batayll where a man putteth noo dyfference betwixt his frende his enemye The Joyes of this worlde I saye are enemyes to the soule brynge hit to synne perdycyon Troubles of this worlde sekenes payÌ„e are frendes to the soule for they drawe hit from synne Wherfore yf thou hate thy frendes loue thyn enemyes thou seest what Jeoperdy y u standest in wherfore saye welcome my frende trybulacyon and fy of erthely Joye THe seconde consolacyon and fruyte in trybulacyon is to remembre how the herte is closed vp fro vanytees wherby hit stoppeth the eeres of the soule soo that hit may not here the callynges and the mocyons of teÌ„ptacyon as other do whiche fele no trybulacyons For in suche hertes as do floure in prosperyte the vayne plesure of the worlde doth kepe ther perleament at lyberte And those hertes gyue attendaunce and withstudye applye them how they may atteyne to fulfyll the desyres of worldly plesures in makyÌ„ge of goodly bil dynge and of goodly facyons of clothes and to be well acompanyed with goodly seruauntes And to gydre tresoure to be called ryche and to come to honour and dygnyte and to be moche set by aÌ„d to be called fayre in face and goodly in bodye These vayne and transytorye plesures do so replenysshe fulfyll the soule with suche mocyons that in maner hit forgeteth hymselfe both in tyme of prayer and whan hit sholde be vertuously occupyed hit is so a customed to take hede and attende to the spekynges of these deceyuable plesures that in maner hit hath noo plesure to here thynges profytable to the plesure of god the perpetuall weyle of the soule But whan trybulacyon cometh all this vayne speche cesseth as the mocyons of vayne plesures are withdrawen This is fygured sygnefyed in the boke of Job where hit is sayd the tyme that he was in grete trybulacyon ¶ Nemo loquebatur ei verbuÌ„ videbant enim dolorem eius vehementem ¶ The frendes that came to Job whan they see hym haue so grete payne and trybulacyon they spake no worde to hym By these frendes are sygnefyed y e teÌ„ptacyons of prosperite whiche make pretence by the plesaunt semblauÌ„ce coÌ„tenauÌ„ce they shewe to the soule that they were very frendes and they are veri traytours for they cesse not tyll they haue brought the soule to moche sorowe oftentymes in this worlde And yf ther folowe no sorowe and penaunce in this worlde ther foloweth dampnacyon with perpe tuall payne and tourment after this worlde in helle with the deuylles whiche moost labour to make the hertes moost to loue y e temporal prosperyte of this lyfe and the worlde and the flesshe do helpe the deuyll to make the soule to set the loue in prosperyte of this lyfe whiche sholde be fixed of the felicyte of the euerlastynge lyfe for all y e tyme y t it shall abyde here is grauÌ„ted hit to lerne to set lytel by the vayne Joyes plesures of this lyfe For by the ordynauÌ„e of god the lesse hit setteth by the Joyes of this wor de the more hit shall haue of those moost excellent and eternall Joyes in heuen what our lorde of his special grace seÌ„deth trybulacoÌ„n These Joyes are lytell set by therfore they dare not speke leste thei sholde be forsaken for euer and therfore as in this tyme they go awaye as astoned and a shamed O than this trybulacyon is of grete auctoryte whiche stoppeth the mouth of y e vayn plesures of the worlde Than lecherye is set onlyde she dare nor spekefor her speche in that tyme is no thynge set by Lyke wyse glotonye pryde for as that tyme the herte delyteth nother in delyctable mete and dryÌ„ke ne in fresshe clothes Than the eyen of the soule whiche were blynded with prosperite that it nother see hymselfe ne god now they are opened and can dyscerne that all is but wretchednesse in this worlde that theris no true loue but y e loue of god and vertue and than it fereth god And than hit called besely for his helpe and maketh many a good purpose and promyse to amende the lyfe and to do thynges to his plesure Thou shal vnderstande herÌ„ that what maner of spekynges the temptacoÌ„ns make in thy soule other by thoughtes or ymagynacoÌ„ns contrarye to the soule whiche somtyme seme abhomynable and shamfull fere thou no thynge as longe as thou answerest not to them saynge ye be consentynge but nay by dyscentyÌ„ge of For as longe as y e