*yE FERyE yI%NGE y\T SCHULD STIR MAN TO LEUE HIS SYnNE IS yE GRETE MerCY OF GOD yAT HE SCHEWES TO SYNFUL MAN In yIS DEDYLE LYFE : yAT HE SUFFEREy HEM & ABYDEy WHAT-EUer yEI DOO : & WOL NOzT TAKE VEnIAUnCE : BUT LOKES AFTER AMEn=# DYNGE . yAT HE EUer DESYRES / *BUT RIzT AS GOD IS FUL OF MerCY TO yE SYNFUL HERE In yIS LYFE : SO SCHAL HE BE FUL OF RIzTWISNES AT yE DAY OF DOME / FOR ALS MerCYFUL AS MerCYFUL AS WE FYNDE HYm . yE WHYLE WE LEFEN HERE : *ALS RIzTWISE SCHUL WE FYNDE HYM WHAn WE DYEN HENNES : FOR yAN HIS RYzT# WISNES SCAL DRYUE TO VENGE HYm ON SYnNE : FOR yE ProPHETE SEI%y . / yAT GOD SCHAL VEn# GE HYm ON HIS ENEMYES AS HE WERE WODE / FOR GRETE HASTYNES & STOYR# NES yAT SCHAL SEME In GOD : WHAN HE SCHAL DEME MANKYNDE TO HELLE yAT HE zAFE HIS HERT BLODE FORE / / zIF yOU SEIzE A+MODER KEST HYR CHILDE I%N-TO yE FURE : & LETTE ALLE Oyer yAT NONE MYzT HELPE IT . SOyELY y\U MYzTEST SEY yAT SCHE WERE WODE . RIzT SO AT yE DAY OF DOME GOD SCHAL KEST InTO yE FURE OF HELLE yE WICKED MEN OF yIS WORLD yAT WOLEN NOzT LEUE HER SYnNE *yE FIFyE yINGE y\T SCHULD STI%R MAN TO DREDE SYnNE IS yE GRETE POWER & MYzT yAT GOD SCHAL SCHEWE AT yE DOME . AS YSAI% yE ProPHETE SEIy : *J SCHAL TAKE VEnIAUnCE & NO+MAn SCHAL W\T# STANDE . FOR yer IS NO HELPE NOWyer WIy POWER NE PREYER FOR NONE CREATURE yer SCHAL DURE SPEKE A WORD FOR Oyer . BUT RIzT AS A+MAN PASSEy OUTE OF yIS WORLD . SO HE SCHAL yerE A-BYDE yE DOME OF GOD . & FOR DREDE HER OF MAN SCHULD MAKE HYm REDY ER HE WENTE HENNES OUTE OF yIS WORLD : FOR SODEYNLY DEEy SCHAL COME ER HE LEST WENE . & yANNE IS NO PLACE OF REDYNESSE / / FOR AFTER yAT HE IS DEED NO+MAN MAY WORCHE TO ENCRESE HIS IOY NO MEDEFUL WERKE : *AND yerFORE GOD DIS LAWE SEIy yAT ALLE yE GOODE y\T MAn MAY DOO ; DOO IT yE WHYLES HE LIFFEy : FOR NOyer WERKE NE COnNYNGE NE WYS# DOME IS AT HELLE *yE SI%XTE yI%NGE yAT SCHULD FERE A MAN TO DO ANY SYN# NE IS yE GRETE WRECHE yAT GOD yURz RIzTWISNES HAy TAKEN FOR SYn# NE . FIRST In HIS FEYRE ANGEL yAT HE CAST OUTE OF HEUENE InTO yE DEPE PUTTE OF HELLE : *ALSO FOR BREKYNGE HIS HEST HE DROFE ADAM OUTE OF yE IOYE OF PARADYSE InTO yIS WRETCHED WORLD ; TO SUFFUR HONGER & COLDE & MANY Oyer MYSCHEFES & TO SUFFUR DEEy BO# yE OF BODY & SOULE : & ALSO FOR VEnIAUn# CE OF SYnNE . HOW HE DRENCHED ALLE yIS WORLDE OWTAKE EIzT SOULES . NOE & HIS WIFE & HIS yRE SONES & HER WY# FES & yerFORE LEUE SYnNE OR ELLES In