to_o gyve_v to_o man_n moor_n large_a gyste_n that_o be_v to_o say_v gyve_v the_o to_o man_n in_o to_o meet_v /_o the_o we_o feeble_a wretch_n sholden_v receyve_v comfort_n and_o solace_v /_o that_o uncunning_a man_n sholden_v not_o forgo_v the_o memory_n of_o thy_o benefyte_n ¶_o therefore_o when_o thou_o gyve_n every_o day_n that_o sacrament_n to_o man_n /_o thou_o show_v the_o as_o cry_v in_o thy_o holy_a sacrament_n of_o the_o auter_n /_o in_o the_o ghostly_a body_n of_o the_o holy_a chyrche_n ¶_o lord_n who_o wrought_v all_o this_o thy_o mercy_n lord_n wrought_v it_o ¶_o o_o great_a mercy_fw-mi /_o my_o herte_fw-fr be_v full_a replete_a /_o think_n on_o the._n ¶_o for_o in_o what_o party_n i_o turn_v i_o /_o &_o think_v on_o the_o /_o i_o find_v no_o other_o thing_n /_o than_o the_o broad_a see_v of_o thy_o great_a mercy_n ¶_o o_o holy_a fader_fw-mi /_o have_v pyte_n &_o spare_v my_o ignorance_n /_o because_o i_o presume_v to_o speak_v thus_o before_o thy_o image_n /_o nevertheless_o the_o love_v of_o thy_o mercy_n have_v i_o a_o wretch_n excuse_v /_o before_z thy_o be_v nygnyte_n ¶_o when_o this_o soul_n have_v open_v her_o herte_n by_o speak_v to_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n /_o than_z she_o ask_v mekely_a the_o she_o may_v have_v knowledge_n of_o the_o that_o our_o lord_n promise_v she_o before_o ¶_o than_o our_o lord_n begin_v to_o speak_v 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miss_v govern_v love_n /_o been_v deed_n as_o to_o grace_v ¶_o and_o because_o they_o be_v deed_n /_o their_o mind_n have_v forgoten_a the_o great_a benefit_n of_o my_o large_a mercy_n ¶_o also_o their_o eye_n of_o intelleccyon_n seen_v not_o /_o nor_o know_v not_o my_o sothefastnesse_n /_o for_z his_o wit_n and_o feeling_n be_v deed_n /_o &_o for_o his_o intelleccyon_n put_v nothing_o before_o hymselte_v /_o but_z his_o own_o will_n with_o the_o love_n of_o his_o own_o propre_fw-fr sen_fw-mi sualyte_n /_o therefore_o his_o will_n be_v deed_n /_o as_z from_o my_o reasonable_a will_v /_o for_z his_o will_n love_v not_o /_o but_z thing_n that_o be_v deed_n ¶_o and_o throw_v these_o three_o dyvers_a myghte_n of_o the_o soul_n /_o all_o his_o werke_n actual_a and_o mental_a /_o been_v utter_o depart_v and_o dyvyde_v as_o froony_n grace_v /_o and_z as_o by_o himself_o /_o he_o may_v not_o be_v defend_v from_o his_o enemy_n es_fw-mi /_o but_z he_o be_v holpen_v throw_v my_o good_a nesse_n ¶_o but_o forthermore_o sothe_o it_o be_v as_o oft_o as_o he_o have_v right_n frechoys_a while_n he_o be_v in_o deed_o body_n ask_v my_o help_v /_o heshall_n have_v it_o /_o but_z by_o himself_o he_o may_v never_o have_v it_o ¶_o for_o to_o himself_o be_v make_v unportable_a /_o &_o there_o he_o covet_v to_o be_v make_v lord_n over_o all_o thing_n ¶_o therefore_o that_o that_o be_v noughte_v /_o have_v the_o maystre_n and_o lordeshyp_n over_o he_o /_o and_o that_o be_v sin_n ¶_o sin_n be_v nought_o of_o hynselfe_n /_o &_o all_o such_o as_o be_v nought_o /_o been_v the_o servant_n of_o sin_n ¶_o i_o make_v theym_a fair_a tree_n of_o love_n /_o with_o the_o life_n of_o spercyall_a grace_n /_o the_z which_o grace_n they_o dyden_n receyve_v in_o the_o holy_a baptym_fw-mi ¶_o but_o now_o they_o waxen_a rot_a tree_n /_o for_z they_o ben_fw-mi deed_n as_o i_o have_v say_v besore_n ¶_o and_o this_o deed_n tree_n fasten_v his_o root_n /_o in_o the_o highness_n of_o pride_n /_o the_o which_o pride_n nourysh_v venym_a /_o of_o the_o love_n of_o his_o proper_a sensualyte_n ¶_o and_o the_o bitterness_n within_z /_o is_z impasyence_n /_o and_o all_o these_o come_fw-mi of_o indyscrecyon_n /_o or_o lack_v of_o wit_n ¶_o these_o four_o pryncypall_a vice_n do_v slay_v utter_o the_o soul_n of_o they_o of_o the_o which_o i_o have_v tell_v the_o before_z how_o they_o ben_fw-mi the_o tree_n of_o dethe_v for_o they_o have_v no_o life_n of_o grace_n ¶_o also_o within_o that_o tree_n the_o worm_n of_o conscyence_n be_v nouryssh_v /_o which_o worm_n as_o long_o as_o a_o man_n lyve_v in_o deed_o sin_n /_o that_o man_n be_v make_v blind_a throw_v his_o own_o proper_a love_n /_o therefore_o he_o fele_v but_o little_a of_o the_o frete_v /_o or_o bite_v of_o he_o worm_n ¶_o also_o the_o fruyte_n of_o this_o wicked_a tree_n be_v deed_o fruyte_n /_o for_z of_o the_o root_n of_o pride_n /_o they_o draw_v out_o the_o moisture_n of_o the_o tree_n ¶_o and_o the_o wretched_a soul_n be_v all_o 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/_o &_o that_o they_o do_v to_o their_o neighbour_n /_o &_o other_o dede_n that_o they_o do_v in_o their_o wicked_a lyve_a for_o they_o will_v not_o leave_v their_o sin_n all_o shall_v be_v put_v in_o reprefe_n to_o they_o then_o ¶_o also_o they_o shall_v be_v repreve_v of_o the_o cruelte_v /_o that_o they_o do_v to_o their_o neighbour_n /_o &_o of_o that_o sign_n of_o pride_n /_o with_o love_n of_o unclenne_n /_o &_o their_o avarice_n ¶_o and_o when_o they_o so_o that_o great_a mercy_n which_o they_o may_v have_v have_v of_o i_o /_o their_o undernyme_n shall_v be_v moche_n hard_a than_o the_o soul_n have_v in_o time_n of_o dethe_v ¶_o for_o at_o that_o general_a doom_n that_o soul_n &_o that_o body_n of_o such_o shall_v be_v tourment_v both_o togyder_n /_o for_o asmoche_n as_o the_o body_n be_v fellow_n with_o the_o soul_n /_o &_o instrument_n to_o work_v both_o good_a and_o ill_a /_o at_z their_o own_o will_n ¶_o every_o work_n good_a or_o ill_a /_o be_v wrought_v by_o some_o 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