coÌ„sentes not to y e thought be they neuer so erronê° or neuer so abhomynable they shall nothyng hurte the to the decresse of thy meryte This is fygured in the bokes of the kynges where kyng ysachy coÌ„mauÌ„ded y t people of Jerusalem whiche stode vpoÌ„ the walles of the cyte y t they sholde not answere to the blasphemê° spekyÌ„ges of Rapsaces whiche was marchall of y e oost of kyÌ„g Senacheryb seyde sege to the cyte But peradueÌ„ture y u wyll saye to me sir how shall I knowe y t I consent not to my thoughtes To this I answere y t one tokeÌ„ is y t y u conseÌ„â—â— not whan y u wolde haue them awaye An other is whaÌ„ y u felest a remors a sorowenes a dysplesure growynge in thyÌ„ hert of suche thoughtes for this sorowe cometh of a â—traryousnes whiche is bytwene thy wyll thy mynde an other is whan y u canst fynde in thyne herte to praye god to take them awaye for notwithstandynge that they hurte y e not yet they trouble sore abasshe stonysshe an Innocent soule And as for thoughtes coÌ„trarye to the fayth fere them not as longe as thy wyll is to byleue as the chirche of god byleueth For thaÌ„ y e fayth of the chirche is thy fayth after that thou shalt be taken not after thy rennynge mynde Thus sythen trybulacoÌ„n putteth to sylence the grete teÌ„ptacoÌ„ns of this worlde y t they dare not come nygh the troubled soule openeth the eyen therof that hit may see hit selfe god and that the worldely prosperyte is but myserye aÌ„d maketh the soule to crye to god kepeth hym in mynde I couÌ„seyll the to make moche of aduersyte whan hit cometh and thanke god therof For he sendeth euer to y e for thy wele and more than thou can thynkeÌ„ and for other causes than thy mynde is able to knowe excepte y e haste it by reuelacyon of hym THe thyrde consolacoÌ„n comforte in trybulacoÌ„n is to remembre the profyte of trybulacoÌ„n in purgynge of the soule fro synne wretchenesse Here is to be vnderstande y t ther are fyue maners of purgacyons whiche are remenbred in scrypture One is of the bodye by medycynable drynke or by lettynge of blood that is other by strykynge of the veyne or crasynge or cuttynge of the flesshe The seconde is purgynge of metall aÌ„d that is other with the fyrelyke as golde is gurged or by furbysshynge lyke as
falle to hit than it lyfteth vp the eyen to hym cryeth mercy for myspendynge of tyme and promyseth it wyll amende And with grete betynge at the laste hit is brought to the booke and to lerne well the lesson Thus prosperyte closeth the eyen of the soule to god aÌ„d the rodde of aduersyte openeth them and maketh them to knowe hym Wherfore sayth the prophete ¶ CognoscetÌ„ dnÌ„s iudicia faciens ¶ Our lorde shall be knowen in makynge Jugement of punysshement payne aÌ„d thus many a soule to whom he sendeth payne trybulacioÌ„ in this mortall lyfe he preserueth them fro y e JugemeÌ„t oâ— euerlastynge dampnacion Therfore sayth the apostle ¶ Cum iudicamur a deo corripimur ne cuÌ„ hoc muÌ„do daÌ„pnemur ¶ whan the JugemeÌ„t of god is shewed vpon vs by temporal payÌ„e for secrete causes that we knowe not but his wysedome knoweth whiche sendeth payne to no man ne womaÌ„ but for grete cause Whan we are thus punysshed thaÌ„ we are correcte by cause we shall not be dampned with this worlde that is to saye with worldely folke whiche set ther hertes on the felycyte plesures of this worlde so gretely y e in maner they lytell remembre ne desyre the plesure y t is ordeyÌ„ed with god for the holy soules whiche are y e despysers of this worldly felicyte A woo woo many they be whiche haue lytel or none worldely trybulacyon for moche sorowe is ordeyned to them in tyme comynge sorowe perpetual except y e grete mercy of god for ther is none y t lyueth so InnoceÌ„tly in this lyf but they deserue gre te payÌ„e both by coÌ„myssyon of thynges whiche they ought to do do them not And also by coÌ„myssyon of thynges whiche they sholde not do yet they do them Wherfore yf they haue no punysshement in this lyfe grete punysshement is ordeyned for them after this lyfe lacke of punysshement maketh y e soule that it forgeteth hymselfe god as it is sayd byfore lyke as it is rehersed in y e boke of Danyel that Nabugodonosor the kyng of Assyrye was soo ferre drawen by worldely prosperite fro the knowle ge of god that