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cuident avanchier leur gaing. Ainsi ne yront ilz
ja dieu prier jusques ad che quilz ne cuideront pour
le jour plus riens conquester des avoirs mondains
mais ilz gaignent lors moins car ilz servent dieu
en vain. et dieu tel loyer leur rendera et leur ven
drea moult chier de che quilz le laissent a servir
Car il poeut plus rendre de merite en ung seul
jour quilz ne pourroient acquerir en mil ans
Telz gens sont et folz et mal advisez quant de neant
cuident servir celui qui tout scet et voit et qui con
goist leur pensees. Ancores les aulcuns quant ilz
vont a leglise che nest pas en intention de prier
dieu tant comme ilz font pour acquerir le loz du
monde. Et prient plus pour leurs richesses que dieu
les veulle garder et multiplier quilz ne font pour
les ames qui espoir en sont peries. Si est grant mer
veille de telz manieres de gens qui bien pensent
en leurs coeurs et sceuent que cest mal quilz font
ne ja pour tant ne sen faindront en riens dont trop
pau se poevent prisier quant a si tres foible chose
comme est le dyable denfer dont tous maulx sour

think to increase their profits, then they will not go
to pray to God until the day when they think they will not
conquer any more worldly goods, but they gain less for
they serve God in vain. And God will give them such
a recompense that it will cost them much more than what
they left Him to serve. For he can give more merit in
a single day than they can acquire in a thousand years.
Such people are both foolish and ill-advised when they
think to serve Him with nothing, Him who knows and sees
all and who knows their thoughts. [And so it is also with] those
who go to church without the intention of praying to
God but rather doing so to get the praise of the world.
They pray more that God should guard and multiply
their wealth than they do for their souls, which may
well perish. It is wondrous to see such people,
who think and know well enough in their hearts
that what they do is wrong, yet they will not
change their ways at all. From this they are little
able to assess what a weak thing the devil in hell is, from whom all ills

cuident avanchier leur gaing. Ainsi ne yront ilz
ja dieu prier jusques ad che quilz ne cuideront pour
le jour plus riens conquester des avoirs mondains
mais ilz gaignent lors moins car ilz servent dieu
en vain. et dieu tel loyer leur rendera et leur ven
drea moult chier de che quilz le laissent a servir
Car il poeut plus rendre de merite en ung seul
jour quilz ne pourroient acquerir en mil ans
Telz gens sont et folz et mal advisez quant de neant
cuident servir celui qui tout scet et voit et qui con
goist leur pensees. Ancores les aulcuns quant ilz
vont a leglise che nest pas en intention de prier
dieu tant comme ilz font pour acquerir le loz du
monde. Et prient plus pour leurs richesses que dieu
les veulle garder et multiplier quilz ne font pour
les ames qui espoir en sont peries. Si est grant mer
veille de telz manieres de gens qui bien pensent
en leurs coeurs et sceuent que cest mal quilz font
ne ja pour tant ne sen faindront en riens dont trop
pau se poevent prisier quant a si tres foible chose
comme est le dyable denfer dont tous maulx sour

think to increase their profits, then they will not go
to pray to God until the day when they thing they will not
conquer any more worldly goods, but they gain less for
they serve God in vain. And God will give them such
a recompense that will cost them much more than what
they left Him to serve. For he can give more merit in
a single day than they can acquire in a thousand years.
Such people are both foolish and ill-advised when they
think to serve Him with nothing, Him who knows and sees
all and who knows their thoughts. [And so it is also with] those
who go to church without the intention of praying to
God but rather doing so to get the praise of the world.
They pray more that God should guard and multiply
their wealth than they do for their souls, which may
well perish. It is wondrous to see such people,
who think and know well enough in their hearts
know that what they do is wrong, yet they will not
change their ways at all. From this they are little
able to assess what a weak thing the devil in hell is, from whom all ills