vpoÌ„ the erthe that he shall scatter so that the trypes shall lepe out of his bely so shall he dey myscheuously the deuylles shall bere hym vysybly iÌ„ to hell Than those that by hym hath beÌ„ deceyued shal returnethem vnto god to the holy predycacyons of Helye of Enoch that they haue before herde shall be confermyd in the holy fayth of Iesu criste and they shall haue xl dayes of space for to do penaunce and anone after they shall suffre sharpe deth ¶ Mayster iÌ„ what age shall Helye Enoch come My chylde they shall come in suche aege as they were whaÌ„ they were rauysshyd in to paradys terrestre wherin they be yet and shal be tyll vnto the comynge of Antecryste the whiche shall kyll them and shal reygne by thre yeres and an halfe and shall holde his syege in the mounte of olyuete for to vaynquysshe and to trede vnderfote the Iuste men and there shall deye of a sodeyn dethe by the wyll and coÌ„mauÌ„dement of our lorde as it is sayde ¶ Mayster what thynge is that the resurreccyoÌ„ My chyld it is whaÌ„ that a man cometh agayne from deth to lyfe there ben two that is to vnderstande the resurreccyon of the soule whan that it is deed by mortall Synne and is returned vnto lyfe by confessyon and penaunce and the other resurreccyon is of the body as whan the boâ—y the whiche is deed retourneth vnto lyfe whan the soule is put agayne in the body as we rede of Lazare and of many other And as we shall be all at the daye of Iugement the mayster the discyple ¶ Master at what houre and in what tyme shall all mankynde arryse My chylde we shal aryse at such a day and at such an houre as Ihesu Cryste arose at Eester and the good shall be rauysshed in the the ayer with the other good the which shall be areysed And in that rauisshemeÌ„t they shal deye and anone after they shall ryse and in lykewyse beleue we that it was done of our ladye and of Saynt Iohan the euangelyste But the euyll shall dye vpon the erthe in grete anguysshe and doloure of the grete drede that they shall haue and we all shall be of the aege as oure Lorde was whan he deyed on the tree of the crosse That is to vnderstande of .xxxiij. yeres ¶ Mayster shall they aryse in the same flesshe in the which they haue lyued in this worlde My chylde ye for yf a man were eten with a wolfe and that wolfe of an other and the other of alyon yet sholde heryse in his owne body entyerly without that that there shall fayle ony thynge vnto the perfeccyon of nature for as the holy scrypture sayth Capillis de capite vestro non peribit That is to saye that he shall not lose one onely heere of his heed but that there shall be all entyerly For he that made all of nought can wele seuer one mater from another and it returne in his entyer and better than it was before And iÌ„ suche wyse those the whiche haue ben croked or lame and yll formed or who so hath had ony faute in ony meÌ„bre shall be ryght and perfyte entyerly But the dampned shal not be but as they were or had be in the aege of .xxxij. yeres And frome the tyme that they shall be areysed they shall neuer deye but shall lyue the good in glorye eternall the yll euermore in dyenge in the fyre of hell where they shall brenne without power to consume ony thynge but shall be in that doloure and in the payne eternally ¶ Mayster at what houre shall the Iugement be made My chylde at mydnyght at the houre that he dyscendyd in to hell ¶ Mayster howe shall god come in Iugement My chylde as he was whan he mouÌ„ted in to heuen ¶ Mayster where shal the grete Iugement be made My chylde hit shall be made in the vale of Iosophat the which is as moche to saye as the vale of Iugement The whiche is nere to Iherusalem for to confounde the ylle whan they shall se the place where our lorde dyed for the synners In that place shall be all good and ylle the good shall haue theyr good aungels with them and the yll shall haue theyr yll aungels And all shall be of the aege yâ— our lorde was whan he dyed on the tree of the crosse that is at .xxxij. or .xxxiij. yeres and the good shall be lyfte vp in to the ayre with god and his sayntes but the yll shall be in erthe with the deuylles for the grauyte of theyr synnes and oure lorde shall shewe hym in two maners that is to vnderstande vnto the good as he was whan he transfyguryd hym in the mountayne of Thabor But vnto the euyll he shall shewe hym as he was whaÌ„ he honge on the crosse and there shall not be the wood of the crosse but a ryght fayre and clere clowde in the fourme and semblaunce of the crosse And there shall be with oure lorde the vyrgyn Marye on the one syde and saynt Iohan baptyst on the other syde and the .xij. appostles the which shall Iuge with god lyke as wytnessyth the gospell the which sayth thus Sedebitis et nos iudicantes tribus Israell And our lorde Ihesu Cryst shall say vnto