our lorde to the knowlege of Nabu godonosor to y e syght of man chauÌ„ged him in to the symylytude of an oxe vii yere he was amon ge y e bestes But after this grete punysshemen the loked vp to henen with the syght of his soule askin ge mercy of god And after that he was restored to his owne forme dygnyte whiche he hadde afore By goostly vndstaÌ„dynge those folke lyft vp theyr eyen to heuen whiche haue theyr medytacyons to god ordre theyr loue to hym and knowlege hym theyr souerayne lorde of whom desceÌ„deth all their veyle grace to ê“ceuere in vertuous lyuynge For lyke as all flodes come of the see lyke wyse all graces benefyces bodely goostly come of god lyke as they retourne ayen to the see so we ought to referre ordre them all to hym not pryncypally to our plesure as the prophete sayth ¶ Quod de manu tua accepimê° hoc reddimê° tibi ¶ That thynge that we haue taken of thyn honde that we gyue to the. Thus suche gyftes as we receyue of our lorde yf we spende them in the werkes of vertue gyue them to the poore in the name of hym than we gyue hyÌ„ them ayen as he sayth hymselfe ¶ Quicqd fecistis vni ex minimis meis in noiÌ„e meo michi fe cistis ¶ What so euer ye doo to ony of the leste in my name ye do that to me wherfore suche as refer re gyue the goodes that they resceyue of our lorde to hyÌ„ ayen they contynue the floodes of grace For as they gyue to hym he is so lyberal that he caÌ„ not but gyue ayen suche thynges as he knoweth moost expedyent to his louers And yf the flood of his boÌ„tyfulnesse come not to hym ayen than the flood of grace is stopped by our defauâ— For lyke as he is the begynnynge endynge of all goodnesse whiche cometh of him muste be retorned fynally ayen Thus by the dedes of thy lyfe y t confessys shewes y t ther is one god in these y t thankest hym worshypest hym Many ther are whiche do the contrarye as the apostle sayth ad TituÌ„ Ther are many whiche saye they knowe god but they denye hyÌ„ in ther dedes of ther lyuynge for theyr lyfe is abhoiable in the syght of god they lyue wretchedly as folke that had no fayth rather as y e reprobate despysed enemyes of god than lyke vnto his childer frendes ¶ Mul ti fatentÌ„ se nosce dnÌ„m factis auteÌ„ negaÌ„t cuÌ„ sint abhoiÌ„abiles iÌ„credibiles ad oeÌ„ opus reprobi ¶ Thou whiche hast gyuen thy lorde god ayen suche goodes as y u hast receyued of hym at the houre of deth thou shalt be lyghtly delyuered of thy acouÌ„te for in this lyfe y u delyuerest y e of these goodes y t y u hast receyued of hym pute them in his handes ayen And therfore hit shall be sayd to the in that houre lyke as it is wryten in the gospell of Mathew My trusty ser uauÌ„te thou haste ben faythfull true in fewe thynges that I dyd gyue the now I shall make the lorde of many thynges entre into the Joye of thy lorde Than thou that haste myspended the goodes of our lorde to thy plesure contrarye to y e wyll of hym and contrarye to thy profyte thou may be woo for harde acounte shall be layde ayenst the. Wherfore yf thou amende the not thou shalt haue strayt passage to thy saluacyon wherfore yf our lorde sende the trybulacyon for myspeÌ„dynge vaynly the tyme of thy youth of suche goodes as he hath sent the in this he shewed that he wolde haue the saued and that thou sholde amende thy lyfe and ones begynne to loke vpwarde to thy mayster for abuse the he is whiche stryketh the. Our lord whan he seeth that the rebelle hertes wyl not tourne to hym by kyndenesse whiche he sheweth to them in his gyftes than he beteth them to make them come to hym by trybulacyon and sharpenesse and yet ofteÌ„tymes they wyll not come to hym as he sayth in the booke of ysaye ¶ Populus non est reuersus ad percuicenteÌ„ se ¶ The people tourne not to hym that beteth hem For in sekenesse ther mynde renneth more for helpe by man in phesyke than it doth to his helpe and whan wronges and Iniuryes be done to them they are redye to reuenge them aÌ„d to do one shrew de tourne for an other and are not redye mercyfully to forgyue it for his sake that they myght obteyne forgyuenes of hym And so vnderneth y e rodde of trybulacoÌ„u they come not to correccyoÌ„ for they loke not as they are bouÌ„de by the benefyce of their creacyon redempcoÌ„n to kepe his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes
