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And for this bitterness I clepe the spirit of malice, of wrath, and of wickedness the worst spirit of them all; and why? Certes, for it reaveth us the best thing of all, and that is charity, the which is God. For who so lacketh peace and restfulness of heart, him lacketh the lively presence of the lovely sight of the high peace of heaven, good gracious God His own dear self.
And, therefore, though all that our lusty thoughts of our flesh be evil, for they reave from the soul the life of devotion, and though all that the vain joy of the world be worse, for it reaveth us from the true joy that we should have in contemplation of heavenly things, ministered and taught to us by the angels of heaven.
For what reaveth from a soul more readily the affection of sinning, than doth a true working of dread of death? And what moveth a soul more fervently to working of good, than doth a certain hope in the mercy and the goodness of God, the which is brought in by this second thought?
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