assay_v that_o way_n theyrselfe_n ¶_o also_o each_o reasonable_a creature_n be_v lyghtn_v by_o know_v of_o a_o sothefastnesse_n /_o if_o he_o will_v himself_o that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o no_o man_n be_v not_o in_o will_n to_o lose_v the_o light_n of_o reason_n /_o for_z his_o own_o love_n and_o profit_n ¶_o there_o fore_o it_o be_v true_o say_a /_o my_o son_n doctrine_n be_v treve_a /_o which_o abode_n as_o a_o boot_n /_o to_o draweout_o soul_n of_o the_o tempest_n of_o the_o great_a see_v /_o &_o to_o lede_v they_o to_o the_o haven_n of_o helthe_n ¶_o and_o thus_o i_o say_v /_o i_o have_v make_v a_o actual_a brydge_v of_o my_o soon_o /_o with_z his_o conversaunt_a be_v first_o with_o man_n ¶_o but_o when_o the_o actual_a brydge_v of_o the_o parfyte_n doctrine_n be_v take_v from_o you_o /_o than_z abide_v the_o brydge_v /_o and_z my_o doctrine_n with_o my_o may_v /_o that_o be_o the_o fader_fw-mi /_o and_o the_o same_o doctrine_n join_v and_o knytte_a with_o the_o wysoome_n of_o my_o 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one_o /_o &_o the_o same_o with_o the_o brydge_v ¶_o i_o have_v say_v also_o that_o there_o be_v apostle_n /_o evangelyste_n /_o martyr_n /_o confessor_n /_o &_o holy_a doctor_n /_o ordain_v &_o set_v /_o as_o lantern_n in_o holy_a chyrche_n ¶_o i_o have_v show_v that_o also_o how_o my_o soon_o /_o after_o time_n the_o he_o come_v to_o i_o /_o that_z he_o come_v again_o to_o you_o /_o not_z by_o his_o bodily_a presence_n /_o but_z in_o virtue_n that_o be_v to_o say_v when_o that_o the_o holy_a ghost_n come_v upon_o the_o apostle_n ¶_o for_o in_o that_o bodily_a presence_n he_o shall_v not_o come_v to_o you_o again_o /_o but_z in_o that_o last_o day_n of_o judgement_n /_o when_o he_o shall_v come_v with_o my_o maâ—â—ste_o /_o and_z with_o my_o dyvyne_n may_v /_o to_o judge_v the_o quick_o and_o the_o deed_n /_o and_o to_o yield_v reward_n to_o the_o good_a /_o &_o to_o reward_v they_o with_o great_a gyftesin_n soul_n &_o body_n for_o their_o labour_n /_o &_o he_o shall_v yeldefull_a bitter_a penes_fw-la /_o to_o all_o theym_n that_o wycked_o have_v lead_v their_o life_n here_o in_o this_o world_n ¶_o now_o daughter_n forthermore_o i_o will_v say_v to_o that_o /_o the_o i_o sothefastnesse_n make_v promise_n to_o she_o we_o all_o to_o the_o /_o that_z be_v to_o show_v the_o they_o that_o go_v in_o that_o way_n unparfytely_fw-mi /_o and_o they_o also_o that_o go_v parfyte_o /_o and_o they_o the_o go_v in_o the_o most_o parfyte_n way_n and_o how_o they_o go_v ¶_o i_o have_v show_v the_o also_o the_o wicked_a man_n /_o which_o with_o their_o wyckednesse_n drownen_n themselves_o in_o the_o flood_n /_o and_o go_v to_o ever_o last_a derkenesse_n ¶_o and_o now_o i_o speak_v to_o you_o that_o ben_fw-mi my_o dear_a child_n /_o that_o you_o go_v by_o the_o brydge_v besely_a and_o not_o under_o the_o brydge_v /_o for_o that_o be_v not_o the_o way_n of_o ryghtwysenesse_n /_o but_o rather_o it_o be_v the_o way_n of_o pardycy_n on_o and_o untruthe_n /_o and_z by_o that_o way_n wicked_a man_n go_v /_o of_z the_o which_o man_n i_o