daye payne well taken shall stande for the payne of a yere in the which is conteyned CCC dayes as our lorde sayth by the ê“phete Ezechyell ¶ Diem ê“ aÌ„no dedâ— tibi ¶ I haue gyuen the a daye for a yere O how glad sholde y u be than of one dayes payne whiche delyuereth the fro the mo re bytter payne of a yere O how gentyll sholde y u take this payne whiche maketh to the suche a quytaunce sythen thy lorde whom thou art detter to of his grete mercy gentylnesse with this lytell delyuereth the fro the more therfore I couÌ„seyll the what payue that so euer thou suffre sette it in thy compet and beseche god that it may stande for thysy nne to acquyte the fro the grete paynes that thou haste de serued by synne Thus the theef whiche dyd haÌ„ge on the ryght hande of our lorde he tourned his her te to hym and by that payne well taken he was delyuered from all paynes and hadde the clere syght and fruycyon for euer of the moost gloryous trynyte Wo may that man or woman be y t whiche dayly multeplyeth dette bysynne and lytell or nought he payed by payne For nother he suffreth the payne mekely to his profyte as a verry penytent the whiche god sendeth vnto hym ne taketh to hym wylful ly ony paynefull thynge for to delyuer hym out of his dette and so he shall come afore the Juge at y e houre of deth charged with the hole counte in maner of his lyfe whiche shall be strayte to hym for and he laboure not for mercy whan the soule is in the bodye he shall neuer haue mercy after that it be departed ne be rebated of his deutees In helle shal noo deute be rebated neyther by longe ne by bytter sufferynge There shall lordes and ladyes wepe for theyr apareyll and the vayne beaute of her bodyes the whiche they hadde ordeyned to pryde to lechery and to vayne honours of the worlde There shall also euery craftes man wepe for the mysusynge of his crafte And also clerkes the whiche haue not well vsed theyr connynge to the auayle of the soules And marchauÌ„tes for theyr false peny worthes And synfull men and wymen whiche prouyde not here for theyr soules whiche are called marchauÌ„tes of the erthe for theyr labour is for to gete erthely solace and there they shall see that they haue but smale penyworthes for the labour of theyr lyfe for all the grete solace and hertely Joye shall be gone from them for euer But the heuenly marchauntes the whiche ordeyne theyr labours of this lyfe to bye the heuenly Joyes and than they shall see the grete penyworthes passynge all the estymacyons of all the erthely creatures the whiche they shall receyue of the handes of almyghty god in those grete Joyes of endelesse blysse as it is wryten in the booke of Sapyence ¶ Justâ— autem imperpetuum viuent et apud dominum est merces corum ¶ The ryghtwysse men shall lyue euerlastyngly and with our lorde is reserued the rewarde of theyr grete labours Than thou the whiche knowest thy selfe a synner without grete payne thou mayste not comethyder for none shall entre in to the kyngdome of heuen a fore that they haue payed all theyr dettes of payne for there is noo place to paye deute of payne For the grete and the perfyte felycyte of that kyngdom may suffre there noo mysery to be neyther of synne ne payne Wherfore all you the whiche are faythfull soules and byleue the promysse of god to haue Joye after this lyfe yf that ye wyll be ruled after his wyll I exhorte you praye you to receyue wyth a good herte these present trybulacyons and paynes that ye fele in this lyfe the whiche trybulacyoÌ„s delyuer you of grete paynes without coÌ„paryson whiche ye sholde suffre loÌ„ge tyme be retrayed fro your Joye after this lyfe And now yf ye take these lytell paynes Joyfully ye shall go lyghtly awaye hastly to y t Joyfull InherytauÌ„ce moost blyssed felouship there it shal not be possyble to suffre ony payne thy payne shall be lesser in comparyson to these Joyes than the leden couÌ„ters are whiche lye in the couÌ„te in comparyson to the grete soÌ„mes y t they lye fore as Ecclesyastes sayth ¶ Est q i multa redimit modico precio ¶ Some are whiche acquyte hem of grete dette by lytell payment And yf y u be of suche perfeccoÌ„n y t by the merytes of thyn holy lyuynge blyssed laboures taken for god y t y u haste deserued remyssyon of