Piers Plowman details

My comprehension of the text is still pretty low. Nevertheless, I noticed a few details, and so I though I'd write on those.

In Passus 6, we find that Mercy is a maiden of Truth. Even though she is related to the man who represents Goodness and holiness and such, his maiden mercy is a "sibling" to all that is sinful. This illustrates that Mercy is present whenever people are living in sin, because all people are in need of God's mercy. Romans were 6:23 states that "the wages of sin is death," and Romans 3:23 states that we have all sinned and fallen short of glory of God;" in Christianity this is the whole reason that Jesus Christ came, so that all of humanity doesn't die. People who live in sin require God's mercy and since everybody is in sin, all require God's mercy. Piers Plowman illustrates this by showing that Mercy is constant companion of sin, and thus a constant companion of humanity. The greater the sin that man pushes himself into, the greater the mercy that God shows to those he loves.

In Passus 8, the coming judgement is discussed, though I am sadly unaware of the context. It is spoken of as the time when the dead will arise and come before Christ Jesus and have their lives rehearsed in front of them so that all their actions will be seen by the world. Their actions will be judged, and those who did well on earth and served Jesus will be alright, but others not so much. It is clear that this is referring to the second coming of Christ in the book of Revelation, but again I'm not really sure what this has to do with what was happening. I think that Piers was talking about something. Anyways, basically I'm just writing on more Biblical allusions, which there are many of in this book.