Holiness the Road to Love and Honor — three couplets in John
Grimestone’s sermon notebook
Author(s): John Grimestone
Subjects: advice, spiritual
Versification: —
two-line —
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1.Source: Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland, Advocates’ 18.7.21, f. 152
Transcription:ȝef þu sekest loue & wilt him finde
In holinesse þi
life þu binde
ȝef þu wilt han worchipe þat may neuere
slake
Holinesse fast hold and senne þu forsake
ȝef þu
wilt ben dred & men toþe luten
Holinesse euere hold withinnen &
eek withouten
Note: Each couplet connected with a red line to the caption in the Latin
preface which precedes the text.
Attributed Title: De Sanctitate (f. 152)
Editions: Wilson, Edward.
A Descriptive Index of the English Lyrics in John of Grimestone’s
Preaching Book.
Medium Ævum Monographs
n.s. 2. Oxford, 1973: 61.