thy fynne art acquyted of thy payne yet yf trybulacoÌ„n come receyue it gentylly for it is not sende to the without grete cause other to the Incresse of thy merytes or to saue the fro synne whiche thou sholde falle in except by trybulacyon payne y t our lorde preserued the from hit For many whiche are Innocentes full perfyte sholde lose theyr InnoceÌ„cy aÌ„dvertue except they were keped by trybulacoÌ„n ThaÌ„ all ye whiche wolde go quyte out of this worlde froÌ„ all deute of paynes make your payment whyles y t this moneye of trybulacoÌ„n temporall is of so grete a valoure that a lytell of it more maye redeme you fro that InfeÌ„yte payne trybulacyon whiche shal neuer haue ende after this lyf and purchesse to you eternyte of Joye THe seuenth consolacoÌ„n is to remembre that trybulacyon strengthed the herte maketh it able to receyue the precyous gyftes ot grace For lyke as the hamer of the goldsmythe aÌ„d the betinge therof maketh the metall to streche on longe vnder his hande accordynge to his wyll of the whiche he maketh his vesseyll Soo almyghty god he maketh by trybulacoÌ„n the herte to streche on brode to be a vesseyll to receyue retene the bekefyces of his graces ther afore it was a hole masse as a lumpe of metall without abylyte ony thynge to receyue of our lorde wherfore in tribulacyon thanke thy lorde god whiche maketh of thyn hert a chalys to receyue grete habondauÌ„ce of his grace Of this dryuyng on brode of y e hert w t strokes of tribulacoÌ„n speketh the prophete there he sayth ¶ In tribulecione dilatasti micht ¶ Lorde y u haste dylated enlarged myn herte by trybulacyon wherfore I counseyll the whiche desyres to be y e electe vesseyll of grace a whyle pacyently to suffre the stroke of y e hamer of trybulacoÌ„n in the forge smythe of this worlde This lorde neuer wyll stryke the aboue y t y u may be re yf y u ordre the to suffre as he sayth in the gospell ¶ Dedit vnicuique scdm ê“priaÌ„ virtuteÌ„ ¶ He hath gyuen to euery man after his power And the more he beteth the the more large he entendeth to make the vesseyll of thyn herte with the more quantyte of his grace to replenysshe it with all And lyke wyse as the more precyous metall is more obedyent vnd the
speketh our sauyour where he sayth ¶ OmneÌ„ palmiteÌ„ in menon ferentem fructum purgabit eum ¶ My fader shall purge euery braunche whiche is planted in me by fayth bryngeth forth no fruyte of vertuous lyfe By this vyne is vnderstande the herte of man whiche is fulfylled with the humours of holy loue of god and of vertue and bryngeth forth grete fruyte to the comforte of many lyke as the humour in the vyne maketh it to brynge forth fruyte And lyke as the humour whan it is superfluous and more than nede it is spedeth to moche in braunches without fruyte Lyke wyse whan the superflous loue habondeth in mannes herte of worldely vanitees and of flesshely plesures hit withdraweth the fruyte of goostly lyuynge than meruayle thou not sythen the wyse gardener wyll cutte awaye the superfluous braunches whiche let the tree of theyr fruyte yf thy lorde god whiche hath taken the cure of thyn herte cutte fro the with the sharpe knyfe of trybulacyon all those thynges whiche y u loues vaynely or shrewdly whiche let in y t y e gostly fruyte of vertue make y e humours of loue to contynue in his ê“pre bouÌ„des of thyn hert and of suche thynges as are profitable to thy salua cyon for he wyll not that thyn herte be to ferre dra wen fro hym ne y t it sprede by forayne vnprofytable brauÌ„ches of vayÌ„ne worldly thyÌ„ge ¶ An other maner of purgacyon is lyke as the corne is purged fro the strawe the chafe by the stroke of the fleyle And as the stroke of the fleyle purgeth the corne ly ke wyse the stroke of trybulacyon purgeth y e herte And lyke as y e corne is made to departe fro y e stra we lyke wyse the herte is made to departe fro the grete loue of this worlde whiche sholde stele the her te fro god were not the fleyle of trybulacyon And this maketh them to loue god gretly desyre to be with hyÌ„ seynge these worlde so vnstable and ful of trybulacyon payne And for this consideracyon sayth the prophete ¶ Ecce ego in flagella paratus sum ¶ Beholde I am redy to the fleyle To this holy prophete purposed with a glad herte to bere the stroke