the good Come you vnto me the whiche ben the blessyd sones of my father and I shall now gyue you the realme of heuen the whiche vnto you is made redy from the begynnynge of the worlde For whan I haue had hunger ye haue fedde me in nourysshynge the poore the whiche ben my membres and whan yâ— I haue had thyrste ye haue gyuen me to drynke and whan I haue hadde colde ye haue warmed me whaÌ„ I haue beÌ„ naked ye haue clothed me and haue done many werkes charytables wherof I wyll now recoÌ„pence you And vnto the cursed in castynge his sentence shall saye thus Goâ— ye acursed vnto the fyre of hell eternally the whiche is made redy vnto you frome the begynnynge of the worlde with all the deuyls And this done our lorde Iesu cryste and all his holy aungels archaungels shall mounte with the good in to the glorye eternall of paradys And the cursed so shall descende in to hell with all the deuylles from whens they shall neuer come nor departe but shall be euermore in payne doloure heuynes in the fyre of hell perdurably ¶ Mayster which ben those that shall be damned My chylde that shall be the Iewes mysbeleuers the cursed crystyens that shall deye in mortall synÌ„e withoute repentauÌ„ce And men shall se clerely at the day of Iugement the conscyence the one of the other wherby euery man shall gyue Iugement of hymself and in this maner shal be knowen all the good dedes the yll For a man dyd neuer ony yll ne synne be hiâ— neuer so secrete but that than it shall be clerely seen shewed openly before god and before all
they ben turmented with the fyre of hell moche more hotter than the fyre matery all of this present worlde in coÌ„paryson ayenst a fyre paynted vpon a wall and they ben there bounde with chaynes of fyre all brennyng so sperke lynge that a man ne can speke it In the whiche place some ben there more punysshed than these other and there abyde more longely than the other after as they haue deserued ¶ Mayster what payne is there in hell My chylde there are soo many dyuers paynes tourmentes that there is none entendement humayne the which can compreheÌ„de ne Imagen as of fyre stynkynge and ryght brennynge of todes serpentes dragons and of al foule and cruell bestes of deuylles enraged wode the whiche neuer ben wery for to bete tourment the poore myserable daÌ„pned but euermore ben for to begynne in suche wyse that the leest payne of hell surmounteth all the paynes of this world but the one is more punysshed than the other after their desert and at the day of Iugement theyr payne shall doubte for than they shall aryse shall be dampned in body in souse ¶ Mayster what payne haue the soules of the Innocentes yâ— which dyeth wtout baptym My chylde they ne haue payne ne doloure ne Ioye ne gladnes For they neuer dyd good nor euyll by the which they haue not meryted to haue ony good ne to haue ony euyll howe be it that the place wherin they ben be dym derke All be it there is nothynge the which them greueth and whan the day of Iugement shall come that they shal ryse they shall be of the aege that oure lorde Ihesu cryste was whan he dyed on the tre and all the other Also the sayd chyldren not baptysed shall be contente with the ordenauÌ„ce of god thaÌ„ shall returne agayn in to theyr sayd place without euer to haue Ioy ne heuynes no more than thou hast of that the thou hast no wynges for that apertayneth vnto the byrdes not vnto men or as thou hast whaÌ„ a kynge or ony grete prynce dyeth thou shalte not succede his realme syngâ—ourye for thou knowest well thou arte not he the which sholde enheryte Also they sholde not enheryte the gloryous realme of Paradyse for they ben exyled by the synne of AdaÌ„ of Eue of the whiche synne they haue not ben purged by baptyme ¶ Mayster those of paradys se they those of hell My chylde ye and yâ— vnto them is a grete encreasynge of glory whan they se the paynes that they haue escaped wherof they thanke god without ceasyng and also the dampned seeth the saued in paradys as we haue in the gospell of the cursed ryche man Dyues the whiche sawe the soule of the poore Lazare in the bosome of Abraham in paradys the whiche thynge is to them a grete encreasynge of theyr doloure anguysshe whan they se the grete goodes spyrytuall that they haue lost by theyr synnes by theyr neclygeÌ„ce after the day of Iugemente as the bodyes of the saued shall be gloryfyed they shall se the daÌ„pned corporally but the dampnyd may not se them corporally ¶ Maister ben the saued wroth of the payne of the dampned My chylde they that ben in paradys wolde well that those the which ben in hell hadde soo well lyued whan they were in this worlde that by theyr holy werkes they had ben saued with them For without ceasynge they praye for the humaynes lyuynges within this pÌ„sent world but sythen that they by their cursyd