VEYN yOU TROWES yAT GOD WOL SPARE yE / FOR FORTO VENGE HYm ON SYnNE HE SUFFURD HIS OWNE SONE TO BE PEYNED & SUFFUR HARD DEEy ON yE CROS . *AND SEYNT BER# NARD SEI%y SI%y HE WOLD NOzT SPARE HIS OWNE DERWORyE SONE TO PEYNE HYM FOR Oyer MEnNES SYnNE . HIS ENEMYE & yE SYNFUL MAN HOW SCHULD HE SPARE TO PEYNE HEM FOR HER OWNE SYNE / *yE SEUENT CAUSE yAT SCHULD MAKE US TO DREDE SYnNE . IS yE GRETE REPREUE & SCHAME yAT SCHAL BE TO MAN yAT IS TAKEN In SYnNE FOR GOD & ALLE HIS ANGELI%S & ALLE MAN-KYNDE yAT EUer WAS OR SCHAL BE FRO yE BYGI%NYNGE OF yE WORLD VNTO yE DAY OF DOME SCHUL WONDRE ON HYm & SCHAME HYm ; WHAN yE RIzTWISNES OF GOD SCHAL DAmPNE HYm FOR SYnNE : & OURE LORDE GOD HYm SELFE SCHAL SCORNE HYm AS HOLY WRITTE SEI%y & GODIS LAWE SEI%y yAT ALLE yE WORLD SCHAL . WIy GOD SCHAL FEIzT AzEYNE yE WODENES OF SYnNFUL MEN yAT WOLD NOzT NOUzT LEUE HER SYnNE / FOR yOUz SYnNE BE NOWE NEUer SO PriUEY : HIT SCHAL BE yAN OPUn & KNOWEN AS yE GOSPEL TEL# LI%y : FOR AS A HOLY MAN SEIy / yE COnSCIENCE SCHAL yANNE BE KNOWEN TO ALLE MEn / / DREDE **DREDE MAY BE LYKENED TO yREE MA# NER MEN . TO A PORTER yAT KEPEy A zATE . TO A RIzTWIS DOMESMAN & TO A WAKER WEYTE : FIRST TO A PORTER FOR DREDE KEPEy yE zATES OF yE HERTE ; yAT NO ENEMYE OF SYnNE MAY COME InNE : BUT WHAN yE FENDE WIy ANY TEmP# TACOnN OF SYnNE COMEy : DREDE STEKEy yE zATES OF yE SOULE y\T NO COnSENTE OF SYnNE COME InNE ; & WHAT-SO-EUer I%T BE yAT HE KNOWEy IS AzEYNES HI%S LOR# DES WYLLE HE HOLDEy yer-OUTE & FOR NO# yI%NGE WOL SUFUR NONE YUEL TO COME WIy-InNE yE COnSCIEnCE / yAT SCHULD GREUE GOD *ALSO DREDE IS LIKENE TO A+RIzT# WIS DOMESMAn ; yAT yEUES & TRAYTOurS DEMES TO yE DEEy . WHERESO yEI MEY BE FOUnDEN . & PEYNES HEM In PriSONES / / SO DREDE PEYNES yE FLESCHE AS A yEFE yAT IS WORyI% TO BE PUNYS# CHED : AND yerFORE DAUID PREYDE OUR LORD yAT HE WOLD PriCKE HIS FLESCHE WI%y DREDE *ALSO DREDE IS LIKENED TO A WEYTE yAT IS In yE LONDE OF WER# RE EMONGE ENEMYES : yAT TRUmPES & CRIES UP ON yE KNYzTES yAT yEI% SCHUL NOzT SLEPE LEST yE ENEMYES COMEn ON HEM & KYLDEn HEM : ALLE WE BEN HERE In yIS WORLD EUer EMOnGE OURE ENEMYES : & ON yRE HALFE WE BEN BESEGED . WIy OURE yREE ENEMY# ES yAT KENELY US ASEYLES . yE WORLD OUR FLESCHE & yE FENDE OF HELLE yES yREE AzEYNES US HAN TRAUyE PLI%zT TO-GEDER : yAT I%CHE SCHAL HELPE Oyer WIy ALLE HIS POWER : TO WYNNE US FRO OURE LORD yAT BOUzT US SO DERE : & MAKE US