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SERMO IN MARCUM VIII. 34.

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5    Qvi uult uenire post me. abneget semet ipsum & tollat
6crucem suam & sequatur me. wa is þan. Mon. þet wa is
7and me him mare bihat. and mei and wile hit him ileste. Ach
8him is wel þet is ilaðed from lutel weole to muchele. and him is
9ec muchele bet; þet is ilaðed from muchele wowe; to muchele
10wele. Alle we beoð in monifald wawe ine þisse wreche liue.
11hwat for ure eldere werkes. hwat for ure aȝene gultes. ach god
12almihtin us freureð mid his milde word and techeð us bi hwiche
13weie we maȝen to him cume and seið. Qui uult uenire post me
14et cetera. Hwa se wile cume efter me; for-sake him seolf. and
15bere his rode. and folege me. Þos word he seide et sumtime toȝeines
16þet he walde þis lif forleten. he munegede alle þa þet þo
17weren oðer seoþðen habbeð ikumen. oðer to kumene beoð to
18endeles blisse. ach heom þingð uuel to forleten þet heo muchel
19luueð. Alii quidem amant peccata sua. alii parentes. alii possessiones.
20alii uoluptatates & uicia. Summe men luuieð heore
21sunnen. summe heore kun. summe world wunne. summe; galiche
22lectres and luðere lastes þa þet luuieð heore sunne; he
23muneȝeð þus and seið. penitenciam agite appropinquabit enim
24regnum celorum. Cumeð to sunbote and forleteð eower sunne.
25for domes dei nehlechet þa þet luueð heore kun; he muneȝeð
26and seið. Omnis qui reliquerit patrem aut matrem. fratrem aut
27sororem. aut ceteros amicos propter nomen meum; centuplum. &
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29suster oðer broþer. oðer oðre freond. for mine nome; heo sculen
30underfon hundfalde mede. and lif buten ende. þet luueð world
31wunne; he muneȝeð and seið. Qui non renunciauerit omnibus
32que possidet non potest meus esse dicipulus. Ne mei na .Mon.
33me folȝen; bute he forlete al þet he iwald ach. Duobus modis
34renunciatur possesis desinendo habere & desinendo amare. On
35twa wise .Mon. mei forlete world winne. an is þet he hit do for
36him; þet he hit nabbe. an oðer is þet he telle swa lutel tale þer
37of; þet he hit nawicht ne luuie. hit nis nawicht sunne muchel;
38if .Mon. echte habbe. ach hit is muche sunne; if .Mon. echte
39luuieð. for he ne mei nawiht luuie god; and ec his ehte. þa þet
40luueð galiche lectres; he muneȝeð þus and seið. Qui uult uenire
41et cetera. hwa se wule cume efter me; forsake him solf. and bere
42his rode. and foleȝe me. Ach hit is uuel to understonden on
43hwulche wise .Mon. mei him solf forsake nimeð ȝeme þer to;
44and ic hit weo wile sugge bi godes leue. Duo sunt in homine.
45aliud per naturam conditum. aliud per culpam illatum. Twa
46þing beoð ine þe .Mon. þet an is þet brochte icunde. and þet faire
47icunde þet is igedered bi-twene saule and licame. þet oðer is þe
48fule on-kume þa þe douel haueð þeron ibroht. þerfore ne mei na
49 .Mon. to gode cume; bute he forlete þe fule on-cume þe ðe douel
50haued on him ibroht of sunne. and het halde þet faire ikunde.
51þet god haueð on him idon of saule and of likame. and wunie
52ine þet clenesse; þet he haueð et his fulluhte ifet. tres cruces
53sunt de quibus hic agitur. due corporis una mentis. þreo roden
54beoð þa ich umbe speche. twa licamliche; and an gastliche.
55Crux corporis est; quando corpus distensum menbratim punitur.
56þe likameliche rode is; hwenne þe likame þoleð pine ine þis
57liue ine rode and bið þer on to-spred; alse ure helende wes ine
58þe halie rode for ure gultes. þet nefde him solf nane. þa þe he
59hefde uppen his hefde þornene helm. and weren his side mid
60speres orde iopened. and his fet mid irnene neiles þurhstungen.
61ach .Mon. mei to gode cume þach his likame swiche pine ne þole.
62Ac he munegeð us an oðer rode to berene; þet is inemned.
63Carnis maceratio. fleises lensing .Mon. lenseð his fleis, hwenne
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65his sunne swingeð him mid smele twige. Et hec est scala peccatorum.
66and þis is alle sunfulle monne leddre þet heo sculen in to
67heouene stiȝen. Crux mentis est cordis contritio & proxumi compassio.
68þe gastliche rode is inemned; heorte sar for þe monnes
69aȝene sunne. and rowðe for his emcristenes wawe. horte sar
70haueð þe .Mon. hwenne him biþengþ þet he isuneged haueð. and þet
71sare bi-murneð and to scrifte kimet. and bi his prostes wissunge
72his sunne beteð. Reuþe for his emcristenes wawe haueð þe .Mon.
73þet isich his emcristene in sunne bi-falle. oðer mid sicnesse bi-gan.
74and ne mei buten helpe þer cume. If he ne mei mid worldliche
75echte his neode ibete; þet him sare roweþ. and his emcristenes
76wawe sare bi-murneð. eft sone hwenne .Mon. him bi-þencheð
77þet he haueð sunful ibeon. and to fele sunne idon. þenne wule
78his heorte ake alse his heued wolde; if he hefde þer uppon
79þornene helm. Eft sone hwenne þe .Mon. him biþenchþ þet he
80haueð on galiche dede to muche god iwreþed. and naueð inume
81ȝeme hweðer heo bi-wedded were þe nere; þet he hefde mid
82to donne; bute his fule lust were ikeled. þenne þe .Mon. him biþengþ
83þet he haueð to selde igan to chirche. and ilome mid his
84honde idon þet he don ne sculde; þenne wule his heorte ake alse
85his fet and his honde; if heo þurh irnene neile were þurh-stunge.
86and if we þus us solue willeliche pineð; þenne maȝe we beon
87godes lornigkinchtes. þenne we maȝe him folege. and mid him
88bileue. Biddeð ure drihten þet ȝe moten efter him kume and
89þene fule onkume for-lete þa þe douel haueð in ow ibroht of
90sunne and edhalde þet brihte ikunde; þet god haueð in ow
91ibroht of saule and of likame. and þe klennesse of ower fulluhte
92þet ȝe habbeð et þe fonstan underfonge. and þet ȝe moten þe rode
93bere. þe god ow to munegeð. and him folege and mid him
94bileue. Quod nobis prestare dignetur qui uiuit & cetera. Amen.