lyfe and by theyr Synnes they ben dampned for euer theyse of paradyse neyther ben heuy nor dysplesaunt For in Paradyse there is not of heuynes nor of dyspleasaunce of ony manes thynge But all Ioye myrthe and gladnesse without ende ¶ Mayster the auncient fathers suffred they ony maner of payne in the lymbe of hell My chylde nay but all onely that they were holden in derkenes and in captyuyte And were put from the vysyon of god and aboue euermore theyr delyuerauÌ„ce ¶ Mayster what knowlege haue the Iuste the whiche ben in paradys My chylde they knowe the good theyr merytes of the cursyd also and the curknoweth wherfore they ben dampned knoweth as we that thynge that they se and feele And those of purgatory ne knoweth nothynge of this worlde yf it be not by reuelacyon of auÌ„gels the whiche them coÌ„forteth or of the sayntes of paradys These of paradys sheweth theym whan they wyll and vnto whome they wyll but the dampned shall neuer come forthe of hell tyll vnto the daye of Iugement that they shal come to take agayne theyr bodyes and to here the sentence of the soueraygne Iuge after they shall returne in to hell from whens they shall neuermore returne And if that it happen somtyme that it semeth vnto vs that they shewe them it is but the deuyll the whiche sheweth them vnto theyr semblaunce yf it be not by the suffraunce of god that they shewe them somtyme vnto some holy persones as god it wyll by his myracle as meÌ„ sayth on many but it is not at ther wyll ne they be not eased of theyr paynes For they bere euermore theyr hell with them and so they ben euer more in hell ¶ Mayster how say ye of these women the which sayth that they them se in the ayre of these feyryes and of these gobelyns the whiche them calleth elues and many other thynges My chylde the women ben moost varyables and more lyght of beleue than men and therfore was Eue tempted before Adam For the ennemy thought well that whan he had wonne her that she shold helpe hym to wynne Adam and therfore the deuyll shewed more soner his vysyons vnto women than he dyd vnto men how be hit that some men of lytell feyth there beÌ„ often deceyued for as moche that some women ben of more lyghte beleue of as moche the more the deuyll sheweth of vysyons vnto them in theyr mynde for to drawe theym from the fayth of Ihesu cryste And thou sholdest vnderstande that these olde wytches the whiche sayth that they go on the satyrday farre from theyr houses or that they do or se thynges maruaylous that they ne do nothynge but by the grete faute of fayth that they haue and by theyr folyâ—she beleue for as moch as they ben in synne for they be Idolatres and with out fayth the deuyl vnto them sheweth those folysshe vysyons in theyr enteÌ„dement for the better to brynge them vnto his lyne for in trouthe elles they remeue not from theyr place noo more than doth a stone and theyr vysyons ben semblables vnto theym of a man the whiche is dronke vnto whom it semeth that the house turneth vnder his fete by the whiche he falleth and all the house ne the erthe remeueth not In lyke wyse the deuyl them sheweth these vysyons in theyr entendement and also the deuyll hym sheweth in the fourme semblaunce of
Mayster was it a thynge resonable that god the fader gaue so noble thynge as is the sone for to by agayne so caytyf a thynge as is the man My chylde in that vs sheweth god the father the grete and abuÌ„daunt loue that he hath vnto creature humayne ¶ Mayster syth that god hath sent downe here alowe his sonne by so grete charyte and for to redeme the humaynes wherfore dyd men to hym so moche of payne My chylde Iudas hym betrayed by couetyse Pylate him coÌ„deÌ„pnyd for drede to lese his offyce the Iewes him put to deth by enuy ¶ Maister wherfore dyed Ihesu cryste on the tree of the crosse My chylde for as Adam synned by the tree of lyfe Also god hym wolde bye agayne by the tree of the crosse thou sholdest knowe that by the foure partyes of the crosse the which sheweth all the worlde it is agayne shewed vnto vs that the dethe of Iesu cryst was suffycyent for to bye not onely nature humayne but also all the vnyuersall worlde if it had be loste ¶ Mayster how longe abode Ihesu cryste in the erthe deed My chylde he there abode .xl. houres And whan we say that he arose the thyrde day that in thre dayes is nor .xl. houres thou sholdest vnderstande that he dyed the fryday at the houre of noone and all the saterdaye he was deed in the holy sepulcre the whiche is the seconde day and the sonday after he arose ryght erly and for as moche as the course of nature is renewed at mydnyght and the daye in takynge one partye of the day for all the day entyer ¶ Mayster whyther yede the soule of Ihesu cryst whan he was deed My chylde he yede in to glory towarde god the fader in yeldynge vnto hym thankes