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Five-Wits is the personification of the five wits, which is another way of saying the five senses of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Five-Wits is a companion to Everyman, who regards Five-Wits as his best friend until Five-Wits abandons him. This shows that, though the senses are enticing and helpful on earth, they have no place in heaven and cannot lead to salvation.
Five-Wits Quotes in Everyman
The Everyman quotes below are all either spoken by Five-Wits or refer to Five-Wits. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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God will you to salvation bring,
For priesthood exceedeth all other thing;
To us Holy Scripture they do teach,
And converteth man from sin heaven to reach;
God hath to them more power given,
Than to any angel that is in heaven
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But when Jesus hanged on the cross with great smart
There he gave, out of his blessed heart,
The same sacrament in great torment:
He sold them not to us, that Lord Omnipotent.
Therefore Saint Peter the apostle doth say
That Jesu’s curse hath all they
Which God their Savior do buy or sell,
Or they for any money do take or tell.
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Five-Wits Quotes in Everyman
The Everyman quotes below are all either spoken by Five-Wits or refer to Five-Wits. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Everyman
Quotes
God will you to salvation bring,
For priesthood exceedeth all other thing;
To us Holy Scripture they do teach,
And converteth man from sin heaven to reach;
God hath to them more power given,
Than to any angel that is in heaven
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Explanation and Analysis:
But when Jesus hanged on the cross with great smart
There he gave, out of his blessed heart,
The same sacrament in great torment:
He sold them not to us, that Lord Omnipotent.
Therefore Saint Peter the apostle doth say
That Jesu’s curse hath all they
Which God their Savior do buy or sell,
Or they for any money do take or tell.
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