And kepe hem fro dedli synne.
For wel is hem þt wiþ preching
Mai tele [i.e. allure] soulis to heuene king."
2. Nor was the author of these sermons less severe in rebuking the faults of the layman. The following is a specimen of his plain-spoken fervour:—
"But crist of þt man seyth wites [i.e. reproaches]
Þat in sarmoun not delytes.
For many folis heren a sarmoun
Wiþ outen ony deuocioun;
Þt is in Englisch loue-longing,
Þt auhte of mannes herte spring