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308 aseariað ða twigu ðære hwurfulnesse, gif æresð se wyrtruma bið fo(r)corfen æt ðære heortan, ðæt (is) sio leohtmodnes. Ðy mon sceal fæsðne weal wyrcean, ðy mon ær gehawige ðæt se grund fæst sie, ðæt mon ðone grundweall onlecgge. Đy sceal eac bion ofersuiðed sio unfæsðrædnes & sio anbieldo ðara geðohta, ðy mon hine bewarige wið ða leohtmodnesse. Đære leohtmodnesse & ðære leasmodnesse sanctus Paulus hine ladode, ða he cuæð: Wene ge nu ðæt ic ænigre leohtmodnesse bruce, oððe ðætte ic ðence æfter woruldluste, oððe wene ge ðæt ægðer sie mid me ge gise ge nese? Suelce he openlice cuæde ðæt hine ne meahte nán scur ðære hwurfulnesse astyrigean, forðæm he ðære leohtmodnesse unðeawes nanwuht næfde.

XLIII. Đætte on oðre wisan sint to manianne ða ða hie selfe forgiefað gifernesse, on oððe wisan ða ðe doð forhæfdnesse.

On oðre wisan sint to manigenne ða gifran, on oðre ða ðe forhæfdnesse doð, forðæm ðæm ofergifrum wile fylgean ofersprecolnes &

inconstancy soon wither, if the root has been cut out in the heart, that is levity. A strong wall must be built in a place where the ground bas previously been ascertained to be firm, where the foundation is laid. Inconstancy and irresolutiou of the thoughts shall also be over- come by guarding against levity. Paul cleared bimself of the impu- tation of levity and inconstancy, when he said: “Do ye think that I employ any levity, or that I think according to worldly lusts, or do ye think that it is with me both yes and no?” As if he had openly said that no breeze of inconstancy could move him, because he had nothing of the vice of levity. XLIII. That those who give themselves up to gluttony are to be admonished in one way, in another those who practise abstinence. The greedy are to be admonished in one way, in another those who practise abstinence; because loquacity, levity, frivolity, and wanton-