shall_v speak_v here_o after_o ¶_o those_o ben_fw-mi sinner_n /_o of_o the_o which_o /_o i_o pray_v you_o that_o you_o pray_v to_o i_o besy_o /_o and_z for_o the_o halthe_n and_o the_o faluacyon_n of_o they_o ¶_o i_o ask_v of_o you_o teere_v and_o labour_n /_o that_o they_o may_v have_v of_o i_o my_o great_a mercy_n ¶_o than_o this_o soul_n be_v so_o fulfil_v say_v with_o all_o ghestly_a swetenesse_n /_o that_o she_o may_v not_o refreyne_v herself_o /_o but_o as_o she_o slode_v in_o our_o lord_n prefence_n /_o she_o begin_v to_o speak_v /_o &_o say_v ¶_o how_o this_o soul_n as_o she_o wonder_v on_o the_o great_a mercy_n of_o our_o lord_n /_o she_o remember_v she_o on_o the_o multytude_n of_o his_o great_a benefyte_n o_o mercy_n without_o end_n /_o and_o ever_o be_v goodness_n /_o the_o which_o dydhyde_v the_o great_a wickedness_n of_o thy_o creature_n ¶_o dear_a lord_n i_o will_v not_o wondre_fw-fr if_o thou_o do_v say_v i_o shall_v not_o remember_v i_o of_o their_o wickedness_n /_o which_o come_v out_o of_o deed_o sin_n /_o and_z at_o the_o last_o tournen_fw-ge to_o the_o again_o ¶_o o_o thou_o inestymable_a mercy_n /_o i_o will_v vever_o wonder_v /_o if_o thou_o say_v the_o word_n to_o they_o that_o come_fw-mi out_o of_o sin_n /_o sythen_a thou_o do_v say_v to_o we_o /_o i_o will_v the_o you_o pray_v to_o i_o for_o they_o /_o that_z dysplesen_fw-mi i_o with_o their_o syntul_a lyve_a /_o that_o i_o may_v gyve_v to_o theym_a mercy_n ¶_o o_o most_o plenteous_a mercy_n /_o which_o come_v of_o eteruyte_o ever_o be_v of_o the_o almyghty_a fader_fw-mi /_o which_o govern_v the_o world_n w_o e_o his_o everla_a may_v ¶_o also_o we_o weren_a made_n &_o form_v in_o thy_o mercy_n /_o and_z we_o be_v reform_v by_o thy_o mercy_n /_o in_o the_o blood_n of_o thy_o soon_o /_o for_z thy_o amiable_a mercy_n keep_v us._n ¶_o lord_n thy_o mercy_n make_v thy_o soon_o to_o spread_v his_o arm_n on_o the_o cross_a /_o the_fw-mi play_v dethe_v with_o life_n /_o &_o life_n with_o dethe_v ¶_o than_o he_o send_v utter_o the_o life_n /_o which_o be_v the_o dethe_v of_o our_o sin_n /_o &_o that_o dethe_v of_o our_o sin_n /_o take_v away_o the_o bodily_a life_n /_o fro_o the_o meek_a lamb_n /_o that_o be_v thy_o deer_n soon_o ¶_o o_o lord_n who_o be_v overcomen_fw-mi lord_n dethe_v be_v overcomen_v lord_n who_o be_v the_o cause_n thy_o great_a mercy_n be_v the_o cause_n ¶_o
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that_o sin_n be_v beginning_n of_o all_o evyll_n &_o mother_n to_o pride_n /_o which_o be_v mother_n of_o all_o syne_n ¶_o wherefore_o every_o soul_n &_o body_n togyde_a /_o shall_v be_v punyssh_v togyder_n ¶_o and_o thê°_n myserable_o they_o go_v to_o their_o end_n /_o which_o go_v by_o that_o low_a way_n of_o the_o flode_n /_o &_o will_v not_o turn_v to_o knowledge_n their_o own_o default_n /_o &_o ask_v mercy_n as_o i_o say_v before_o ¶_o but_o so_o they_o go_v to_o the_o gate_n of_o hell_n /_o for_z they_o have_v follow_v the_o teching_n of_o that_o fiend_n ¶_o and_o he_o be_v their_o gate_n /_o and_z their_o enter_a to_o hell_n /_o as_o it_o be_v say_v before_o ¶_o and_o in_o that_o