A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men | Page 8

et cristina Nos seru?do n?c diuina Gens celo[rum] iubila
[*V*]. Letamini in [domino].
[*R*]. Et gloriamini.
Oratio.
Concede quesum[us] omnipotentes deus. vt intercessio sancte dei genitricis marie sancta[rum]q[ue] omnium celestium virtutum. et beatorum patriarcharum. [pro]phetarum. apostolorum. euangelista[rum]. martirum. confessorum. atq[ue] virginum. et omni? electorum tuorum nos vbiq[ue] letificet. vt dum eo[rum] merita recolim[us] patrocinia senciamus. Per eund�� [christum] [dominum] nostr?. Amen.
? Here folowen the seuen degrees of humylyte.
? Caste thy syght downwarde / and shewe mekenesse / bothe in thy herte and body.
? Beware of hyghe speche & clamorous / and see that thy wordes be fewe well sette & resonable. Be not lyght for to laugh / but vse euer sadnesse.
? Be stylle & kepe sylence / tyll nede requyre that answere must be hadde. Kepe well the comyn rule as the holy place hath vsed.
? Thynke the moost vylest of all other / & so prono?ce thyself. Knowlege the vnworthy & not profytable to ony thynge / & to byleue in dede.
? Make ofte confessyon of thy synnes / and that with greate contrycyon. Kepe pacyence in thy obedyence at all thy paynes & trouble.
? To all people be thou subgette for thy maysters sake / thyn owne wyll forsake it / and loue it in no wyse.
? And euer kepe the from synne / for fere of hym aboue. Amen.
? Here folowen the seuen degrees of obedyence.
? The fyrste is to do that is c?ma?ded of thy souereyne without grutchynge.
? The seconde is to make none excepcyon / neyther of the tyme / neyther of the dede that is to be done.
? The thyrde is to be gladde & cherefull in thy herte to do suche dedes c?ma?ded without ony c?pulcyon / settynge a side all beestly condycyons.
? The fourth is to be quycke in suche dede doynge & leuynge all other occupacyons for that tyme or ony maner of excuse.
? The fyfthe is to do suche thynges with all thy myght and power / thynkynge that thy rewarde shall be grete.
? The sixte is to do them also with al mekenesse bothe in spyryte and gesture.
? The seuenth is to contynuye suche obedyence for the ende of thy lyf / euer folowynge thy mayster Ihesu cryste / that was moost obedyent for thy synne vnto deth Amen.
? The seuen degrees of pacyence thou mayst beholde here.
? To euyll done to the or aduersyte / make no resystence. ? Do no euyll for euyll / ne gyue an euyl answere. ? Loue thyn enmye / & do good for euyl to hym in recompence. ? Grutche not ayenst aduersyte / but take it as swete as encence. ? Acc?pt it for best medycyne / and be gladde in thy payne. ? Thanke god therfore / & loke for more with all benyuolence. ? And whan thou hast no grutchynge in these / thenne meyst thou be fayne.
? The .xv. degrees of charyte.
? These make parfyte charyte after Poules epystle. ? Be pacyente contynuelly for ony aduersyte. ? Lyberall to the nedy / & do good for euyll. ? Of other m��nes welfare. enuye not ne be heuy ? Lette not by thy crokednesse good werkes to multeplye. ? Swelle not inwarde by malyce yf thy nyghbour prospere. ? Loue to be in lowe degree / & loth to be hye. ? To labour for other as thyself do thy vtter deuour. ? Be not moued for ony cause to v��gea?ce or to yre. ? Thynke none euyll to another for ony prouocacyon. ? Ioye thou not in wyckednesse but sorowe [thou] rather. ? Be gladde in trought & ryghtwysnesse & hate dyssymulacyon. ? For suche ryght bere aduersyte or ony trybulac?n. ? To [that] the chirche techeth the put ful credulyte. ? That god hath promysed trust it well without defalcatyon. ? In hope abydynge his rewarde and euerlastynge glorye. Amen.
? A lytell Instrucc?n for them that shall entre in to religyon / drawen out of the longe rule of sa[yn]t Iherom that he wrote to saynt Eustochi? &c.
Loue god aboue all thynge / & thy neyghbour as thyself. In these two is fulfylled all [the] lawe & c?ma?dementes of god & parfyte charyte [with]out whiche can noman or woman be relygyous & come to heuen / & the whiche had among them they make theyr place or monastery a paradyse in erthe & themself professed therin angelles full pleasa?t vnto god. Wherfor amonge [the] spouses of god ben one wyll / one comfort / one heuynes Remembrynge [that] he is prynce of peas & charyte. in whom they shalbe wedded vnto. Forsake [the] desyre of t��porall goodes / for better it is to be ryche with other in the worlde than to be poore in a monasterye & to haue a desyre to haue god. Blessyd be they sayth our