IN THAT NE MAKE NOON AVOW . AND WHAN THIS zEER IS AL FULLY PASSID ; yANNE PreY EUerY DAY THE FADI%R OF MerCY y\T HE VOUCHE SAUF TO ENSPIRE HYM WHAT YS BEST VNTO THE HELTHE OF HI%S SOULE / AND FI%NALI% WHAT SCHAL MOOST PLESE GOOD / AND zIF HE DUEL=# LE AND CONTYNUE IN HI%S DESIR AS HE DIDE BYFORN / & yAT y\E CONSEIL OF DISCREET MEN CONFORME & ASSENTE VN-TO HYM BY GOOD AND RIPE AVYS AND DELIBerACOnN / yANE LAT HYM STABLISSCHE HIS WIL I%N THIS CAAS . & KNYTTE VP HIS PURPOOS & TAKE y\T LYF OR MAKE HIS AVOW yerTO TRUSTYNGE I%N yE GraCE & MERCY OF HI%S GOD . / OyIR-WYSE yAN yUS OR LIK TO yIS / WOLDE . I% . NAT CONSEILE y\E . LYF OF *RECLUSES TO CHESE OR AVOW / *NATHELES AFTI%R A+SYMPLE AVOW IS MAAD OR SUYCH LYF ADMI%TTID / & TAKEN W\T ^OWT NECESSARIE DELI%=# BERACOnN & AVYS ; IT SCHAL BE KEPT VNTO y\E ENDES OF PEYNE OF ETerNER AND EUerE-LASTI%N=# GE DAmPNACOnN *THERFORE TO ALLE y\O yAT BEN ProFESSYD I%N yAT LYF ; IS IT CHARITABLE TO PUTTE FORTH OR SCHEWE y\E EXORTACONn OF yE APOSTEL / *WHET HE SEYTH . I% . BYSECHE . *J BYSE=# CHE zOW yAT zE WALKE & GO WORTHI%LI% I%N y\E CALLI%NGE I%N WHICH zE BEN CLEEPT . *DI%UERS IS y\E CALLYNGE OF SONDRY FOLK AFTIR DIUerSE zEF=# TES OF GOD / WHEyIR SUI%CH BE GOODES OF yE BODY . OR GOODES OF yE SOULE / OR GOODES TEMPerEL / OR CONTRARIE OF HEM / WHICH HAP# PYTH TO BE GOODES BY ACCIDENCE / yO MA=# KEN FOLK I%N DIUerSE KYNDES / STROONG OR FEE=# BLE / SYMPLE OR PRUDENT / POORE OR MYzTI *FOR SOME ARN CALLYD TO GODDYS SerUISE WIy HELyE AND STRENGyE / SOME WI%y FEBILNESSE & SYK=# NESSE / SOME WI%y GOOD & NATurAL COmPLEXION SOME W\T EUYL COmPLEXIONn . SOME W\T MANY VerTUES / SOME WIy FEWE / SOME WIy RICHES . SOME WITH POUerT / SOME WIy WRECCHIDNESSES AND I%NFORTUNES / AND SOME W\T AL MANerE OF ProSPerITE / ALLE yESE W\T-OUTEN DOUTE zIF THEY COME FRO GOD AND NAT OF MAnNYS VICE SCHUL# LEN MORE ProFITE FI%NALY TO HER POSSESSOURES yAN SCHOLDE HER COUnTRIES . zIF THEI% VSE HEM WIEL *O yE HEYzNESSE OF y\E WYSDOM AND SCIENCE OF GOD / O y\E GraCIOUS PurUEYNCE OF OUR~ CRAITOur . O y\E EXCELLENT MeRCY OF OURE LORD GOD yAT CLERLY SEEy BYFORN ALLE yI%NG y\T SCHUL=# LEN FOLWEN AND BEEN