158. Wliatjoys are in heaven. 109 



decease they be put in pr}Son, that is to say in hell, 

 36 there to abyde his lyghtuousenes. And soo the yll men 



bye hell derer, than the o'ood menne bye heuen. And iiinienbny 



-' ' ° ^ hell dearer 



therfore it is better, to foro:oo a httel pleasure, or suffer ' than good 



^ men buy 



a lyttell payne in this worlde, than to suffer a moche beaven. 

 40 greatter and a lenger pajTie in an other worlde. Nowe 

 s}-the helle is derer than heuen, I aduyse the specyally 

 to bye heuen, wherin is euerlast}Tige ioye without ende. ^^^^°^, 



158. ^ What ioyes or pleasures are in heuen. 

 Saynt Austyn saythe, Ibi erunt qtuecunquQ ab homintbus Augustine. 

 desiderantur, vita et salus, copia glorie, honor, pax, et 

 omnia bona : That is to saye. There shall be euery thynge 

 4 that any man des)Teth, there is lyfe, helth, plenty of ioye, 

 honour, peace, and all maner of goodnes. What wolde a 

 man haue more ? And sarat Paule sayth, Occulus non vidit, \ Cor. u. 9- 

 nec auris audiuit, nee in cor hominis ascendii, qua preparuit deus 

 8 diligeniibus se : That is to say. The eye hath not seen, nor 

 the eares hath herde, nor the herte of a man hath thought 

 of so goodly thynges, that god hath orde}'ned for the}Tn [FoI. 73.] 

 that loue hym. O what a noble acte that were for an 

 1 2 husbande or houswyfe, to purchase suche a royall place in 

 heuen, to whiche is no compar}'Son. Than it is to 

 be knowen, what thynge pleaseth god most, that we myght 

 do it. 



159. ^ What thynges pleaseth god most. 

 By the texte of sayncte Paule, before sayd, loue pleaseth i Cor. ii. 9. 

 god aboue al thinge, and that maye be well proued by the 



sayinge of our lorde h)Tn-selfe, where he sa)"the : Da mihi Prov. miii. 



26. 

 4 cor tuum, et sufficit mihi ; G}-ue me thy harte, and that is 



sufi&ciente for me ; for he that hath a mannes harte, hath 



all his other goodes. What is this mans harte } it is 



nothyng elles, but very trewe loue. For there can be no 



^ Misprinied saka. 