with the fleyle of god Than thou that wyll haue the grayne corne of thyn herte purged playne ye not of the stroke of trybulacyoÌ„ for y u can not be put in the garner of heuen ther none shal be put but suche corne as is purged with the fleyle of our lorde And lyke as whaÌ„ the corne is grene not wel dryed than it brasteth vnder the fleyle cleueth faster to the chafe also the hertes wiche are full of moysture of flesshely plesure carnall affeccyons they braste by vnpacyence vnder the fleyle than the chare of synne cleueth faster to theÌ„ ¶ An other wyse trybulacoÌ„n purgeth the herte lyke as the pres sure purged the wyne for lyke as the pressure whiche streyneth the resyns maketh the wyne departe fro the foule grosse mater of the dregges lyke wyse teÌ„ptacyons persecucoÌ„ns trybulacoÌ„ns of this lyf purgeth thyn hert fro y e foule lustes Inordynate affeccyons of this lyfe wherfore refuse not the pres sure yf y u wyll be layde in to the seler Thus the holy martyrs lefte theyr bodyes in y e pressure tourmentes the soule as precyous wyne was tonned in to the seler of perdurable lyfe THe fourth consolacyon in tyme of trybulacoÌ„n is to remembre the profyte of coÌ„nynge to y e whiche a man or a womaÌ„ is brought therby for of all connynges the moost necessary coÌ„ nynge is a man to knowe hymselfe his lorde god for yf he knowe hymselfe wel he shal knowe a wret che a synfull soule whiche hath grete nede of y e helpe of our lorde yf euer he shall be y e childe of sal uacyon And yf he knowe hymselfe well he shal ther by come to the knowlege of our lorde For his myn de shall than be so moche vpon hym that he shall souke moche knowlege out of hym To this know lege a man is brought by trybulacyoÌ„ for therby he shall be made to setlytell by the worlde lytell by hymselfe the lesse he setteth by hymselfe the more clerely he shall see his owne defautes and the more parfytly knowe the goodnesse of god after y t the more he shall loue hym For as saynt Austen sayth The cyte of god that is is to sayé an holy soule in whom our lorde dwelieth by grace it begynneth at the contempt despysyng of hymselfe endeth at the loue of god And the cyte of the deuyll begynneth at the endeth at the Wherfore saynt AusteÌ„ seynge the connynge that cometh by trybulacoÌ„n he begynneth his prayer in this wyse ¶ Nouerim me nouerim te ¶ Lorde teche me to knowe myselfe to knowe the. And lyke as the stroke of the rodde maketh the scoler to bowe his necke loke wel on his boke to can wel his lesson to come ayen to suche knowlege as he hath forgeten lyke wyse grete trybulacyon maketh a soule to belowe to our lorde whiche is the grette mayster techer therof And maketh it to loke well on the bo ke of contemplacyon that is to saye to remembre his goodnesse ther owne wretchednesse to remembre the gyftes whiche it hath receyued of hym the grete vnkyndenesse that it hath sheweth to hym aÌ„d the grete paynes whiche be ordeyned to hit for vnkyndenesse And the grete Joye for the loue that it hath to god kyndenesse Also this rodde of trybulacyon maketh it can his lesson well of vertuous ly uyÌ„ge as to praye to faste to watche to gyue almes to applye hit to all suche thynges wherby it trusteth to gete specyall helpe of our lorde And to good customes condycyons whiche hit hath forgeten it maketh hit to put them in exercyse ayen And thus it maketh them to letne well the lesson of ther saluacyon And therfore sayth Salomon ¶ Uirga et correctio tribuit sapieÌ„ciaÌ„ ¶ The rodde correccoÌ„n bryngeth the soule to wysedom The yonge childe whan it is put fyrste to lernynge by the freyle vnstable dysposycoÌ„n of the bodye that is meued to haue the eyen fro the booke want only to loke about the walles rather to pycke strawes to clatter to his felawes than to lerne the lesson to his grete pro fyte but whan the mayster lyfteth the rodde to stryke hym than he loketh vp to hym sayd he wyl amende is sory y t he laboured not better his lesson Lyke wyse the frayle soule loketh downe to erthely thynges vanytees of this lyfe as to rychesses ho nours beaute of bodye good appareyle in clothes the spekynge of suche thynges moost delyteth hit But whan the grete mayster almyghty god lyfteth the rodde of trybulacyon that it seeth grete trouble is lyke to