POSSIBLE TO FALLE / & CALLEy EUerY WYGHT SO TO HELTHE / AS TO ESTAT / CONDICOnN & OyI%R CI%RCUmSTAUNCES / zIF y\T THEI HEM-SELF PUTTE NOON OBSTACLE NE LETTYNGE y\T yEI% MAY SUFFICIENTLY BE SAUYD / & ESCHEWE yE PerIL OF DAMPNACONn / *JN+SO MOCHEL yAT ALLE MANER . HARMES y\T FALLEN TO GODDES CHOSEN PEPLE SCHULLEN ProFITE TO AY-LASTYNG HELyE . *TO HEM yAT LOVEN GOD / ALLE yINGes WERKYN I%N-TO GOOD OR WERKYN WIEL / AND TAKEN GOOD EFFECT TO HEM yAT AFTIR HI%R PurPOS BIEN CALLID SEYNTES *FORSOyE AFTI%R HER PurPOOS yEI% BEN CALLYD SEYNTES / y\T BEN PreDESTI%NAT TO GOD TO EUerLASTYNGE LYF *SUI%CH FOLK BEN NAT ONLY CALLYD OUTWARD BY ENSAm=# PLE BY HOLY SCRIPTurE / OR BY PreDI%CACOnN . BUT ALSO BY ENSPI%RYNGE & GraCE OF PerSEUerANCE+FYNA=# LY I%N CHARITE / *JN SUI%CH WYSE BEN FOLK CHO=# SEN I%N COMPARI%SOnN OF AL A+MULTITUDE WHICH I%S CLEPID HER~OF BERYTH CRIST WYTNES HE SEITH MANY BEN CALLYD & FEWE BEN CHOSEN *FORSOyE THO THAT GOD HATH PreDESTYNED . HE HATH CALLYD HEM SO . *AND WHAM HE CLEPTE I%N yAT MANerE ; HEM zIF yAT yA FALL HE I%USTI=# FIETH BI% GRACE OF PENAUNCE / AND WHAM y\T HE I%NSTIFIEy SO ; HEM HE MAGNI%FIEy BE HA=# BUNDAUNCE AND PLENTE OF GraCE AND VerTU . AFTIR y\E SENTENCE OF y\E APOSTEL y\T SEITH yUS / *AS MANY AS zE BEEN y\T BEN CLEPID TO DO PENAUNCE I%NTESTAT OF PerFECCIONn OF *RECLUSES BETH IOYFUL AND GLADIy I%N GOD TRUSTYNGE STEDEFASTLY ON HIS GRACE AND MerCY . yAT zOURE NAMES BIEN WRETYN I%N HEUENE WHERFOR ORDEI%GNETH AND PURUEYETH zOW EUYRMORE A FAGET OF ALLE zOURE OFFEnCES AND GILTES BYFORN zOURE EYEN OF zOURE WIL & OF zOURE HERTE *REMEMBRYNGE OF yE GREET MeRCY OF GOD & HIS MANYFOLD GraCE DOON & SCHEWED DOON VN-TO zOW AND ProFRED FRELY TO HEM yAT BEEN PENYTENT & REPEn=# TAUNT W\TOUTEN ENDE . AND FOR yE OFFENSE OF GOD & FOR HIS EXCELLENT MerCY MEDLITH TO-GIDRE SORWE W\T IOYE & GLADNESSE W\T HE=# UYNESSE . *THUS OFTE y\E DEUOCOnN OF A PerFYT CONTRICONn. TOLLIy OUT & BRI%NGI%y OUT GLAD=# SUM TERES AND WEPYNGE / GLADNESSE WHIL yAT yE ENDE & ENTENT OF yE GREET DESI%R / CO=# MEy OUT & STILLITH OUT BE yE EEN SWETE DROPES OF DEUOCOnN / AND WHO SO EUYR HAy yIS PreCIOUS LICOur / *WHICH IS