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DOMINICA I IN XLA.

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5    Preocupemus faciem domini. et in psalmis iubilemus ei. þe
6holie prophete dauid minegeð us on þe sealmboc to beregen
7us þe wile þe we mugen. wið þe eiseliche shame. and mid te
8bitere grame þat alle synfulle men shule þolen on domes dai.
9þat ne haue noht here sinnes forleten. and bet; er þan al
10mankin. þe was. and wurh. and nu is; cumen to one mote. and
11ure louerd ihesu crist cumeð of heuene to hem. and shodeð þe
12gode fro þe iuele. Et statuet oues a dextris; hedos autem a
13sinistris. and shodeð þe rihtwise an his rihthalue and wurðeð
14hem. and hereð. for hie hauen him er wel quemed. and giueð
15hem to medes eche lif. and blisse. and heuene mid him seluen;
16and seið. Uenite benedicti patris et cetera. cumeð ge blescede.
17and underfoð þat riche þat giu is igarked fro þe biginnigge of þe
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19hem þat hie bi here lif dages ne wolden him quemen. and here
20agene synnes. on dede. and on speche. unhileð hem seluen. and
21shameliche hem bigredeð. and fule shendeð. biforen al heueneware.
22and eorðeware. and helle ware. and þenne sendeð ure
23louerd ihesu crist hem mid saule. and mid lichame into helle. to
24wuniende on eche wowe. ðe ðeðen forð shal wexen alse he seide.
25Ite maledicti. et cetera. witeð ge aweregede gostes in þat eche
26fur þat is garked to deuules and here fereden to wuniende eure.
27and o abuten ende. þus here agene sinnes hem shendeð. and
28hie ben of-gramede wið hem selfen. for þat hie nedden here
29synnes er bet. and wið þis michele shame boregen þe wile here
30bot dai laste. Ure bot dai is nu. and lasteð þe wile þe god
31wile. bete we gerne. and ben afterward þe edinesse þe þe
32salm boc of specð þus queðende. Beati quorum remisse. et
33cetera. Edie ben alle þo; þe here giltes ben atleten. and
34helid here sinnes. þat ben þo þe hem rihtlecheð. alse þe prophete
35dauid hem lerde. Preocupemus f. d. in. con. þenche we ure
36giltes er þe dom cume. and forleten ure synnes. and bimurnen
37hem sore. and shewen hem at shrifte. and beten hem swo þe
38prest us wisseð. and beten swo mid bote al þat we er breken.
39þat god ne finde þanne on us no gilt unpined. þanne ne þarf us
40noðer gramien. ne shamien. To forleten ure sinne us minegeð
41þe holie prophete ieremie. ðus queðinde. Derelinquat impius
42uiam suam et cetera. Forlete þe iuele man his wei. and þe unrihtwise
43his fele unnette speche. and turne to gode. Iuel is þat
44ne wile his agene saule helpen. and we ben mest alle. and ure
45wei þe we shule leten. is ure liflode þe we shule rihtleche.
46Unrihtwise we ben þanne we ne don ure helendes wille. þe lesde
47us of deaðe. and gifð us al þat we bi ben. and eche lif bihoteð.
48and wile lesten alle þo þe him heren. and gif we don ure wille
49þe us teoð eure to herme. and here iuel don and werse þenchen
50to don; þat is unriht. þe holie man iob þe non ne was his
51efning on eorðe. he us giueð fair forbisne to bireusen ure saule
52sor. þat is ure sinnes. þer he seið. Dimitte me domine u. p. p.
53d. m. a. þole me louerd alitelwan þat ich bimurne mi sor; er
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55stede. Qvacunque hora homo ingemiscit peccata sua remittuntur
56ei. alse wat swo þe man his sinne sore bimurneð ure drihten
57leðeð þe sinne bendes. and blisseð swo þe soule alse þe boc seið.
58Secundum multitudinem dolorum m. in. c. m. et cetera. alse fele
59sorinesses swo ich haue on min herte; for mine sinnes; mid
60alse fele frefringe þu hauest blissed min soule. and þanne we
61hauen ure sinnes forleten. and þus bimurnen us bihoueð þat we
62don; alse þe holie prophete us minegeð þus queþinde. Confitemini
63domino quoniam bonus ; kneoweð ure louerd for þat he is wel
64god. and swo mild heorted. and sein iacob seið on his pistle.
65Confitemini alterutrum peccata uestra et cetera. sheweð giwer
66sinnes on oðer stede. and awich oðer stede age we hem to
67shewen. vre drihten us seið on þe godspelle. þe sein lucas makede.
68þer þe .x. liððroweres clepeden biforen ure drihten. and seiden.
69Iesu preceptor miserere nostri. þu helend þe mid þine wordes
70helest. alle þo þe wilt. haue milce of us. Et dixit eis. Ite et
71ostendite uos sacerdotibus and he andswerede hem alse he doð us
72nu. goð and sheweð giu giuwer prest. prestes we shewed us þanne
73seien hem ure ateliche sinnes þe we hauen don. and queðen. and
74þoht mid lestinde fule þonke and þanne we bien toward him. gif
75we hauen on ure þoht to shewen him ure sinnes. and forleten. and
76beten. we ben clensed of ure sinnes. gif we riht lesten þat we þere
77bihoten þere we shule tellen. alle ure gultes þat we ne hauen noht
78bet. and noht mid faire worde hihten. þo ateliche sinnes. and no
79þing seien þere þat les beo. and no þing of þe soðe forlete. ac shewen
80þere openliche wich he is. and gif hit was don on untime. oðer on
81unluuede stede. oðer mid unluued lete. oðer on unluued wise.