and praysynges in demaundynge hym the holy soules the whiche he had redemed by the meryte of his holy passyon the whiche thynge god hym graunted Than opened the soule of Ihesu cryst the whiche was coniuncte with the deite the gates of paradys the whiche had ben shyt by longetyme vnto all humayne lygnage and the saterday about the houre of mydnyght he descended in to hell and brake the gates yede to vysyte his good frendes That is to vnderstande the soules of the holy auncyent fathers the whiche greatly hym desyred and theym delyuered frome the pryson of the lymbe with all the holy soules the which haue meryted paradys by their holy werkes and this fayre company mounted in to heuen and theym presentyd vnto god the father the whiche them receyued benygnely and them putteth in to the realme of paradise in the places and syeges that the cursed Aungelles loste by theyr pryde And he delyuered not the soules of the damned as Iudas and of the cursyd ryche man dyues and of many other but theym he lefte in hell in payne and in turment with all the deuylles without gyuynge them ony comforte where they ben yet and shal be for euer And on the soÌ„day before the sonne rysynge returnyd the soule vnto the body of Ihesus that lay in the Sepulcre and rose from dethe vnto lyfe ¶ Mayster wherfore arose not he as soone as he was deed My chylde for a man had lytell presumed that he had ben deed and he wolde begyn for to renewe the worlde on the Sonday by his resurreccyon For at suche an houre all the worlde began to be ¶ Mayster where was he after his â—esurreccyon forty dayes before his ascencyon My chylde he was in Paradys terrester with Helyas and Enoch in enstructynge theym yâ— which was done as whan he appered ¶ Mayster how many tymes apered he My chylde he appered fyrst vnto Ioseph of barmathye yâ— had buryed hym the whiche for so doynge was put in pryson After vnto his mother after to the blessyd Mawdeleyne after vnto the .ij. pylgrymes comynge from the holy sepulcre after to saynt Iames the whiche wolde not ete tyll that he had seen hym After vnto saynt Peter after to the two pylgrymes the whiche went to the castell of malux after he appered vnto his dyscyples the gates shytte after vnto saynt Thomas whan he put his hande in the syde of our lorde Ihesu cryste after vnto his dyscyples in the see of Tyberyon and so my chylde thou shold vnderstaÌ„de that our lorde Ihesu cryst appered .xij. tymes before that he ascendid in to heueÌ„ ¶ Mayster who asceÌ„dyd in to heuen with hym My chylde the Soules of the blessyd the whiche than by theyr merytes were saued and also grete multytude of aungelles of heuen the which hym accompanyed in syngynge melodyously yeldynge thankes vnto god ¶ Mayster wherefore abode he .xl. dayes to mounte in to heuen after that he was rysen My chylde for yâ— that he gaue grete payne .xl. houres whan he abode in the erth vnto his frendes dyscyples wherfore he wolde coÌ„forte them .xl. dayes that is one day for euery houre in tokenynge that for payne he gyueth greate Ioye also he dyd it for to conferme them in the holy faythe as saynt Thomas other vnto whom he apperyd vysybly ¶ Mayster what is that to say that the sone is sette on the right hande of his father My chylde it is to saye that the humanyte is in glory with the dyuynyte ¶ Mayster in what maner and forme ascendyd Ihesu cryste in to heuen My chylde he styed in to heuen in suche fourme and maner as whan he hym transfygured before some of his dyscyples in the mountayne of Tabor that is to vnderstande that he had the armes stretched lyfte vp in heyght and his face shynynge as the sonne And his vestemeÌ„tes were whyte as snowe and a fayre and clere clowde descendynge from heuen it closed rouÌ„de about hym and so mountyd in to heuen in suche wyse that they lost the syght corporall of hym ¶ Mayster wherfore is the sacrament of the awter made of breed and of wyne My chylde for as the grayne of the corne hath ben beten and flayled and had the sede clouen In lykewyse the precyous body of Ihesus was beten scourged and had the syde opened out of the whiche Issued blode and water wherfore men put water vnto the sayd sacrament And as the wyne lepeth from the grape by force of the wryngyuge in the pressour In lykewyse the precyous blode of Iesus lepte from his precyous body on the pressour of the crosse and it was not establysshed of the flesshe nor of the bloode for a man may horrour to drynke blode and to ete flesshe but it was establysshed of breed and wyne that is the moost comune refeccyon that is and also the breed and the wyne ben the moost comune and the moost profytable for to nourysshe the body In lykewyse the sacramente of the awter is the mooste commune and the moost profytable refeccyon for to nourysshe the soule ¶ Mayster howe shall we vnderstande that hit is the holy bodye of Ihesu cryste and his precyouse bloode vnder the
