M. they saye if a woman beinge aliue beleue in
god and loue him as moch as our lady / she maye helpe with
hir prayars as moch as
our lady. T. tel whi not. Christ when it was
told him that his mother
and his brethern sought him / answered / that
his mother / his sisters and his brethern were al they that
did his fathers wyll. And vn to the woman that saide to
christ / blessed be the wombe that bare the and
pappes that gaue the sucke / christ answered /
Naye blessed are they that heare the worde of god and kepe
it. As paul saith .1. Corin. ix. I haue nought to reioyse
though I preach / for necessite lieth vppon me / and wo is
me / if I preach not. If I doo it vnwillyngly / an office
is committed vn to me / but and if I do it with a good wil / then I haue a rewarde. So now carnall bearynge of christ and
carnall geuynge him sucke make not our lady greate. But our
blessed ladies greatnesse is hir faith and loue wherin she
exceaded other. Wherefore if God gaue his mercy that a
nother woman were in those .ij. poyntes equall with hir /
whi were she not like greate and hir prayers as moch herde.
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