82oðer gif it was erfeð to forðen. and smeihliche bicharede. and
83gif we sheweð þus ure sinnes. þenne muge we fulliche ben
84shrifene. ac fewe ben þat þus shewen heore sinnes. and þat is
85long on felefelde iuele lastes. and iuele þeawes. Decem sunt que
86impediunt confessionem. scilicet hec. Obliuio. Ignorancia.
87Neggligencia. Verecundia. Timor. Diffidencia. Delicacia. Fiducia.
88Pertinacia. Desperacio. Ten þing ben þe letten men of here
89scrifte. Noht alle on. ac sum on. and sum oðer. þat ben þese and
90haten þus. forgetelnesse. nutelnesse. recheles. shamfestnesse. drede.

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91Ortrowe. Trewþeleas. Softgerne Trust. wilfulnesse. Misleue. þe
92man þe naueþ. luue ne eie to gode. he þencheð selde oðer naure
93of heuene wele; þe forgult mid his sunnes. and helle wowe. þe
94he erneð mid his sunnes. and for þat gult he solde his sunnes at
95srifte sheawen. and for þi cumeð uppen him þat unlimp þe þe
96prophete wisste on se salmboke þus queðende. Adhereat lingua
97mea faucibus meis. et cetera. Cleued be mi tunge to mine
98cheken gif ich forgete þe ierusalem. þanne man forgiet þat he
99seien sholde. þanne beð his tunge alse hit cleued were. Nutelnesse
100leteð þe mannes shrifte þe ne wot neure hwanne he sinegeð.
101and swiche ben alle þo þe ne wilen listen lorspel. and þeron lernen
102wiche ben sinnen. and beregen hem. and þat bilimpeð to godcunnesse.
103and folegen þat. and þeroffe seið þe boc. Nvllus uitare
104laborat quod ignorat. no man ne fleð þing bute he wite. oðer
105wene þat it him deren wille. Recheleste letteð þe mannes shrifte.
106þe þurh his misleue herbergeð þe fule gost on his heorte. þe him
107techeð to folgen his fule lustes. and no wuerse of scrifte. and
108of hem þe holie boc specð and seið. Peccator cum uenerit in
109profundum contempnit. þanne þe sinfulle man beoð bifallen on
110depe sinne. ne recheð no þing of scrifte. Shamfestnesse letteð
111þe mannes shrifte. þe ne wile his sinne seien þe preste. þe he ofte
112sinegeð. for him sholde shamen of him. and ne understant noht
113þat þe shame þe þe man haueð of his sinne. þanne he hem prest
114sheweð; hit is þe biginnigge of fremfulle sinbote. and þat wiste
115wel þe prophete þe þus queð. Tota die uerecundia mea contra
116me est; et cetera min shamfestnesse is to-genes me. and ouerheleð
117min bend ofte. Drede letteð þe mannes shrifte. þe ne dar
118his sinnes seien þe prest. leste hit uttere cume þat hie tweien
119witen. and swiche men blameð þe prophete on þe sealm boc þer
120he seið. Illic trepidauerunt timore u. n. e. t. þer hem stod
121eie; þer hem ne sholde. þat is of idele þing. and þer non; þer
122hem sholde michel eie stonde. þat is of gode. Ortrowe of agene
123mihte letteð þe mannes shrifte. þe þincheð þat he ne mihte his
124sinne forlete. þeh he hem seide at shrifte. and forhete hem. Sed
125hii sunt filii diffidencie de quibus dicit scriptura. Venit ira dei
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127cleped ortrowe for þat hie sinege swo michel. þat hie wenden to
128hauen forloren milce. and godes wraððe cumeð ofte uppe þo; þe
129þat wenen. softgerne and ednesse letteð þe mannes shrifte. þe þincheð
130þat he ne mai þolen hunger. ne þirst ne oþer pine to betende
131his sinnes. vnde scriptura dicit. Delicati se nutriunt ad incendia
132gehenne. þe softgerne fedeð hem seluen helle fur to honde. and
133to fote. Trist to longe lif. letteð þe mannes shrifte. þe seið to
134him seluen on his heorte. Ich nam noht giet sad of mine sinnes.
135and forþi; ne mai ich hie noht forlete. ac oðer ich mai ben sed
136þeroff and þanne ich wille hem forleten. and nime shrift. and
137beten hem. ac þe holie boc blameð þese men þus queðende.
138Deus promittit ueniam penitenti sed non crastinum diem penitencie
139differenti. god bihet milce þo þe here sinnes forleten and
140beten. ac he ne bihet noht þe lif til amoregen; þo þe lið on sinne
141ac seið. Qva hora non putatis mors ueniet ; Þanne þu lest
142wenst deað cumeð to fecchende þe. Willfulnesse letteð þe
143mannes shrift. þat þincheð uuel þat man him wile neden his
144sinnes to forleten. and fro þe deuel to gode turnen. and of hem
145seið þe holie boc. Pertinaces in malo eliminat ecclesia. holie
146chirche deleð fro cristendom. þo þe wilfulle ben here sinnes to
147luuen. and loðe to forleten. Ortrowe of godes milce. letteð þe
148mannes shrift. þe haueð michel sineged. and nele lete. ne bete.
149ne milce bidde. for þat he weneð þat god ne wile swo michel
150sinne forgiue; for none bote þat he forðe muge. and of þis seið
151þe holie boc. Qvi desperat iam iudicatus est. þe man þe ortroweð
152godes mildhertnesse. he is idemd to eche wowe on helle. þerwið
153us wite ure louerd ihesu crist gif his wille beo. and berege us wið
154alle iuele customes. and giue us mihte ure sinnes to forleten. and
155prest shewen. and wise us. and filste hem to beten. swo þat us
156beo biheue; and him to queme. Qui viuit et Regnat deus per
157omnia. ...