contrary_a wise_n my_o choose_a child_n which_o go_v upon_o that_o brydge_v above_o /_o those_o go_v by_o that_o way_n of_o sothefastnes_n /_o &_o that_o sothefastnes_n be_v to_o they_o that_o gate_n of_o enter_a ¶_o therefore_o my_o soon_o which_o be_v my_o sothefastnes_n fayde_v /_o 〈◊〉_d mâ—mdy_o 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as_o he_o do_v he_o not_o the_o good_a that_o he_o may_v /_o but_o contynual_o harm_v he_o /_o and_o that_o be_v in_o this_o manner_n /_o he_o do_v sin_n both_o actual_o in_o deed_n &_o wilful_o /_o or_z main_a tayn_v it_o in_o the_o soul_n ¶_o sin_n be_v do_v myght_o &_o inwardly_o in_o the_o soul_n /_o when_o a_o man_n conceyve_v a_o pleasance_n in_o the_o soul_n of_o sin_n /_o &_o a_o hate_n of_o virtue_n /_o which_o come_v of_o his_o proper_a sencyble_n love_v /_o which_o love_n have_v pryve_v he_o the_o affeccyon_n of_o charyte_n /_o which_o charyte_n he_o owe_v to_o yield_v to_o i_o and_o to_o his_o neighbour_n /_o and_o after_o he_o have_v conceyve_v /_o thus_o by_o meynten_v /_o than_o bring_v he_o forth_o one_o thing_n after_o another_o on_o his_o neighbour_n /_o by_z dyvers_a manner_n as_o it_o please_v and_o like_v his_o wicked_a sencyble_n will_v ¶_o sontyme_o he_o bring_v forth_o &_o ber_v a_o cruelty_n general_o &_o petty_a culer_o general_o when_o he_o see_v hynselfe_n 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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 clothe_v /_o and_o cover_v with_o great_a unkyndenesse_n /_o of_o the_o which_o unkyndenesse_n /_o there_o roman_n all_o other_o evylles_n &_o wyckedue_v ¶_o if_o she_o will_v glad_o with_o thankynge_n receyve_v the_o benefyre_n the_o which_o ben_z give_v her_o /_o than_z shall_v she_o know_v i_o /_o and_z when_o that_o she_o know_v i_o very_o /_o than_z she_o shall_v know_v herself_o right_a parfyte_o /_o and_o so_o she_o shall_v still_o abide_v and_o dwell_v in_o my_o love_n but_o as_o a_o blind_a wretch_n /_o she_o put_v
herself_o to_o the_o great_a flood_n /_o no_o regard_n take_v /_o nor_o heed_n /_o how_o slyper_n &_o how_o swift_a the_o water_n be_v /_o and_z how_o it_o abide_v no_o creature_n ¶_o the_o four_o chapytre_n be_v how_o the_o fruit_n of_o this_o tree_n be_v asmoche_o dyvers_a /_o as_o is_z the_o dyversyte_n of_o sin_n ¶_o and_o here_o he_o show_v first_o of_o the_o fiesshly_a sin_n /_o and_o the_o fruit_n of_o some_o tree_n be_v avaryce_n ¶_o and_o of_o some_o come_fw-mi unryghtwysenesse_n /_o and_o specyal_o of_o such_o man_n that_o have_v the_o state_n of_o domynacyon_n /_o and_o so_o forth_o of_o other_o sin_n /_o as_o be_v make_v mencyon_n before_o to_o you_o in_o the_o kalendre_a ca._n iiii_o ovre_n lord_n here_o speak_v to_o this_o maid_n /_o and_o say_v thus_o ¶_o without_o doubt_n there_o be_v as_o dyvers_a evil_a fruyte_n of_o this_o tree_n /_o which_o bryngen_fw-mi dethe_v /_o as_o be_v dyvers_a kynde_n of_o sin_n ¶_o thou_o may_v see_v some_o kind_n of_o unreasenable_a beeste_n /_o and_o those_o ben_fw-mi liken_v to_o such_o man_n that_o lyven_v unclen_o /_o which_o do_v with_o their_o body_n and_o soul_n /_o as_o