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165. How a man should pray. 



Matt. vi. 5. 



lyfte vppe whan he is in a pryuye place, and separate 

 frome multytude of people. An other cause is to auoyde 

 vaynglory that myghte lyghtely ensue or ryse thervppon, 



16 whan it is doone openly ; and therof speketh our 

 sauyour, where he sayth, Cum oralis, non eritis sicut 

 hypocriicR, qui amant in sinagogis et in angulis platearum 

 stantes orare. That is to saye, whan ye praye, be not 



20 you as the hypocrytes, the whiche loue to stande in 

 theyr synagoges and corners of hyghe-wayes to praye. 

 Also some folkes pray with the lyppes or mouthe, and 

 not with the herte, of whome spekethe our lorde by his 

 isa.xxix. 13. 24. prophete, Hij lahiis me honorant, cor autem eorum longe 

 est a me ; They honour me with theyr mouthe, and 

 theyr hertes be ferre from me. And sayncte Gregory 

 say the. Quid prodest sirepitus labiorum vbi mutum est cor? 



28 What profyteth the labour of the mouthe, where the 

 herte is dombe ? And Isodore saythe, Longe quippe a 

 deo est animus, qui in oratione cogitationibus sceculi fuerit 

 occupatus. His soule is far from god, that in his prayer 



32 his mynde is occupied in warkes of the worlde. There 

 be other that pray both with the mouth and hart, of 

 whom speketh sayncte lohan .x. Veri adoratores, adorabunt 

 patrem in spiritu et veritate. The true prayers wylle 



36 worshyp the father of heauen in spirite and with trouthe. 

 Isodorus saythe. Tunc veraciter oramus, quando aliunde 

 non cogitamus. Than we praye truely, whan we thynke 

 on nothynge elles. Richardus de Hampole. Ille deuote 



40 orat, qui non habet cor vacabundum in terrenis occupationibus, 

 sed sublatum ad deum in ccelestibus. He prayeth deuoutly, 

 that hath not his harte wauerynge in worldelye occupa- 

 tions, but alwaye subleuate and lyfte vppe to god in 



44 heuen. There be other that praye with the harte. \nde 

 Mat. vi. Tu autem cum oraueris, intra [in'] cubiculum iuum 

 .i. in loco secreto, et clauso hostio, ora patrem tuum. Whan 

 thou shalte praye, entre into thy chambre or oratory. 



Gregory. 



Isidore. 



[Fol. 82.] 

 John iv. 24 



Isidore. 



Richard of 

 Hampole. 



Matt. vi. 6. 