kynde of breed and of wyne My chylde as the breed and the wyne that thou eatys drynkest conuerte theym in to thyne owne bodye and in to thyn owne bloode In lykewyse the sacrament of the awter the breed and the wyne sayenge the holy wordes by the wyll of god also chaungeth them vnto the precyous body and blode of Ihesu cryste And also he wolde do it for the grete loue that he hathe in vs he wolde euermore be with vs. And it is in his power that to do as of nothynge he hath made all the worlde the whiche is a more grete thynge Than my chylde thou sholdest beleue stedfastly and withoute doubte for his pleasure was hit to instytute in suche wyse And how be it that thou seest it not corporally for a body gloryfyed is inuysyble thou hast the more of meryte For fayth is none other thynge but to beleue that thynge that he seeth not the mayster the discyple MAister what say ye of th◠the which receyueth the sayd sacrament in mortall Synne My chyld they crucyfye of newe oure lorde Ihesu Cryste and him receyueth vnto their dampnacyon ¶ Mayster the preest that is īmortall synne maye he sacre and admynyster the holye bodye and blode of Ihesu Cryste My chylde ye for the sacramēt 〈…〉 e empayreth ne amendeth by the condycyon of the preest as the sonne whan that it shyneth vpon foule thynges and stynkynge lesyth not his clerete but the preest it doth vnto his dampnacyō and yf he be with out synne it is vnto his saluacyon ¶ Mayster howe longe abydeth the body of Ihesu cryste in the wombe of hym the whiche hym receyueth My chylde he there abydeth as longe as the substaūce of the breed there may amyde vndegested and no more but thou shalt vnderstande that god there is and also abydeth euermore with theym the whiche ben in the state of grace ¶ Mayster whā many prestes syngeth masse the bodye of cryste is it ouer all My chylde ye For god is and maye be ouer all as thy soule the whiche is hoole in euerye partye of the bodye ¶ Mayster shold a man hate the yll My chylde a man sholde hate theyr cursydnes and folyes and not to do euyll as they done but we sholde loue oure nature for we be all the sones of one father and of one mother bought and redemed with one selfe blode and if they doo the ony wronge thou sholdest pardon them and praye for theym vnto the example of Ihesu cryst the whiche prayed for them that him crucyfyed and put vnto the dethe For it is the werke mooste merytoryous that we maye do ¶ Mayster wherfore haue the euyll so many of goodes and of prosperytees in this worlde My chylde there is not so yll in this worlde but that somtyme dothe some good dede And for as moche as man dyde neuer any good dede but that it were recōpensed nor neuer dyd euyll but that hit be punysshed And for this cause god them sendeth of grete goodes prosperytees in retrybucyon of theyr good dede so vnto them gyueth puyssaunce auctoryte vpon the good to the ende y◠the good ben proued by them and sometyme god sendeth trybulacyon vnto the yll to th ende that they amende them and yf they do it not neuerthelesse that shall be in dymynucyō of theyr synnes that they shold suffer haue in hell Or they shal haue encreasynge of other grete goodes temporals but god gyueth of trybulacyons aduersytees vnto the good for to proue them as vnto Iob vnto Thobye to the ende y◠they dyspraysed the vanytes of this worlde that they sholde not forgete theyr creature and that by theyr merytes in takynge all in pacyence they may haue the glorye of paradyse and somtyme god theym gyueth of goodes to th ende that they be the more charytable and that they augment in glorye in paradys The good dyeth somtyme anone to the ende that they empeyre not for to auoyde the perylles temptacyons the which ben in this worlde and also the good lyueth somtyme longely for to encreace theym in bounte to th ende that by theyr good example doctryne the ylle may amende them and also the ylle dyeth anone sometyme for to make these other ylle a ferde to the ende that they amende them and somtyme the ylle lyueth longely for to proue the good and also for god taryeth that they sholde amende them and so thou sholde vnderstande my chylde that the opynyon of some doctours is that the mercy of god is so grete that he suffreth euermore the man to dye in the best estate purpose that he may fynde hym For god wyll not ne also suffreth not the dethe dāpnacion of a man but wylleth that conuerte hym lyue eternally in paradys and how be it that many dyeth sodeynly wtout hauyng space to confesse them to do penaunce satysfaccyō How be it vnto suche purpose may they dye and in so grete contrycyon of herte that god them taketh vnto mercy ¶ Mastier shall the ryche the poore be egallye guerdoned rewarded My chylde of as