A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men | Page 2

daye erly or late / or els at lest on holy dayes examyne his conscyence & remêbre yf he may [with] al his herte vnfayn[yn]gly say these thre treuthes / & yf he do he may be sure [that] he is in [the] state of grace. And yf he may not. but is in wyll to synne ayen & to haue his delectacion [with] dede / & wyll not flee the occasyons of mortall synnes & so drowned wyl not aryse. as vsurers. fals marcha?ts or [that] desyren vengea?ce [with] suche other suche may be certayne [that] the pope may not assoyle them Not for thy holsom co?sell is [that] suche praye & gyue almesse & do other good dedes after theyr power [that] god the father may lyghten theyr hertes. & the sooner torne them to goodnes. Amen.
? This Pater noster / taught our lorde his dyscyples / and all people by his gospell.
Fader our that art in heuens / halowed be thy name. Thy kyngdom come to [the]. Thy wyll be do as in heuen so in erthe. Our eche dayly brede gyue vs to daye. And forgyue vs our dettes ryght as we forgyue to our dettours. And lede vs not in to temptacyon. But delyuer vs from euyll Amen / that is to saye. So be it.
? This is the Aue maria / that Gabryell sayd salutynge our blessyd lady / & it is the gospell.
Heyll Mary full of grace / the lorde is with the / blessyd be thou amonge wymen / & blessyd be the fruyte of thy wombe Ihesus. Amen.
? These ben the artycles of our Crede / and oure byleue / that who is baptysed and trusteth in hem shall be saued.
I byleue in god fa[der] almyghty shaper of heuen & erthe. And in Ihesu cryste his oonly sone our lorde / the whiche is conceyued of the holy goost / borne of Mary the mayde / suffred payne & passyon vn[der] Ponce Pylate. Crucefyed / deed / & buryed / he lyghted downe to helles. The .iij. daye he arose fr? deth to lyue. He flyed vp in to heuens. He sytteth at the ryght syde of god the fa[der] almyghty From thens he is to come to deme both quycke & deed. I trowe in [the] holy goost / holy chirche vnyuersall / comunynge of sayntes / forgyuenes of synnes ayen rysynge of flesshe / & euerlastynge lyf. Amen.
Hope is truste by the mercy of god to be saued. And it standeth in the grace of our lorde & our good werkes. ? Charyte is the ende & the perfeccion of all the c?ma?dementes of god / and it standeth in the loue of god aboue all thynges / & thy neyghbour as thy self
? These ben the seuen vertues ayenst the seuen vyces.
? Mekenes ayenst pryde.
? As in boostynge / despysynge / scornynge / hyghe herte / fayrnes / connynge / strengthe / vertue / pryde of kynne / vayne glory / dispyte of other / ypocresy.
? Pacyence ayenst Wrathe.
? As fyghtynge / chydynge / hurtyng / betyng / warryeng / cursynge / grutchynge / desyre of vengea?ce cruelnes &c.
? Charyte ayenst Enuye.
? As gladde of an other euyll fare / & to be heuy & sory of theyr welfare / bacbytynge / sowynge of dyscorde / scornynge / and suche other.
? Largenes ayenst Couetyse & Auaryce.
? In wynnynge / in byenge / in sellynge / in met[yn]ge / in waynge / gyle / trechery / sacrylege / symony / vsury / theeft / receyu[yn]ge of stolen goodes / wronge withholdynge of ony dute to the the chirche &c.
? Good occupacyon ayenst Slouth.
? As ydelnes / delyte in slepe / neclygent to c?ne [the] lawes of god / vnlusty to [the] seruyce of god / myspendynge of tyme / dyspayre / wanhope & suche other.
? Abstynence ayenst Glotony.
? As in moche etynge & drynkynge / brekynge of faste / desyrynge of delycate metes & drynkes &c.
? These ben the fyue goostly wyttes. Mynde / reason / wyll / ymagynacyon / vnderstandynge.
? These ben the fyue bodely wyttes. Herynge seynge / smellynge / tastynge / and touchynge.
? Chastyte ayenst Lechery.
? As in thought / wyll / werke / in syght / in felyng in [pro]uokyng / or synne ayenst kynde [with] many other ? The .vij. goostly dedes of mercy. Teche / co?sel chastyte / comforte / forgyue / suffre / & praye for thy enemyes. ? The .vij. bodely dedes of mercy. Fede the hongry / gyue drynke to the thursty / clothe the naked / herborowe the herbourles / comforte the seke / vysyte prysoners / burye the deed.
? These folowynge ben the .vij. gyftes of the holy goost / that euery man sholde desyre to haue and