A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men | Page 3

kepe. Wysdome / counsell / knowynge / pyte / vnderstandynge / strength / and drede of god.
? These folowynge be the .iiij. cardynall vertues
? Tempera?ce. Is a meane betwix to moche & to lytell / & it standeth in takynge suffycyently [that] nedeth & in refusyng [that] is to moche or to lytel vtterly
? Ryghtwysnes / is a paynge of a dute to eche th[yn]ge [that] it duly longeth vnto / as to god praysyng & th?kyng / to thy neyghbour loue & charyte / & to thyself besynes to fulfyl goddes wyl & his c?ma?dement[es]
? Prudence or Wysdome. Is a vertue [that] departeth good from euyll / & it standeth in chesynge good & refusynge euyll.
? Strength maketh ony myghty and hardy to do grete thynges for the loue of god & in suffrynge pacyently aduersyte / and mekely takynge prosperyte.
? These ben the .vij. sacrementes of holy cherche Baptysme / wedloke / the sacrament of [the] awter / c?firmac?n / ordre / pena?ce / & the last enoyntynge.
? Here folowen the .x. c?ma?dement[es] ? Worshyp no fals god. In whiche is forboden wytchecrafte / encha?tement[es] / mawmentry / redyng of dremes / & al mysbyleue & such other. ? Take not his name in vayn. In which is forboden all heresyes / forsweryng of all mysmenyng / vnworshyp of god / tak[yn]ge his name ? vayn & other. ? Halowe [the] holydays herynge deuoutly thy seruyce / kepyng [the] out of dedely s[yn]ne / & visyte [the] poore / & helpe to acorde them [that] ben at debate & suche other. ? Worshyp thy fa[der] & thy moder. God thy fa[der] holy chirche thy mo[der] / thy goostly fa[der]s / thy flesshly fader & mo[der] / & people of age / & prelates of holy chirche. ? Slee no man [with] hande smytynge / nor [with] thy mouth in bacbytyng with herte cursynge / ne wyll ony euyll or vengea?ce. ? Do no lechery. In this is forboden all spousebreche [with] bodely dede or goostly / & all wylfull poluc?ns or prouokynge to [the] same. ? Do no theeft. as ? stelyng / wronge getyng / trechery / oker / dysherytage of heyres.wronge amercymêt[es]. fals mesure wrong purchasyng ? Bere no fals wytnes / in this is forboden fals byenge / bacbytyng / fals accusyng and all such other. ? Desyre not thy neyghbours wyf. In this is not only forboden the dede doyng but also the desyre & wyll of herte. ? Desyre not thy neyghbours thynge / as house / londe / beest / seruaunt nor ony thynge that is his.
? These .vij. thynges folowynge sholde we haue euer in our mynde.
The synnes [that] we dayly do. The short tyme that we shall abyde here. The vncertayne of the daye of our deth. The vnstablenes & fraylte of vs. The strayte & ferefull Iugement of god. The bytter & vnspekable paynes ordeyned for synnes. The euerlastynge losse of eternall glorye.
? Here foloweth a short remêbra?ce for confessyon to al peple / & in especyal to al religious folke.
Seldom shalt [thou] fynde tyme in all the yere in whiche [thou] shalt not haue cause to shryue the of some of these folowynge / that is to wete of hasty or neclygence saynge [the] seruyce of god / or of lesynge of tyme / or els of vayne thought or of vndue reuerence to god or to our lady or his saynt or to [the] other [that] ben thy souerayns. Or in forgetynge god & his dayly benefayt. & not thankyng h[ym] for his creacion & his redempc?n. & [that] he gaf the [that] mynde to dyspose the better than other ben [with] suche other. And also not thankynge h[ym] for thy dayly sustenaunce / clothynge & helth of thy body & for remissyon of thy synnes / for thyn enheryta?ce of heuen [with] other Innumerable. Also remêbre thy wode wordes or noysom / or els fals Iugementes in thy mynde / or fals suspyc?n. Also of ony mouynge to wrath or to vayne heuynes or vayne gladnes. Also serche in thy mynde yf [thou] haue well spended [the] daye & nyght without synne / as yf [thou] haue prayed or rede to lytell with suche other. Also yf [thou] haue past thy bo?des in wordes or in etynge or drynkynge / slepynge or laughynge with suche other. Also remembre how [thou] haste kepte the maundementes of thy souerayne / chastyte / pouerte / sylence in places & houres accordynge as [thou] art called for to do. Also yf ony persone in worde sygne or dede [thou] haste offended & gyuen ony cause or occasyon of greua?ce. Remembre also yf [thou] hast ouerskypped in the seruyce of god ony wordes / verses / or ony Inclynacyons & suche