Here after ensueth a proper treatise of good worksHere after ensueth a propre treatyse of good workes

¶The six commandment thou shalt be no Lecher.

¶The syxe cōmaundement thou shalte be no Lecher.

Also in this commandment is a work commanded containing many good works, and putting away many vices / and it is called cleanness or chastity / of the which many things be written, showed and known well to many. But it is not so well observed and kept as be other works not commanded. So ready we be all to do that that is not commanded / & to leave that, ehat is commanded. We see that the world is full of filthy works of uncleanness, unshame fast words, bawdy tales and songs. And besides these, the provoking is daily increased with to much meat and drink / idleness, and gorgeous apparel. And yet we go forth still, as ⟨image 141⟩though we were christen men, because we go to the church / whip up our prayers, fast and keep holy days, whereby we think all perfect. But & if there were no more works commanded but chastity / we had all busyness enough to do. For this byce is so perilous and outrageous, that it rageth in all our members / in the heart by thoughts, in the eyes by sight, in the ears by hearing, in the mouth by words, in the hands, feet, and all the body, by work it self. And to tame all these we must labour and punish our self / so the commandments of god teach us. How much how truly, how sincerely such good works ben exercised god knoweth. Yea it is unpossible for us to think any good thing of our ⟨image 141⟩own power / I will not say to begin or finish it. For saint Augustine sayeth / that amongst all christen mens battles / the battle of chastity is the greattest, because it is daily without ceasing or leaving of / & because that chastity seldom overcometh. All saints have complained upon this / and all holy men have bewailed it / as saint Paul to the Romans the .7. chap. For I know that there dwelleth not in me, that is in my flesh any goodness.

ALso in this commaundement is a worke commaunded contaynynge many good workes, and puttynge awaye many vyces / and it is called clennesse or chastytie / of the whiche many thynges be wrytten, shewed and knowen well to many. But it is not so well obserued and kepte as be other workes not cōmaunded. So redy we be al to do that that is not cōmaūded / & to leaue that, ehat is cōmaunded. We se that the worlde is full of fythye workes of vnclennesse, vnshame fast wordꝭ, bawdy tales and songes. And besydes these, the prouokyng is dayly increasyd with to moch meate and drynke / ydelnesse, and gorgeous apparell. And yet we go forthe styll, as