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Hatton MS.] we ðone biteran wille æt ðæm æsprynge forwyrceað & adrygað, forðæm ðære anwilnesse æwilm is ofermetta, & of ðære leohtmodnesse cymð sio twiefealdnes & sio unbieldo. Đa anstræcan ðonne sint to monianne ðæt hie ongieten ða upahæfenesse hiora modes, & geornlice tiligen ðæt hie hie selfe oferwinnen, ðylæs ðonne hie oferhyggað ðæt hie sien oferreahte utane mid oðerra manna ryhtum spellum & larum, hie ðonne sien innan gehæfte mid ofermetum. Eac hie sint to manianne ðæt hie geðencen ðætte Crist, ðe simle anes willan wæs & God Fæder, us salde bisne ur[ne] willan to brecanne, ða he cuæð: Ne sece ic no minne willan, ac mines Fæder, ðe me hider sende. & eac he gehett ðæt he sua don wolde, ðonne he eft come on ðæm ytemestan dæge, forðæmðe he wolde ðæt we nu ðe bétt underfengen ðone cræft ðære lare. Đæt he cyðde, ða he cuæð: Ne mæg ic nane wuht don mines agnes ðone, ac sua ic deme sua ic minne Fæder gehiere. Ac hwy sceal ænigum menn ðonne ðyncean to orgellic ðæt he onbuge to oðres monnes willan, ðonne Godes agen sunu, ðonne [he] cymð mid his mægentrymme to demanne, & his waldor to ætiewanne, he cyðde ðæt he no ðonne of him selfum ne demde, ac of ðæm te hine sent! Ongean ðæt sint to manianne ða unbealdan & ða unfæsðrædan ðæt hie hera mod mid stillnesse & gestæððignesse gestrongien. Sona

it is to be known that we can most easily reform them with reproof, if we stop the bitter spring at the source, and dry it up; for the source of obstinacy is pride, and from irresolution arise doubt and inconstancy. The resolute are to be admonished to know the pride of their minds, and zealously to strive to conquer themselves, lest, when they scorn to be outwardly convinced by the good arguments and advice of others, they be internally bound by pride. They are also to be admonished to consider how Christ, who was always of the same will with God the Father, gave us an example of overcoming our will, when he said: "I seek not my will, but tbat of my Father who sent me hither.” And also he promised to do so, when he should return at the last day, wishing us now the better to receive the virtue of instruction. He showed it, when he said : “I cannot do anything of myself, but I judge as I hear my Father.” Why, then, shall any man think it too ignominious to yield to another's will, when God's own Son, when he comes in his majesty to judge, and display bis glory, said that he would not judge of himself, but of him who sends him? The irresolute and infirin of purpose, on the other hand, are to be admonished to strengthen their minds with calmness and constancy. The twigs of 20-2