a_o sow_n that_o walow_v in_o a_o stynk_n mire_n /_o and_o that_o be_v when_o such_o wretch_n defoulen_a then selfe_o /_o in_o the_o fylthe_n of_o flesshly_a sin_n ¶_o o_o wretched_a /_o foul_a /_o and_z full_a of_o sin_n /_o where_o hase_fw-mi thou_o leave_v thy_o dygnyte_n thou_o become_v a_o dear_a belove_a sister_n of_o angel_n /_o &_o thou_o be_v make_v as_o a_o unreasonable_a be_v /_o in_o somoche_n &_o in_o so_o many_o myseres_fw-la that_o not_o only_o thou_o shall_v not_o be_v suffer_v of_o i_o in_o that_o fylthe_n /_o the_o which_o be_o all_o pure_a &_o clean_a ¶_o but_o also_o those_o fende_v /_o to_o who_o thou_o be_v become_v as_o a_o friend_n /_o &_o bind_v /_o may_v not_o see_v nor_o suffer_v somoche_n unclenesse_n be_v do_v in_o their_o sight_n ¶_o there_o be_v no_o sin_n so_o abominable_a /_o nor_o no_o syune_n that_o 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charytable_o ¶_o o_o what_o wyckednesse_n and_o evyll_n come_v out_o of_o this_o wicked_a sign_n /_o how_o many_o man_n slaughter_n /_o thief_n /_o ravyners_n /_o with_o many_o unlawful_a lucre_n and_o cruelte_v of_o dethe_v /_o that_o come_fw-mi out_o of_o this_o sin_n ¶_o also_o the_o unryghtwysenes_n of_o they_o slee_v the_o soul_n of_o their_o neighbour_n /_o and_o maken_v the_o soul_n not_o lady_n /_o but_z servant_n of_o rychesse_n that_o be_v to_o say_v she_o put_v behind_o /_o the_o keep_a of_o my_o precept_n ¶_o such_o a_o soul_n love_v not_o other_o thing_n /_o but_o only_o his_o proper_a profit_n /_o &_o that_o vice_n come_v of_o pride_n /_o and_o that_o vice_n noryssh_v pride_n /_o that_o one_o come_v of_o the_o other_o /_o for_z this_o vice_n ber_v evermore_o with_o he_o /_o a_o man_n extolling_n /_o &_o his_o own_o reputacyon_n /_o and_o anon_o it_o fall_v in_o to_o a_o other_o vice_n /_o and_o so_o he_o fall_v fro_o evyll_n in_o to_o more_o evyll_n /_o by_o that_o 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i_o /_o nor_o thou_o be_v never_o ygnoraunte_n nor_o neclygent_n /_o but_o besy_o with_o very_a light_n thou_o have_v the_o eye_n of_o thy_o intelleccyon_n open_a upon_o thy_o subject_n /_o and_z as_o a_o true_a and_o a_o manly_a shepeherde_n thou_o follow_v the_o doctrine_n of_o the_o very_a shepeherde_n ihesu_n cryste_n my_o only_o sothefaste_v soon_o and_o lamb_n /_o and_o therefore_o thou_o go_v by_o he_o all_o bathe_v in_o his_o blood_n with_o the_o flock_n of_o thy_o beeste_n /_o who_o by_o thy_o holy_a lyve_a and_o teching_n many_o of_o they_o thou_o base_a
than_o that_o soul_n all_o brenning_a in_o love_n /_o and_z ghostly_a drink_v /_o be_v wonder_o wound_v in_o herte_n of_o so_o great_a bitterness_n /_o and_o so_o fervent_a in_o love_n and_o langore_v /_o virtuous_o turn_v she_o all_o hole_n to_o the_o soverayne_n endless_a goodness_n of_o good_a /_o &_o say_v thus_o ¶_o o_o endless_a god_n /_o one_o light_n above_o all_o other_o light_v /_o of_o who_o come_v all_o light_v /_o and_o fire_n pass_v all_o fire_n /_o for_z thou_o be_v that_o fire_n that_o brennes_n and_o waste_v not_o /_o but_z thou_o consume_v all_o sin_n /_o and_o the_o proper_a love_n that_o