_ divinity) of the righteous is such
that no time can impair it, no power can diminish it, nor can any wickedness
obscure it.
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{and} gadre it to gidre in ?is manere.
[Sidenote: Since the supreme good is happiness, it follows that
all good men are happy in as much as they are good; but if they
are happy they must become as it were gods.]
so as god hym self
is blisfulnesse. ?an is it clere {and} certeyn. ?at alle good
folk ben makid blisful for ?ei ben good[e]. and ?ilke
folk ?at ben blisful it accordi? {and} is couenable to ben 3416
godde[s].
[Sidenote: The reward (_i. e.
_ divinity) of the righteous is such
that no time can impair it, no power can diminish it, nor can any wickedness
obscure it.
]
?an is ?e mede of goode folk swiche. ?at no
day [ne] shal enpeyren it. ne no wickednesse shal endirken
it. ne power of no wy?t ne shal nat amenusen it
?at is to seyn to ben maked goddes.
[Sidenote: Since, then, happiness belongs to good men, punishment
inseparably attends the wicked.]
? and syn it is 3420
?us ?at goode men ne faylen neuer mo of hir{e} medes.