FALLE GRETLY In MANY DYUERS SYnNES : & SO LETTE US OF OURE IOY & BRYNGE US TO PEYNE : *AND yERFORE IT IS GRETE NEDE yAT DREDE AWAKE US SCHARPLY ; yAT WE SLEPE NOzT In SYnNE : NE NON FALS LYKYNGE yAT FALLES TO LUSTE & WICKEDNESSE AzEYNES OURE LORDYS WYLLE : BUT EUer STANDE REDYE In TRUSTE OF GODDIS HELPE : STRONGLY TO FEIzT AzEYNE yES yREE ENEMYES / *DRE# DEDE SERUES TO MAnNES SOULE : AS CHA# PITRE TO RELI%GION : FOR AS In CHAPITre yE RELIGIOUS IS ACUSED OF OF yer TRESPAS . & MEKENES HEM TO DO PENAUnCE yer# FORE : SO DOy DREDE ACUSED MAN OF HIS SYnNE : & WIy A GODE WILLE TO DO PENAUnCE yerFORE : & RIzT AS RELY# GYON WOLD SONE WORyE TO NOzt zIF yERE WERE NO CHASTEYSYNGE In CHA# PITur / RIzT+SO zIF yer WERE NO DREDE I%N MAnNES HERT : SONE WOLD HI%S LYFYNGE TORNE TO SYnNE & HIS SOULE PERISCH / / AS SALOMON SEYy zIF yOU HOLD yE NOzT In yE DREDE OF GOD : SONE WOL yI HOUS BE OUerTURNED : y\T IS yI% SOULE WOL FALLE InTO SYnNE *AND FOURE yI%NGES A GODE RELIGIOUS DOy WHAN yEI% COMEN InTO yE CHAPITER LI%ONS / : / FYRST HE KNELES LOWE DOWNE TO yE ERyE : *SIyE HE KNOWLACHEy HIS TRESPAS / *AFTER yAT HE NAKENS HYm OF HYS CLOyINGE AND yAnNE HE RECEYUEy MEKELICH BETYNGES FOR HIS TRESPA# SES / *DREDE MAKEy A TREWE CriSTEN MAN TO DOO yES FOURE yI%NGES In yE SIzT OF HIS GOD : FIRST HE MAKEy HYM TO LOWEN HYm SELFE In ALLE ME# KENES & TO HOLD HYM-SELFE AN VN# WORyI WRETCHE : & SCHAMEy SO WI%y HYm-SELFE yAT HE SCHULE DO SO VN# KYNDELY AzEYNES yE WYLLE OF HIS LORD In MANY HEDE SYnNES yAT HE IS A# SCHAMED TO LYFTE VP HIS HEUED ; yUS DUDE yE PUPLYCAN . yAT GOD FOR# zAFE HI%S SYNNES . AS yE GOSPEL TEL# LI%y . yAT DURST NOzT LOKE UP TO HEUENE . BUT LOKED MEKELYCHE TO yE ERyE . & KNOCKED ON HIS BREST : & SEYDE yES WORDES / LORD GOD FOR yI PYTE HAUE MerCY ON yI%S SYNFUL WRETCHE . & FOR HI%S MEKENES HE WAS I%USTIFYED / *BUT yE PROUDE PHARASEE yAT HEIzED HYM SELFE WAS NOzT IUSTI%FIED / *SIyEn DRED MAKEy A MAN AS DAD DAUID DUDE TO KNOW# LACHE HIS TRESPASE TO GOD & SEYDE LORD *J KNOWLACHE yAT *J HAUE SYn# NED TO yE FUL MYCHE . WHERFORE *J AXE yE MerCY/ & FOR yIS MEKE COnFES# SYON GOD FORzAFE HYm HIS SYnNES *ALSO IT TELLEy In yE SECUnDE BOKE OF KYNGES I%N GODDIS LAWE : yAT KYNGE DAUI%D SENDE HYS KNYzTTES InTO yE LOND OF *JUDE & OF ISRaeL TO NOUmBRE ALLE yE MEN yAT WERE yerInNE OF ELDE ABLE TO TO FEI%zT : & yE NOUMBRE OF yE LOND OF ISRaeL WAS NYNE HUnDRED yOU# SANDES . & OF