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The fyfueþ grace þat shryfte ȝyueþ.
Ȝyt þyr ys a feyrë ȝyfte
Þat vs purcháceþ þe grace of shryfte;
hyt makeþ vs lefe, þere we were loþe,
hyt peseþ God whan he ys wroþe.
wroþë shul we neuer hym make,
But hyt were for synnë sake;
Ȝyue þou þe shryue, and mercy cry,
God forȝyueþ all þy foly.
Þat vs purcháceþ þe grace of shryfte;
hyt makeþ vs lefe, þere we were loþe,
hyt peseþ God whan he ys wroþe.
wroþë shul we neuer hym make,
But hyt were for synnë sake;
Ȝyue þou þe shryue, and mercy cry,
God forȝyueþ all þy foly.
weyl oȝt we loue hym as lorde and syre,
Þat wyl so sone forȝyue hys yre;
Þarfore seyþ seynt Bernard,
Þat noun, to shryfte, be slogh ne hard.
Haue þou mekenes with répentaunce,
And hope yn shryfte gode áffyaunce,
How þou hast myȝt merueylusly
Ouer God, and hyse þat are hym by,
And ouercomest hym gracyously,
Þat noun may wynnë with maystry;
For allë þyng, for drede hym douteþ,
And to hys domë, alle þyng louteþ.
Þat wyl so sone forȝyue hys yre;
Þarfore seyþ seynt Bernard,
Þat noun, to shryfte, be slogh ne hard.
Haue þou mekenes with répentaunce,
And hope yn shryfte gode áffyaunce,
How þou hast myȝt merueylusly
Ouer God, and hyse þat are hym by,
And ouercomest hym gracyously,
Þat noun may wynnë with maystry;
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And to hys domë, alle þyng louteþ.
Shryfte, þou art of grete vertu,
And purchacest to vs grete pru;
For whan þou comst byfore þe kyng,
Forgyuënes ys þyn askyng;
And þat yche kyng loueþ þe so wel,
Þat he forȝyueþ þe euery deyl.
And purchacest to vs grete pru;
For whan þou comst byfore þe kyng,
Forgyuënes ys þyn askyng;
And þat yche kyng loueþ þe so wel,
Þat he forȝyueþ þe euery deyl.
Shryfte, þou art Goddes messangere;
Þou makyst synful, aungelys pere;
Þou purchasest vs, pes and gryþ;
So seyþ to vs þe prophete Dauyd:
whan he was yn synnë shent,
And dampnable yn Iugëment,
A wurde he seyde to þe prophete,
“Y haue synned; y wyl of lete.”
Natan þe prophete forȝaue hys synne
whan he seyd þat he wulde blynne.
Þe glose here-on seyþ redyly,
‘he þat shryueþ hym parfytely,
Asswyþë, for þat shryfte,
He haþ forȝyuenes, of Goddys ȝyfte.’
Þou makyst synful, aungelys pere;
Þou purchasest vs, pes and gryþ;
So seyþ to vs þe prophete Dauyd:
whan he was yn synnë shent,
And dampnable yn Iugëment,
A wurde he seyde to þe prophete,
“Y haue synned; y wyl of lete.”
Natan þe prophete forȝaue hys synne
whan he seyd þat he wulde blynne.
Þe glose here-on seyþ redyly,
‘he þat shryueþ hym parfytely,
Asswyþë, for þat shryfte,
He haþ forȝyuenes, of Goddys ȝyfte.’
He þat þenkeþ for to be shryue,
And hope hyt ys to be forȝyue,
Ȝyf hyt so be þat he with-drawe
Hys mys-dede, for Goddys awe,
Þan may y, ful weyl proue
Þat þe prophete Dauyd seyde aboue:
Þus he seyd yn hys lyue,
“Y haue þoȝtë me to shryue,
And God forȝauë me, as sone,
Alle þe synnes þat y haue done.”
Yn þe byble men fynde þese þynges,
Yn a boke þat ys of kynges.
And hope hyt ys to be forȝyue,
Ȝyf hyt so be þat he with-drawe
Hys mys-dede, for Goddys awe,
Þan may y, ful weyl proue
Þat þe prophete Dauyd seyde aboue:
Þus he seyd yn hys lyue,
“Y haue þoȝtë me to shryue,
And God forȝauë me, as sone,
Alle þe synnes þat y haue done.”
Yn þe byble men fynde þese þynges,
Yn a boke þat ys of kynges.
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