HELyE OF yE SYN=# FUL SOULE . HE WOLDE NAT GLADLY CHAUNGE YT FOR A+GRET KYNGES TRESOur . *FOR AFTI%R yE BITTIR TERES OF SUYCH CONTRICOnN LONGE EXer=# CYSED & VSYD ; ENTRI%y yE SUETNESSE OF y\E LOUE OF GOD / WHICH LOUE YS MORE yAN MAN CAN DEEME OR GESSE *O WHO SCHAL MAKE ME PARTYNer OF SUYCH HOLY TERES / WHO SCHAL WASSCHE MY FELyES WI%y yE WATRES OF *SYLOE yAT GOON WI%y SILENCE & STILNESSE SYN . I% . AM AL DRYE / *J PREI%E & BISECHE zOW yerFORE y\T yORUz GRACE DRAWEN WATRES In IOYE OF yE WELLES OF OURE SAUEOur / FOR yE HY MerCY OF OURE LORD GOD . *WHAN IT IS WIEL W\T zOW . REMEmBRITH & yENKETH+ON ME . & DEParTI%y WITH ME CHARITABLY OF yE LEESTE DROOPES yAT FALLEN FRO zOW OF yE ABUNDAUNCE OF zOUR~ BLYSFUL TERES / *MORE-OVI%R . I% . DESIRE y\T zE WACCHE BISILI% AGAYN y\E TEMPTACOnNS OF y\E FEEND . y\T NOyI%NG . SLEUTHE OR LACHE OUYR MOCHIL yE STI%BURN HARDNESSE OF zOURE LYF / . VNDI%R CO=# LOUR OF FALS NECESSITE / NO NOyI%NG AUGMnITE OR ECCHE IT OUYR zOUR FORCE OR MYzT / BUT AFTI%R yE DOOM & ARBITREMENT OF DICRECONn CHASTISE & NURSCHE zOURE BODY I%N DI%UerSE TY=# MES / yAT IT BE SOGET ON y\T O SIDE TO yE COm=# MAUNDEMENT OF zOURE SPI%RITES & SUFFI%=# SAUNT ON y\T OyIR PART TO PeRFORME & FULFILLE yE LABOUR ENI%OYNED TO yE BODY . & yerFOR I%N zOur GREET FEBILNESSE OR I%NFI%RMI%TE . ORDEY=# NYTH OR PURUEYTH zOW WYSLY NECESSARIE RECREACONn & REFRESSCHI%NGE TO yE BODY . & WHAN IT IS REVIGURED . yAT IS TO SEYN y\T IT HAy CAUzT AGAYN HIS STRENGyE AND IS RESTORED TO HELyE . yANNE MYzTYLY RESUMEy AND TAKEy AGAYN yE ARMES OF SPIRITU# AL KNYzTHODE / yENKYNGE yAT zE SCHUL=# LEN NAT ONLY CONTI%NUE zOURE MERITORIE & MEDFUL WERKes FOR zOURE-SELF . BUT ALSO FOR OTHIR SOULES yAT SUFFREN I%N PurGATORIE & FOR ALLE CRISTEN PEPLE TO TO y\E *WHICH zE BEN OBLIGED AND HOLDEN BE yE LAWE OF CHARITE *O WHO CAN DEEME OF GESSE WHAT TURMENT yO SOULES SUFFREN y\T BEN IN PurGATORIE . *WHOS PEYNE YS MOCHEL MOOR~ GREUOUS yAN ANY PEYNE yAT IS IN THIS LYF . *SEYNT *GREGORI HADDE HADDE LEUEU CHOSE y\E CONTYNUEL FEUER~S WHILE HE LYUED HERE yAN SUFFRE yRE DAYES yE PEYNE OF PurGATORIE *O THER NYS TONGE yAT CAN EXPreSSE THE SMERT OF y\E