yE LOND OF JUDE FY# UE HUnDRED yOUSANDE OF STRONG MEN & CONYNGE In BATEYL & OF WER# RES / & OF yES GRETE NOUmBRE & yE KYNGE HADE PRIDE : & FOR yIS DEDE GOD WAS WROyE WI%y HYM : AND SENDE HIS ANGEL : & SLOWE WI%y-I%nNE A LYTEL TYME SEUENTY yOUSAND OF yAT FOLKE y\T WAS NOUmBREDE : AND HAUE NEDE OF GOSTLY COMFORD : zIF yOU KANSTE yOU ART HOLDEN TO TECHE HEM OR TO GEDE Oyer yAT BEN WYSER yAN yOU TO TECHE HEM yE BEST WEY TO LEUE HER SYnNE & TO LOUE GOD / AND zIF yEI BEN DEDE NYzT & DAY TO PREY FOR HEM . yAT GOD OF HIS ENDELESSE MerCY & GODENESSE zIF yEI% BEN In PAYNE OF BODY RELESCHE HEM OF HER PEYNE / *AND zE SCHUL VNDERSTANDE yAT yER BEN TWEY MANer OF FADERS . BODYLE & GOSTLY . BO# DYLE AS IT IS BEFORE SEYDE / GOSTLY FADER . AS HE yAT MYNYSTREy TO yEE / SACRAMENTI%S OF HOLY CHI%RCHE & TE# CHEy yEE yE LAWzE OF GOD & CON# SEYLEy yEE TO GOODE & BRYNGEy yE FORyE TO BE A+CHILDE OF GOD / & OF yI MODER HOLY CHI%RCHE yAT IS ALLE HOLY MEN & WYMEN yE WHICHE y\U SCHALT WORSCHIP / & PREY TO GOD TO ENCRESE yAT NOUmBRE / / yE FYFyE COMAUnDMEnT **yE SECUnDE COMAUnDMENT OF yE SECUnDE TABLE IS yI%S / yOU SCHALT NOzT SLEE / / *AND EUer MAN SCHULD FLE MANSLAUzTer FOR IT IS MOST AzEYNE KYNDE / FOR yE WYSE MAN SEI%y In GODDIS LAWE EUerY VNRESO# NABLE BEST LOUEy yAT BEST yAT IS LY# CHE TO HYM / *MOCHE MORE yAN SCHULD A MAN yAT IS A RESONABLE BEST LOUE HIS OWNE LYKENES & FLE MANSLAUzTer / / & MAN IS yE LIKENES OF GOD : & GOD ALONELY WHAN HYM LIKEy PUTTIy LYFE InTO yE BODY: & SO IT LONGEy TO GOD WHAN HYM LIKIy ALONELY TO TAKE LYUE FRO yE BODY & *AND In TO# KEN yAT yI%S SYnNE IS ORIBLE In yE SIzT OF GOD / yIS IS ONE OF yE yREE SYn# NES yAT In HOLY WRITTE CRIEy TO GOD VEnIAUnCE AS WITTENESSE GOD HYM-SELF / *LOO SEIy GOD TO CAYM . yE BLODE OF yI% BROyer CRIEy TO ME FRO yE ERyE / / zE SCHUL VNDERSTANDE yAT yer IS yREE MANer OF MANSLAUzTer . yAT IS TO SEY / OF HAND . / OF TONGE / & OF HERTE / *MANSLAUzT OF HANDE IS WHAN ANY MAN OR WOMAN SMYTEy AN-Oyer WHER-OF DEEy FOLOWEy *yE SECUnDE MANerE OF MANSLAUzTer I%S : WHAN A MAN OR WO# MAN FOR ENVI%E BRYNGEy A GOODE MAN OR A+WOMAN : OWTE OF HER GOODE NAME OR FAME InTO AN YUEL NAME . WI%y FALS SCLAUnDRYNGE OF HER TONGES / WHOSO DOy SO In AS MYCHE AS In HEM IS yEI% SLEEN HEM / / *yE yRIDDE MANER OF OF MANSLAUzTer I%S I%N HERTE . WHAN A MAN OR WOMAN BEREy ENVYE OR HATE In HER HERTE / TO HER EUEN CriSTEN : WYL# LYNGE ENVYOUSLY . yAT VEnIAUnCE OR MYS# CHEFE FEL VP-ON HEM . & zITTE yerTO CURSEN I%N HERT & I%N MOUyE / AND SEYnT *JON SEIy HE yAT HATEy HIS BROyer IS A MANSLEER / FOR yEI% SLEEN HerE OWNE SOULE / & I%N yAT . yAT I%N HEM IS Oyer MEnNES ALSO / / VJ% **yE yRID COMAUnDMENT OF yE SECUnDE TABLE IS yIS / yOU SCHALT DOO NO LECHERI%E . NOyer WEDDYD NE SEN# GLE / LERED NE LEWED / MAN NE WOmMAn DO NOO LECHERIE ; FOR IT IS A DEDYLY SYnNE BY-TWENE A SENGLE MAN & A SENGLE WO# MAN / IT IS MYCHE MOR GREUOUS SYnNE OF A WEDDED MAN OR A WEDED WOMAn / FOR BREKYNGE OF yE HEIzE SACRAMENT OF WEDLAC / *BUT zIF PreSTES yAT LYUE In CHASTYTE AS ANGELIS & BE A MEROUR OF CLAnNES TO yE PUPLE . yerE IS MYCHE MORE SOROWE / *HERE zE SCHUL VNDER# STANDE In yIS GENERAL WORDE yOU SCHALT DO NO LECHERIE / GOD FORBEDEy AL MA# NER VNLEUEFUL LYKYNGE / & TREETYNG OF MAnNES PriUE MEmBRIS OR WOmMAnS / & HE FORBEDIy ALLE MANer LECHERI%E . *JN WILLE & WORD & DEDE / yerFORE KEPE yI HERT CLENE FOR LECHEROUS yENKYNG / yI MOUy FRO LECHEROUS KISSYNG . & SPEKYNGE . FOR OF VNCLENE SPECHE CUmMEy MYCHE SYnNE . AS VNCLENE YMA# GI%NACOnN . / VNCLENE yOUzTES & MANY Oyer WICKENESSE / *AND yI BODY & ALLE yI MEmBRI%S FRO VNCLENE TOWCHYNGE OR VNLEUEFUL DEDYS DOYNGE / EUerY MAn & WOmMAn In HYS DEGRE / zIF yOU BE A SENGLE MAN OR WOmMAN . BY yENKE yE NYzT & DAY : yAT yOU WOLT NEUer FORSAKE GOD : TO BYTAKE yE TO yE DEUEL BODY & SOULE : TO HAUE yAT CURSED LYKYNGE OF LECHERIE / yE WHOCHE yOU MAY HAUE RESONABLE VSED In LAW# FUL MATRYMONYE / & yerFORE KEPE zOW CLENE TO yAT zE COME TO y\T HOLYE SACRAMENT *AND zE yAT HAUE TA# KEN yE HEI%zE SACRAMEnT OF MATRI%# MONYE KEPE zOU FRO VNLEFUL DOYN# GES & VSE zOURE DOYNGES WIy DREDE OF GOD TO HIS WORSCHYP / / *AND NEUer FOR NOO ERyELY GODE BRE# KE yAT HEIzE SACRAMENTE & BOUnDE OF TREUyE yAT GOD ORDEYNED In ParA# DYSE . BYFORE yAT ADAM OR EUE DUDE SYnNE / *BUT Oyer SACRAMENTES WERE ORDEYNED In REMEDYE FOR SYnNE / *SO yAT yIS SACRAMENT WAS ORDEYNED OF GOD : & COnFERMED OF CriST In yE GOS# PEL OF *MATHEU . IX . C\O WHER CriST AN# SWERED yUS TO HEM . yAT ASKED OF HYM : / zIF IT BE LEUEFUL TO A MAN TO FORSAKE HIS WIFE FOR ANY MANer CAUSE / & CriST ANSWERED & SEYDE / *REDE zEE NOzT yAT HE yAT MADE HEM AT yE BYGYN# NYNGE . MALE & FEMALE HE MADE HEM : AND SEYDE TO HEM FOR yI%S SCHAL A MAn LEUE FADER & MODER : & HOLDE HYM TO HI%S WYFE . FOR yEI SCHUL BE ON BOyE ONE yAT yAT GOD HAy IOYNED