moche as they be the more sage and the more dygne of as moche shall they be the better rewarded whā they shall be good and whan they shall mowe be euyll of vs moche shall they be the more greuouslye punysshed ¶ Mayster maye god do euyll my chylde nay for how be it that he be all puyssaunt neuerthelesse it is not entendyd that he may do thynges contrarye vnto reason and that they ben Impossyble for to be ¶ Mayster wherfore suffreth god that the beestes haue so moche of payne and also they haue not deserued it my chylde it is somtyme that by the synne of the man the vengeaūce of god falleth vpon the beestes vpon theyse other goodes to the ende that he amende hym or for to proue hym as Iob. And also than beestes bē made to susteyne to nourisshe the man by the whiche they ben vnder his subieccyon And also for all thynges sholde serue vs to that wherunto they ben ordeyned as the brydge the whiche is made to passe or to go ouer In lykewyse my chylde god it suffreth to th ende that therby we take example for syth that the beestes suffreth so moche of payne for theyr poore lyfe corporall we shold well more trauayle and take payne to gete the lyfe eternall of paradys in the whiche a man shall lyue eternallye ¶ Mayster knoweth god whether that a man shall be saued or dampned before that he be borne My chylde yes not that god it dothe in entencyon for to dampne hym for god ne dampnyth hym but the man dampnith hymselfe with out ony constraynt but of his owne wyll the whiche is at his owne lyberall arbytre or fre wyll As we se the boterflye the whiche of hym selfe and of his propre wyll hym brēneth in the candell And how be it that the sayde boterflye is sometyme
state of grace he gothe in to paradys or in to purgatory to accomplysshe his penaunces and vnto hym the sharpe deth is merytoryous agaynst his syn̄es venyalles vnto the dymynucyon of the paynes of purgatory vnto the augmentacyon of the glory of paradyse yf he dye sodeynlye in mortall Synne the sodeyn deth hym putteth in as moche as he is vnpourueyed and without cōfessyon ne repentaūce takynge than he is damyned eternally by this and for this cause my chylde thou sholde be euermore redy for to deye in kepynge the from syn̄e for thou knowest not whan ne of what dethe thou shalte dye ¶ Mayster what auayleth it a man to be buryed in the chyrche yarde My chylde if he be ī purgatorye he is the soner delyuered as well by the prayers of the chyrche as of his kynnesmen and frendys the whiche vysyteth his sepulture in prayenge god for hym And oftē it happeth that the chyrcheyardes bē sanctyfyed by the bodyes of some sayntes that there be prayeth for them wherof if those that there ben buried ben saued they be right Ioyfull whā theyr bodyes ben with the bodyes of other sayntes but yf they ben dāpned it profyteth them nothynge For the good dedes that men there done for them ne may helpe them ¶ Mayster what maner of lyfe is the moost excellent and best for to make his saluacyon My chylde to haue a true affeccyon of true loue in our lorde in seruynge hym honourynge with all his herte in eatynge y◠breed that thou hast Iustly laufully gotten by the trauayle of thy body as wytnessyth the psalmyst the which sayth Labores manuum tuarū qr manducabis That is to say that thou shalt be right happy if thou eate the labour with thyn owne handes wherunto it is shewed the y◠thou ne sholdest vse of the goodes the which by the or by thyne be gotten falsely but thou sholde yelde them yf thou knowest vnto whome to vse of them the whiche ben Iustly loufully gotten the mayster the discyple MAyster he the which is in mortall synne may he belonge wtout cōmyttynge syn̄e ▪ my chylde naye For as one good dede drawes another In lyke wyse one yll draweth another for so the deuyll maketh of the man the which is in mortall synne as a man dothe of a beest y◠he ledyth by the toppe where him semeth best master whyder go the soules of them that be deed My chylde the soules of the Innocentes that deyeth without baptym gooth vnto the lymbe that which is a chambre of hell where they haue no Ioye nor heuynes for they haue nothynge meryted but for as moche as they be not purged frome orygynall syn̄e by baptym they be put from paradys from the vysyon of god and the soules of them the whiche ben baptysed the which dyeth in the state of Innocencye gooth in to paradys all ryght and the soules of them the whiche dyeth in the state of grace without syn̄e where if they haue synned and if they haue done penaunce suffycyent in this worlde gooth all ryghte in to paradyse ben in glory after that that they haue meryted by theyr holy werkes and the soules of thē the which haue had contrycyon dyspleasaunce of theyr synnes ben returned vnto god in cryenge hym mercy that they haue not accomplysshed theyr penaūces ī