PEYNES OF HELLE WHICH BEN I%NSUFFRABLE FOR y\EI HAN NOON ENDE *THERFOR YS I%S FUL HOLY AND HOOSUm TO PreYE FOR HEM yAT BEN DEEDE y\T yEY MAY BEN DISSOLUYD AND VNKNET OF HER SYNNES . *AND ALSO FOR TO PreIE FOR yE SYNFUL MEN yAT LYUEN HERE y\T yEY MAY PreSERUYD AND KEPT FRO yE PEYNES OF HELLE *THESE AND OyI%R yI%NGES LIK TO yESE IMPreSSITH AND RECEYUYTH IN TO zOUR~ MYN# DES & LAT HEM STYRE AND MEEUE zOW TO CONTYNUE THE LYF OF PerFECCOnN WHICH zE HAUE TAKEN LABOURYNGE & TRAVAYLYNGE IN ORISONS WAKYNGES / FASTYNGES / AND ALLE Oyer OBSER=# UAUNCES / AND THUS BY y\E GRACE OF ALMYzTY GOD zE SCHUL PerSEUerE AND CONTYNUE VN-TO y\E ENDE I%N yE CLEPYNGE WHICH zE BEN CLEPT VN# TO / *AND I%N yIS WYSE BY COUENABLE PENAUNCE SEEy zOURE CLEPYNGE AND CALLYNGE *THE yRIDDE CAUSE OR ENTENCONn PriNCIPAL OF *RECLU=# SES MAY BE yE PURPOS TO ESCHEWE OPORTUNI# TE OR yE OCCASIONn & CAUSE WHICH IS WONT TO I%NDUCE TO LEEDE A+MAN IN-TO DEEDLY SYNNE *THE FYVE WYTTIS OF y\E BODY AS VN-WYS MES# SAGERES OF MANNES HERTE BEN ACCUSTUMED AND WONT ALWEY & OUYRAL TO RECORDE I%N HEM-SELF / AL y\T yEI% HAN TAKE AND RECEYUYD BE YT VEYN yI%NGES OR VNProFITABLE ANOY=# I%NGE GREUYNGE OR ENCLYNYNGE VN-TO SYN# NE *THEROF HAPPITH OFTEN SITHE / yAT yEI yAT BEN SYMPLE AND FEERFUL TO FALLE & TO SLYPPE IN-TO DEEDLY SYNNE WHAN yEY BYHOLDE & CONSIDER~ HER FREELTE & y\E PerILYS OF SYNNES / y\T yEI BEN LIKLY TO FALLEN INE WHICH TAKE HER BYGYNNYNGE OF yE FYVE WYTTYS yAT STERTEN HERE & yERE IN yE WORLD WI%y-OUTEN OBSTACLE OR BRIDEL . *FOR y\E MOOR~ SYKER ESCHEWYNGE OF ALLE yESE PerILES OF A PRUDENT *FERUE^NCSE OR OF A+FERUENT PRUDENCE / THEI WERKYN AFTIR yE CONSEYL OF SALOMON SEYI%NGE IN THIS MANerE CALLYD PRUDENCE yI LOVE OR yI FREEND / y\T YS TO SEYN yE WARDEYN & KEPER~ OF yI% WYL . / *O *WHICH AND HOW GREET PRUDENCE YS ASKYD AND RE=# QUYRED TO yE KEPYNGE OF yE WYT OF yE SYzTE yAT I%NPreSSITH & ENPRYNTYTH IN yE HERTE OF A+PerSONE WHAT yAT HE BYHOLDEy & SEEy AS BEAUTE OF CREATURES . PreCIOSITE OF CLOyI%NGE SCHAP / PORT AND WERKYNGE / *WHICH ENGEN=# DRYN CONCUPISCENCE OF yE FLESCH . & NURSCHEn LUSTES OF YE BODY y\T CAUSEN OFTE A+MAN TO DO WYKKYDLY *WHEyIR yAT yE SYzTE OF DALYAUNCE WERE NAT yE CAUSE OF y\E RUY=# NE OR FALLYNGE OF *SAMPSON yAT EXCEDYD AND PASSYD ALLE MEN IN STRENGTHE WHEyer yE SYzTE OF STRAUNGE WOmMEN TURNYD NAT AND CHAUNGYD yE HERTE OF *SALOMON yE *WYSE WHEyIR yE SYzTE OF VRIES WYF BA# yI%NGE HER MAADE DAUYD y\E HOLY ProPHETE TO FALLE I%N-TO CURSYD AVOUTRIE & MAN-SLAUzTR~ *WHAT yI%NG ENGENDRED yEFTE & STELyE OR VNLYEFFUL COUEYTISE IN *ACHOR / BUT y\E SYzTE OF PreCIOUS yI%NGes / WHAT MAADE OURE MO=# DYR *EVE TO SYNNE / BUT yE LYCOUROUS LOOK OF yE DEFFENDYD OR FORBODEN TREE / *AND WHAT MAADE yE CHILDREN OF *JSRAEL MOR~ PREST OR REDY TO DOON YDOLATRIE / yAN yE SYzTE OF yE RYTES AND yE LAWES OF yE HE=# THEN PEPLE / AND COmMUNYCACOnN OR SPE=# KYNGE WYTH SUYCH FOLK yAT HONUREDEN AND WORSCHIPEDEN FEENDES *THERFOR yE ProPHetE DAUYD PREIEy OURE LORD GOD & SEYTH yUS *TORNE AWEY MYN EYEN LEST yEI SEEN OR BYHOLDE VANYTE / *MOORE-OVYR yE ERE SOU=# KETH AND RECEYUYTH AL y\T EUYRE HE HERYTH OF y\E SLYM & FELyE OF SYNNE . AS SONGES & KAROLES OF LOVE / FOUL & VNCLENE SPECHES / STREYVE / ACCUSACOnNS / BLAMYNGES . WORDES OF DETRACCONn / OR BACBYTYNGE / WORDES OF *ENVYE PRIDE . *AUARICE GLOSYNGES AND LE=# SYNGES / *LOO ALLE SUYCH yI%NGES yORUGH HER WYKKYD ENSAMPLE MOWE LYzTLY DRA# WE AND STI%RI%E A+MAN TO SYNNE *AS SEYTH y\E ProPHetE DAUYD *J AM MAAD HE SEYTH AS A VESSEL y\T YS LOOST / FOR I% . HAUE HERD y\E ACCUSACONn OR BLAMYNGE OF MANY FOLK . y\T DUELLYN IN y\E CIRCUYT OF COMPAS / y\T IS TO SEYN OF HEM yAT DUELLEN ABOUTE ME . *O BLESSYD IS y\E ERE y\T YS SO PRUDENTLY DISPOSID y\T HE OPENEy NAT yE zATES AGAYN SUYCH VNLEEFFUL NOYSES & YS SCHYT & SPERED AGAYN y\E VOLUPTUOUS OR LUSTY MELODYES OF THE WORLD & YS STOPPYD AGAYN ALLE yE SONNES OF TEMPTACOnNS . BUT I%N AS MOCHEL AS YS POSSIBLE TO HYM yAT LYUETH IN yI%S VALEYE OF WRECCHIDNESSE & KEPITH HEM . A FEER FROm ALLE WORLDLY VANYTES AS YT SCHEWITH BY EUYDENCE & TOKNE OF *RECLUSES & NAAMLY OF *ANCHORESSES yAT BIEN MORE STREYTLY CLOSED yAN Oyer RELIGIOUS MEN & WOmMEN ENCLOSED ENCLOSYD IN HER HOUSES BE LEUE OF HE SOUE=# REYNS . *AND I%N ALLE TYMES AT HER SOUEREYNS WYL *SWYCH *ANCRES & *ANKERESSES