MAN SCHAL NOzT DEPART *LOO HOW yIS HEIzE SACRAMENT OF MATRI%MONYE IS CONFERMED BY CRIST / *AND HERFORE SEIy SEYNT PAULE / / yAT MEN LOUE HER WYFES AS HER OWNE BODI%ES : HE yAT LOUEy HIS WIFE LOUEy HYM-SELFE : & NO+MAN HA# TEy HI%S FLESCHE BUT NORISCHIy & FEDIy I%T / AND ALSO HE SEI%y . WYmMEN BE SU# GETE TO HER HUBOUnDES AS TO HER LORD / *AND SEIy SEYNT PAULE yIS SACRAMEnT IS GRETE : BUT *J SEI%y HE SEIy In CRI%ST & I%N yE CHI%RCHE / yAT IS TO SEY yI%S SACRAMENT BYTOKENEy KNYTTYnG TO-GEDER OF CriST & OF HOLY yE CHI%RCHE BY GRACE : AND yAT BYTOKENEy yE TROUy PLIzTTYNGE AT yE CHI%RCHE DORE / *AND yerFORE SI%y yIS SACRAMENT IS SO HEIzE yAT IT BYTOKENEy IOYNYnGE OF CriST & OF ALLE SEYNTES & CriSTEN SOULES TO# GEDER BY STUDEFAST LOUE & GRACE / / *yOU yAT WOLT WYTYNGLY MAKE A# NY FALS DEUORS / OR ELLIS yURz SYNNE BREKE yIS HEIzE SACRAMENT / I%N AS MYCHEL AS In yE IS / yOU PUTTES VP# ON CriST yAT HE IS FALSLY KNYTTE WIy MAnNES SOULE : & yAT HE WOL WIy# OUTE ANY CAUSE FORSAKE MAnNES SOU# LE / *AND yIS IS A SYnNE OF BLASPHE# MYE . OF A DI%SPI%TE DONE TO yE GODHED OF GOD / AND yerFORE FOR yE LOUE OF CriSTIS FLESCHE & HIS BLODE : SPENDES NOzT zOURE FLESCHE & zOURE BLODE In SERUI%CE OF yE DEUEL : yAT WAS zEUEN TO zOU TO BE SPEnDIDE In yE SERUI%CE OF GOD / & TO zOURE OWNE SAUACOnN : / & KEPE zOU CLE# NE FRO LECHERI%E *JN yOUzT & WORDE & DEDE . FOR yE MOST PRYUE yOUzT OF zOURE HERTE IS PreSENT TO GOD / **yE FURyE COMAUnDMEnT OF yE SECUnDE TABLE I%S yI%S yOU SCHALT DOO NO yEFTE / yEFTE MAY BE DONE In DYUerSE MANerES : AS TO TAKE yI% NEYzBORES GOODE FRO HYm WRONGFULLY AzEYNES HIS WILLE : Oyer BY PriUE STELYNGE . OR BY OPUn ROBBYnGE BY NYzT OR BY DAY / OR BY FALS SLEIzT# TES OF MAnNES LAWE . OR FALS PLEYN# TES . OR FALS ENDITEMENT OR ANY WRONGWISE MANerE . OR BY SLEI%zTES In BYI%NG OR In SELLYNGE WYTYNGLY TO BYGYLE yI EUENCriSTENE . / OR BY FALS WEIzTES ; Oyer yAN yOU SCHULDEST RE# SONABLE WILNE . yAT yI NEIzBORE DU# DE TO yEE In yE SAME CAAS / *FOR yOUz IT BE LEUEFUL yAT A CHAmPMAN OR A MARCHAUnTE MAY SELLE DERRE yAN yEI BYE In RESONABLE MANer TO WYnNE HER LY# UELODE BY / / I%T IS NO CHARYTE NE TROUy yAT yEI% COUEYTE TO WYNE AS MY# CHE AS yEI MAY . BY ANY SLEIzE OR CAUTELE . BUT ONELY TO WYnNE TO SUS# TEYNE HEM RESONBLE In HER TRAUEYLES *AND WHOSO DOy OyerWISE : DOy AzEYNE yIS COMAUnDMEnT TAKYNGE HIS NEIz# BORES GOODE AzEYNE HIS WILLE ; & yAT IS yEFTE /