Produced by Turgut Dincer, Stephen Hutcheson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) _Univ. Corr. Coll. Tutorial Series._ THE AYENBITE OF INWYT. (REMORSE OF CONSCIENCE.) _A TRANSLATION_ OF PARTS INTO MODERN ENGLISH. BY A. J. WYATT, M.A., TUTOR OF UNIVERSITY CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGE. London: W. B. CLIVE & CO. UNIV. CORR. COLLEGE PRESS WAREHOUSE, Booksellers Row, Strand, W.C. AYENBITE OF INWYT. (REMORSE OF CONSCIENCE.) THE PROLOGUE. Almighty God gave ten behests in the law of the Jews, that Moses received in the hill of Sinai in two tables of stone, that were written with God’s finger. And (Moses) himself, after his burial, commanded in his story to each man that will be saved to keep and observe them. And whoso sinneth in any of the same behests, shall repent thereof, and be shriven, and pray for God’s mercy, if he will be saved. This book is written for Englishmen, that they may know how they shall shrive themselves and make them clean in this life. This book is called by him who writes Ayenbite of Inwyt. First are the ten behests that all men shall observe. THE FIRST COMMANDMENT. The first behest that God made and commanded is this: ‘Thou shalt not have many gods;’ that is to say, ‘Thou shalt neither have, nor worship, nor serve any God but Me. And thou shalt not put thy trust but in Me.’ For the same that puts his trust chiefly in a creature, sinneth deadly and acts against this behest. Such are they that worship the idols and make their god of a creature, whatsoever it be. Against this behest sin those that love their goods too much, gold or silver, or other earthly things. Whosoever sin in these things set their heart and their hope so much that they forget their Creator, and forsake Him who lends them all these goods. And therefore they should serve and thank, and love and worship Him above all things, as this first behest teaches thee. THE SECOND COMMANDMENT.