thou_o fynde_v in_o a_o soul_n /_o and_o yet_o thou_o do_v not_o waste_v it_o plain_o /_o but_z thou_o fyghte_v against_o it_o with_o unsacyable_a love_n /_o for_o though_o thou_o do_v fill_v it_o /_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o full_a /_o but_o ever_o it_o desire_v more_o and_o more_o of_o thy_o lovely_a fire_n ¶_o o_o soverayne_a endeles_fw-la and_o good_a he_o stir_v the_o or_o move_v 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to_o see_v that_o love_n the_o which_o thou_o hase_fw-mi show_v to_o mankind_n /_o and_o specyal_o to_o thy_o mynyster_n which_o be_v thy_o anoint_a people_n /_o and_o shall_v be_v erthe_o angel_n in_o this_o life_n ¶_o thou_o hase_fw-mi show_v the_o blessydnesse_n and_o virtue_n of_o thy_o anoint_a specyall_a mynyster_n /_o that_o live_v as_o brenning_a lantern_n /_o with_o the_o ghostly_a precyous_a margaryte_n stone_n of_o ryghtewysenesse_n in_o holy_a chyrche_n ¶_o and_o by_o theym_n i_o have_v the_o better_a knowledge_n of_o the_o defaute_n of_o such_o that_o live_v wretched_o /_o by_o who_o for_o the_o offence_n of_o the_o /_o and_z harm_n that_o be_v do_v to_o all_o the_o world_n /_o i_o have_v conceyve_v a_o sorrow_n in_o my_o soul_n /_o because_o they_o do_v so_o moche_v harm_n to_o the_o world_n /_o and_o so_o to_o be_v myrrour_n of_o wretchedness_n /_o there_o as_o they_o shall_v be_v myrrour_n of_o virtue_n ¶_o and_o also_o for_o asmoche_n as_o thou_o hase_fw-mi make_v 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their_o child_n /_o or_z of_o their_o other_o friend_n they_o charge_v they_o not_o /_o but_z rather_o they_o beholden_a they_o in_o as_o my_o enemy_n ¶_o and_o when_o they_o see_v they_o tourment_v /_o they_o dyscorde_n in_o not_o hang_n from_o my_o will_v /_o for_z their_o desire_n be_v fullfyl_v /_o the_o desire_v of_o soul_n in_o bliss_n be_v to_o see_v and_o behold_v my_o worship_n fullfyl_v in_o you_o /_o that_z yet_o be_v walker_n in_o the_o way_n /_o the_o which_o be_v stranger_n &_o pylgryme_n /_o go_v fast_o to_o the_o end_n of_o dethe_v ¶_o all_o your_o soul_n helthe_n /_o they_o that_o be_v in_o bliss_n do_v cover_v /_o for_o the_o desire_n that_o they_o have_v to_o my_o worship_n ¶_o therefore_o they_o pray_v always_o for_o you_o who_o desire_n be_v fulfyl_v of_o my_o party_n /_o so_o that_o you_o wtstoÌ„de_v not_o my_o mercy_n /_o for_o tomoche_n ignorance_n &_o blyndenesse_n ¶_o forthermore_o those_o soul_n that_o be_v in_o bliss_n /_o desire_v to_o take_v again_o 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¶_o and_o great_a stryve_v shall_v be_v ymonge_v they_o /_o and_z repreve_n in_o behold_v of_o my_o sothefastnes_n /_o and_z of_o blyss_v seynte_n ¶_o and_o than_o the_o worm_n of_o conscyence_n frete_v that_o marowz_n of_o that_o tree_n that_o be_v the_o soul_n /_o and_o the_o utter_a rind_n of_o the_o tree_n that_o be_v the_o body_n /_o the_o holy_a blood_n that_o be_v shed_v for_o theym_a they_o shall_v undernyme_n ¶_o also_o their_o dede_n of_o mercy_n temporal_a &_o spyrytual_a /_o they_o shall_v reprove_v
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