this worlde gothe in to an other parte of hell named purgatory there they accomplysshe theyr penaunces and ben purged of theyr synnes that done they go in to the glory of paradys And the soules of them the whiche dyeth in one mortall synne or many goth in to the depenes of hell where they bē punysshed after theyr deseruynge and the soules of the Iewes and of the myscreaūtes the whiche dyeth in the estate of Innocencye gone in to a parte of hell with all the other chyldren the whiche dyeth without baptym but the soules of the other Iewes myscreauntys that haue wytte vnderstādynge goth in to hell with the dāpned ¶ Mayster in how lytell tyme ben the soules delyuered from purgatory My chylde some there abydeth more longely than other after as they haue deserued for some ben delyuered at the ende of .vii. dayes therfore maketh a man the semell otherwyse called the returne in makynge prayers almesdedes for their delyueraunce for greatlye vnto them may profyte the prayers almesdedes that is done for them These other ben delyuered at the ende of .xxx. dayes therfore is made the trentall These other ben delyuered at the ende of one yere therfore is made the yeres mynde these other abydeth there by many yeees by longe tyme after that they haue deseruyd therfore make men remembraunce euery yere of them and whan they ben all purged that they ben delyueryd as by theyr penaūces accomplysshed as by our prayers and oraysons they go all ryght vnto the glory of paradys ¶ Mayster in what place is paradys My chylde there ar .iij. maner of paradys that is to wyte paradys celestyall paradyse terrestre and paradys spirituall Paradyse celestyal is aboue all the heuens in the whiche is god and all the sayntes holy men and women as I haue sayd before paradyse terrestre is in the erth towarde the oryent paradys spyrytuall is ayenst god to loue hym perfytely that is ouer all In that paradys ben our good aūgelles the whiche seeth loueth god ¶ Mayster where is hell My chylde there are .ij. maner of helles that is to wyte hel spirituall hell corporall hell spūall is ouer all where the soules the cursed aungels bē in payne tourment be it in erth or in the see this may be in many places as we rede of a soule that was turmēted with a flage of yse the a bysshop delyuered by .xxx. masses who was boūde to be there lōge tyme. Hell corporall is in the myddle of the erthe as the carnell of an apple is in the myddle of the apple is a grete caue blacke darke in which ben iiij stages the one aboue the other At the fyrst stage is the place wherin were the holy soules of the holy fathers aūcyētes of them that by theyr holy lyfe cōuersacion haue meryced the realme of paradys the whiche our lorde Ihesu cryst delyuered whan he dyed on the tre of the crosse and now there is none For at that tyme were all delyuered At the seconde stage is purgatory wherin the soules the whiche sholde be saued goth to accomplysshe theyr penaūce the which they haue not accomplysshed in this worlde in theyr lyfe In the .iij. stage ben the soules of the Innocentes the whiche dyeth without baptym And ī the .iiij. stage the which is the moost lowe in depnes ben the deuylles and the soules of the poore myserable dampned the mayster the discyple MAister what paynes haue they the which bē in purgatorye My chylde
some personage the whiche they knowe that sholde be dede .xx. or .xxx. yeres past or in fourme and semblaunce of some of theyr neyghboures and shall speke to them famylyerly as it were themselfe to th ende that they beleue hym the better that he deceyue them the more lyghtly but it is nothynge ellys but the deuyll hymselfe the whiche hym sheweth vnto them in body fantastycall as for to deceyue them also maketh he yâ— it vnto theym semeth that they goo in to a medowe grene full of fayre sloures vnto whom they make grete there But it is nothynge for they ne be put Illusyons made by the ennemy of mature that he putteth in theyr entendement and it semeth them somtymes yâ— they entre in to an house the gates shytte and that they take the gaders of a chylde eteth them goth in to the celler drynketh as moche of the best of that dede they go awaye with out that that the chylde hath ony ylle that the wyne is nothynge the lesse in the tonne the whiche is a thynge Impossyble for all the sorcyers of the worlde ne all the deuylles ne can make passe a ryght grete bodye humayne by a lytell clyfte ne entre wtin a house but yâ— he haue open passage for to entre ne to drawe the entrayles fro the body of a chylde wtout kyllynge or hurtynge it whan it shall be deed they can not areyse it ne they can not drawe the wyne of a tonÌ„e without that there be lesse of one droppe for they ben werkers that all onely ben vnto the puyssaunce of the souerayne creature wherfore my chylde thou shold