BEN MO=# RE SEKERLY CONSERUYD & KEPT FRO y\E PerYLS OF y\E BODYLY WYT OF TOUCHYNGE . BY y\E WHICH ENTRI%y yE LUST OF LECHERIE IN SONDRY WYSE AS WIEL NATurEL OR KYNDELY AS VNNATurEL OR VNKYNDELY . *WHICH WIy-DRAWEy A+MAN FRO VerTU . & MAKETH HYM ABHOMYNABLE TO *ANGELES / HATFUL TO GOD & ALIENETH HYm OR MAKETH HYM STRAUNGE FROM AL GraCE *ALLE SUYCH SPICES OF LECHERI%E BEN FER FROM AN *ANCRESSE / BUT zIF IT HAPPE Per CAAS yAT OF A VOLUPTUOUS OR LUSTY DELETTACONn OR DELYT OF yE HERTE I%N VNLIEFFUL yOUzTES LOONGE ABYDYNGE ; BEN ENGENDRI%NGE W\T A+CONSENT TO DELYTE IN yAT SAME ; yAN WIy# OUTEN DOUTE YT I%NDUCEy A+MAN I%N-TO DEED# LY SYNNE . & zIF HE CONTYNUE SUYCH DELYT WAKYNGE VN-TO yE TYME y\T yE VOLUPTUOus POLLUCOnN OF y\E BODY FOLWE . yAN YS yer DOON AMANerE OF SPICE OF LECHERIE AGAYN KYNDE WHICH IS CALLYD IN LATYN OF y\E APOSTYL . *MO=# LICIES . *NOW BE YT NO DISPLESAUNCE TO zOW yAT . I% . EXPreSSE yUS VNHONEST yI%NGES In MY WRYTYNGE TO FOLK OF CLENE & PerFYT LYF . *FOR WHERE I%S POSSIBILITE OF TEMPTACOnN yER YS A+PRUDENT ENFORMYNGE OF RESISTENCE OR WIySTONDYNGE FUL NECESSARIE & MEED=# FUL *FOR yE TREWE STORIE y\T SEYTH y\T yer WAS AN HerMYTE HOOLDEN A+FUL HOLY MAN *WHICH CUSTUMABLY VSYD yIS SINNE . & WAS VEXID yerWITH yIS SYNNE OF *MOLICIES AND CHARGID YT NAT I%N HIS CONSCIENCE AS FOR SYNNE AND REPENTYD HYM NAT BE CONTRICOnN NE COnFES=# SIONn WHERFOR HE WAS SODEYNLY RA^VYSSCHED & TAKEN WIy A+FEEND AND NEUYR APPERYD AFTYR WHICH DEDE AS . I% . SUPPOSE WAS SCHE# WYD OF GOD I%N ENSAMPLE & TO y\E DOCTRYNE OF Oyer FOLK TO MAKE HEM EUYR WIySTONDE IN AL HER MYzTES . SUYCH MANerE OF VOLUP=# TUOUS DELYT & NEUerE zEUE HER ASSENT yerTO / AND zIF yEI% FALLE AT ANY TYME IN SUYCH CAAS AS GOD KEPE HEM yerFRO ; TO BE SORY AND REPENTAUNT yerOF / AND SO FOR y\E VICTORIE OF A+SCHARP & GREUOus SPI%RITUEL BATAYLLE . yEI% MAY AFTI%R yIS LYF BE CORONED IN IOYE . *SUYCH A+CORONE MAY CRISTES KNYTH DEserUE WI%yDRAWYNGE HYM FRO EXCESSYF & OUTraGE=# OUS LUSTES OF SMELLYNGE & TASTYNGE yAT BEN ENGENDRYD OF SAUOurES & ODOURES / DE=# LICATes IN METYS & DRI%NKES & IN SPICES ARO=# MATIK / IN SOTE SAUOur OF FLOUR~S & FRUYTES .