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The Secunde poynt of shryfte.
þe secunde poynt ys next þyr-by,
‘þat þou shalt shryue þe hastyly;’
For whan þou doust yn longe respyte,
hyt ys forȝete, þat long ys olyte.
Seynt Bernard þarfore, to swych chyt,
And seyþ ‘moche forȝyt, þat longe abyt.’
‘þat þou shalt shryue þe hastyly;’
For whan þou doust yn longe respyte,
hyt ys forȝete, þat long ys olyte.
Seynt Bernard þarfore, to swych chyt,
And seyþ ‘moche forȝyt, þat longe abyt.’
Anouþer skyl ys, þat þou shalt hyt haste,
For yn þy synne þy lyfe ys waste;
For, as moche as þe tyme doþ amounte,
For euery oure, shalt þou ȝelde acounte,
Ȝyf hyt so were, þou myȝtest had space,
And wuldest nat come to shryfte ne grace.
For yn þy synne þy lyfe ys waste;
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For euery oure, shalt þou ȝelde acounte,
Ȝyf hyt so were, þou myȝtest had space,
And wuldest nat come to shryfte ne grace.
Ȝyt, þyr ys þe þred resun
þat hastyly shal þy shryfte be doun;
For yn þat tyme þat þy synne ys,
Þou art departed fro heuene blys,
And fro alle þe felawrede
Þat shulde þe helpë at þy nede,
And fro þe preyers of holy cherche,
And fro alle gode dedes, þat men þer werche;
Alle þe prayers, with-outë fayle,
To þe blys of heuene, þe mow nat auayle.
þat hastyly shal þy shryfte be doun;
For yn þat tyme þat þy synne ys,
Þou art departed fro heuene blys,
And fro alle þe felawrede
Þat shulde þe helpë at þy nede,
And fro þe preyers of holy cherche,
And fro alle gode dedes, þat men þer werche;
Alle þe prayers, with-outë fayle,
To þe blys of heuene, þe mow nat auayle.
Algate y rede, þou do gode dede;
To ryse fro synne, hyt wyl þe spede,
And bettyr wyl hyt pay God almyȝt,
And þy penaunce shal be þe more lyȝt,
And, þe more grace shalt þou haue,
Þe for to shryue and saue.
To ryse fro synne, hyt wyl þe spede,
And bettyr wyl hyt pay God almyȝt,
And þy penaunce shal be þe more lyȝt,
And, þe more grace shalt þou haue,
Þe for to shryue and saue.
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