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Also ȝit may men forþer knawe
oþer thre thinges, þat will vs draw
forto confourme all oure will
goddes liking forto fulfill.
Ane es ensampill of halimen
þat lely lifed, als clerkes ken,
þat war ententyue night & day
at serue god euer vnto pay,
and to luf him with al þaire might
and to drede him both day & night.
þarfore now er þai hegh in heuyn,
in more mirth þan men may neuyn;
and if we folow here þaire trace,
we sal won with þam in þat place.
Anoþer es gudenes of god allane,
þat al lufes and despises nane
bot gladli takes and with gude will
al þat in time will turn him till,
and his mercy will to vs bede
als oft-siþes als we haue nede,
and hamlier he will vs take
what time so we oure sin forsake,
and angels of vs er more glad,
þan ani frende þat euer we had;
þan aght vs forto be ful fayne
at gif oure willes to god ogaine.
Þe thrid es noteful forto neuyn,
þat es, for endles ioy in heuyn,
þat es gretter & more plente
þan eres may here or eghen se
or hertes think or tonges tell—
wele es þam þat þare may dwell;
and þat has god al hallely hight
vnto al þa þat lufes him right
and honors him in stede and stall.
vnto þat blis he bring vs all.
oþer thre thinges, þat will vs draw
forto confourme all oure will
goddes liking forto fulfill.
Ane es ensampill of halimen
þat lely lifed, als clerkes ken,
þat war ententyue night & day
at serue god euer vnto pay,
and to luf him with al þaire might
and to drede him both day & night.
þarfore now er þai hegh in heuyn,
in more mirth þan men may neuyn;
and if we folow here þaire trace,
we sal won with þam in þat place.
Anoþer es gudenes of god allane,
þat al lufes and despises nane
bot gladli takes and with gude will
al þat in time will turn him till,
and his mercy will to vs bede
als oft-siþes als we haue nede,
and hamlier he will vs take
what time so we oure sin forsake,
and angels of vs er more glad,
þan ani frende þat euer we had;
þan aght vs forto be ful fayne
at gif oure willes to god ogaine.
Þe thrid es noteful forto neuyn,
þat es, for endles ioy in heuyn,
þat es gretter & more plente
þan eres may here or eghen se
or hertes think or tonges tell—
wele es þam þat þare may dwell;
and þat has god al hallely hight
vnto al þa þat lufes him right
and honors him in stede and stall.
vnto þat blis he bring vs all.
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