put no fayth vnto theyr sorceries deuynemeÌ„tes for they ne ben but false IllusyoÌ„s made by the enemy of nature that he soÌ„tymes sheweth somethynges for to come the which he knoweth by some coÌ„iectures as I haue tolde the before in spekynge of the scyence of the deuyll and somtyme the deuyll vnto them shall shewe a thefte in sayenge the trouthe to th ende that they beleue the better in hym yâ— the malfactoure be the more defamed also shall saye often trouthe to th ende yâ— he be the soner beleued whan by his false reuelacyon he shall accuse some holy and deuout personage of whome he ne may be otherwyse auenged for this cause a man sholâ—e not beleue them for they ne be but Illysyons and false vysyons of the ennemy the which ne doth but lye for to deceyue the man also a man sholde not beleue suche people for the deuyl hath not ony puyssauÌ„ce vpon the man with out so be that god hym suffre vnto the regarde of the feyryes the which man sayth were wonte to be in tymes past they were not men nor women naturalles but were deuylles the which shewed themselfe vnto the people of that tyme for they were paynyms Idolatres with out fayth the sayd feyryes chaunged theym in to many fourmes as of an hors or of a dogge or otherwyse the which is Impossyble vnto nature but the deuyll may well shewe hym iÌ„ many maners chauÌ„ge the body wherin he shall be put in takynge agayn another of an other fourme as thou mayst chauÌ„ge thyne habyte in takynge the habyte of a relygyous man or of a woman but vnto the trouthe all the wytches of the worlde ne all the deuyls of hell can not chaunge one kynde in to an other as a man in to a dogge or a dog in to an asse for it is Impossyble vnto theym that to do wherfore thou mayst well thynke that theyse feyryes yâ— in suche wyse shewid them in dyuers fourmes kyndes ne were men ne womeÌ„ ne other thynge naturall but were deuylles that in suche wyse shewed them the whiche put theÌ„ in theyr Idolles spake sayd some thynges for to come by some coniectures as by the Influences of the bodyes celestyalles for otherwyse the deuyll hathe no knowlege of thynges for to come by this meane the sayd feyryes sayd that the people were destenyed the one vnto good the other to yll after the course of heuen and of nature as a chylde borne in suche an houre at suche a course he was destenyed to be hanged or drowned or that he sholde be ryche or poore or that he sholde wedde suche a woman the whiche thynges ben false for the man hath in hymselfe lyberal arbytre fre wyll to do good or ylle in suche wyse that if he wyll he shall do nothynge wherfore he sholde be hanged nor yet put hym in the daunger to be drownyd nor also he shall not marye a woman but yf he wyll so hir destynacyons shall be selfe By theyse reasons a man sholde put to no faythe for as sayth the psalmyste Vir sapiens dominabitur astris That is to say that the wyse man sholde haue lordeshyp aboue the sterres and planettes For he shall not gouerne hym after his sensualyte and inclynacyon naturall but he sholde gouerne hym wysely by reson folowynge the good eschuynge the ylle for the wyll of man is so free that nothynge may not make hit vnfree yf that man sholde do good or euyll by force ageynst his wyll he sholde not haue lyperall arbytre so his lyfe shold haue no meryte the which thynge is false agaynst the faythe wherfore my chylde thou sholdyst not beleue hit It is also defendyd vpon the payne of dethe and of dampnacyon eternall and in regarde of these wordys and of these spyrytes and elues and also of many other vysyoÌ„s that men say that they se by nyght they ben often deuylles that put theym in fourme of some deed body in faynyng his voyce to tempte the persone of some thynge for as sayth the psalmyst Spiritus vadens non rediens that is to say that after that the soule is departed from the body she goth vnto the place where she hath deserued wtout euer to returne tyll vnto the day of Iugement yf hit be not by grete necessyte by grete myracle as we rede of lazare of many other but elues gobelyns helquiÌ„s the which men se by nyght as men of armes trotrynge on horsbacke with grete assembles they ben all deuylles the whiche ben amonge vs the whiche sheweth them in suche a fourme iÌ„ many other fourmes as of a dogge of an horse of a tree or of a stone and in many other fourmes for to tempte the man of some vyce and for to make hym erre in the faythe and somtymes these deuylles cometh vnto the stables fyndeth the horse and tourneth all that the whiche was aboue vnderneth by derysyon of the man and for to tempte hym and some tyme they vnbynde the lytell chyldren and them casteth from the cradell for to make the father and the motherwroth and often kyll the chyldren whaÌ„ god it suffreth for the synne of the fader or of the moder or for to