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The nyȝnþe poynt of shryfte.
þe nyȝnþë seyþ ‘hyt ys folyOn þy self for to lye.’
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Ne more synne, þan þou done has;
Ne forhele nat þy mysdede;
Goddes veniaunce shalt þou drede.
[The Bible-Tale of Ananias and Sapphira.]
Seynt Luke seyþ hys autoryte,
Yn þe bygynnyng of crystyanyte,
Þe apostoles wente aboute to preche—
Þe crystyndom for to preche—
how men shuld þe worlde forsake,
And what mede þarforë take;
Ryche men solde here lande and fee,
And come to þe apostoles yn pouerte.
Yn þe bygynnyng of crystyanyte,
Þe apostoles wente aboute to preche—
Þe crystyndom for to preche—
how men shuld þe worlde forsake,
And what mede þarforë take;
Ryche men solde here lande and fee,
And come to þe apostoles yn pouerte.
A ryche man, þat hyghte Ananye,
He solde hys godë plenerlye;
þe syluer þat he þarfore tolde,
þerof a party he ded withholde;—
Hys wyfe cunseyled wel þar-to
Þat he shulde nat awey alle do;—
Þe touþer partë, alle he lete,
And keste hyt at seynt Peter fete.
He solde hys godë plenerlye;
þe syluer þat he þarfore tolde,
þerof a party he ded withholde;—
Hys wyfe cunseyled wel þar-to
Þat he shulde nat awey alle do;—
Þe touþer partë, alle he lete,
And keste hyt at seynt Peter fete.
Seynt Petyr parceyued anoun
þat þyr was þere gylë doun:
he seyd, “y comaundë þe,
Alle þat þyr was, þou shewe hyt me.”
Ananyas þan swore hym þore,
he solde hys þyng, for no more.
Seynt Peter, þan seyd astyt,
“why lyest þou on þe holy spyryt?”
þys Ananyas fyl dowun dede,
As, blak, as any lede.
Men tokë þe body asswyþe,
And byryed hyt, þat ychë syþe.
þat þyr was þere gylë doun:
he seyd, “y comaundë þe,
Alle þat þyr was, þou shewe hyt me.”
Ananyas þan swore hym þore,
he solde hys þyng, for no more.
Seynt Peter, þan seyd astyt,
“why lyest þou on þe holy spyryt?”
þys Ananyas fyl dowun dede,
As, blak, as any lede.
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And byryed hyt, þat ychë syþe.
hys wyfe come byfore hem alle,—
Saphyra, men here calle;—
She cunseyled þat hyt was hyd,
But she ne wyst what was betyd.
Seyn Peter asked here þe soþe ywys,
“hast þou no more þan now here ys?”
Saphyra answered and seyd,
“Y haue no more þan here ys leyd.”
“þou lyest,” he seyde, “þe soþe y se,
And nat ȝyt al onely to me,
But þou lyest vnto þe holy goste,
þat alle þyng wote, and myȝt haþ moste.”
Asswyþë, yn a lytyl stounde,
She fyl dowun dede vnto þe grounde.
Men byryed sone here body
Besyde here husbonde Anany.
Saphyra, men here calle;—
She cunseyled þat hyt was hyd,
But she ne wyst what was betyd.
Seyn Peter asked here þe soþe ywys,
“hast þou no more þan now here ys?”
Saphyra answered and seyd,
“Y haue no more þan here ys leyd.”
“þou lyest,” he seyde, “þe soþe y se,
And nat ȝyt al onely to me,
But þou lyest vnto þe holy goste,
þat alle þyng wote, and myȝt haþ moste.”
Asswyþë, yn a lytyl stounde,
She fyl dowun dede vnto þe grounde.
Men byryed sone here body
Besyde here husbonde Anany.
Here-fore y rede þat þou soþe seye
To þy prest, as þou shust deye.
To þy prest, as þou shust deye.
Yn þy shryfte, lye þou neuer a deyl;
holy wryt forbedeþ hyt weyl.
þou seyst hyt nat vnto þe prest,
þou shewest hyt vnto Goddys breste;
Boþe to God and to man,
Þat oure defaute, seeþ alle, and kan.
holy wryt forbedeþ hyt weyl.
þou seyst hyt nat vnto þe prest,
þou shewest hyt vnto Goddys breste;
Boþe to God and to man,
Þat oure defaute, seeþ alle, and kan.
Gode graunte vs þe soþe to sey,
And clene be shryuë ar we dey!
And clene be shryuë ar we dey!
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