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170. TJie second kind of alms. 



2 Cor. ix. 7. 

 [Fol. 86*.] 



Isidore. 



Ecclus. 

 xxxiv. 24. 



gyue a farthynge, gyue lesse, or gyue fayre wordes, or 

 good information, ensaumple, and token : and god shall 

 rewarde the bothe for thy dede and for thy good wyll. And 



28 that thou dooste, do it with a good wyll. For saynte 

 Paule saythe, Hilarem datorem diligit deus. God loueth 

 a glad gyuer, and that if it be of true begotten goodes. 

 For Salomon saythe, De tuis iustis laboribus ministra 



32 pauperibus. Of thy trewe labours mynystre and gyue to 

 the poore folkes. For Isodorus saythe, Qui iniuste tollit, 

 iuste nunquam tribuit. He that taketh wrongfully, can- 

 not gyue trewelye. For it is wrytten Ecclesiastici xxxv. 



36 Qui de rapinis, aut vsuris,a ut de fur to immolat : ^[^]/ quasi 

 qui coram patre victimat filium. He that offereth of the 

 goodes, that he getteth by extortyon, vsurye, or thefte, 

 he is lyke as a man slewe the sonne in the presence of 



40 the father. Thou mayste ryghte well knowe, the father 

 wolde not be well contente. Noo more wolde god be 

 pleased with the gyfte of suche begotten goodes. 



170. \ The seconde maner of almes. 



Dimittere eis, a quibus lesus fueris. To forgyue theym 



that haue trespaced to the, wherin thou shalte please 



god moche. For it is in the gospell of sayncte Marke 



Mark, xi.6. 4 .xii. Si non dimiseritis aliis, nee pater vester celestis dimittet 



vohis peccata vestra. If you forgyue not, your father of 



[Fol. 87.] heuen wyll not forgyue you your synnes. Also if thou 



doo not forgyue other, thou shalte be founde a Iyer, as 



8 ofte as thou sayeste thy Pater noster, where thou sayste : 



Matt, vi, 12. _£'/ dimitte nobis debita nostra, sicut et nos dimittimus debitori- 



lus nostris. And forgyue to vs our dettes, as we forgyue 



to our detters. By these dettes maye be vnderstande the 



12 thynges that we oughte to do to god, and doo not them. 



And also the trespaces and the synne that we haue 



oifended to god, in that we aske mercye of. And if 



