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A19336	Here after foloweth the prologue of the foure last thynges ...; Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. English.	Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471, attributed name.; Gerardus, de Vliederhoven, 14th cent, attributed name.; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. ed.	1496 (1496)	STC 5759; ESTC S114682	87,652	186

felde It is wryten by Innocente in the boke of our myserable condycyons That humayn flesshe is the vessell of fylthe and a vessell of teeres a drye thought a stynkyng sacke The lyfe of the flesshe is laboure The concepcyon of the flesshe is but fylthe The ende therof is rotennesse And the byrthe is but vyle It was fyrst a sparme That is to saye The seed of man and now it is a stynkynge sacke and after fynally shall be wormes mete in the erthe Now wherfore sholde a man then be proude Saynt Bernard seyth in his book of Meditacyons wherfore sholde a man waxe proude sythen the concepcōn of man is in syn̄e And of all the byrthe in payne the lyfe in labour necessaryly all muste dye And after deth tourne to wormes and after wormes to fylthe stenche Loo thus fynally euery man is clerely conuerted torned out of all humanyte Consyder than the begynnyng of thy lyfe the myddle also the last ende And thou shalte fynde therin a ryghte grete occasyon and cause to meke and humble thy selfe Nowe what sayst that what thynkest that what rekenynge makest thou of thy selfe arte thou ought but powder of the erth It is wryten in the .xii. chapytre but more playnly in the iii. chapytre of the same Ecclesiastes The powdre recometh to the erthe that it come fro That is to wete to right a fowle roten erth full of wormes And therfore wryteth Iob in his .xvii. chapytre I haue sayd to rotennesse thou art my fader and my moder and I haue sayd to the wormes ye be my brethern my sustres It is redde in Ecclesiasticus in the xvii chapytre that euery man is erth and asshes and therof haue take theyr beyng And also it was sayd to a man Thou arte but powdre to powdre shalt retorne And as Aleyn amonysseth warneth the when thou shalte lye in the colde erth thou shalt torne to powdre wormes mete and from thensforth there shall no creature be in wyll to loke vpon the. For thy flesshe shall be more ranke in stynche than the flesshe of a roten hounde To this purpose sayth the holy man Saynt Bernarde what is a more vyle and slynkyng thynge than the careyne of man And what is a more odeous thynge to beholde thā a dede man The more delectable he hath been in his lyffe to the contrarye his loke shal be horryble after his dethe what shall it proufyte vs richesses delectacyons and worldely worshyppes The richesse defende vs not from dethe nor delectacōns from the wormes nor the worshippes from foule stynkynges O myghty god eternall in how myserable chaunce is man inclosed Certeyne my righte dere frende yf thou though ▪ test dylygently of the thynges afore sayd thou sholdest therby fynde a right grete occasyon to meke and humble thyselfe For the Remembraūce of dethe causeth humylyte in man It appereth well by the thrydde booke of Lrynges in the .xxi. chapytre of kynge Achab whiche when he herde by Hely the manassynge of dethe and that it approched hym He meked hȳ selfe in suche wyse that oure Lorde sayde to the forsayd Hely Seest thou not how Achab humbled hymselfe for me It is sayde also that some tyme whenne men made and created a pope there was brought before hym a pece of flax and therin set fyre sayeng this wordes folowynge Righte thus passeth the vayne glorye of this worlde Lyke to saye That as the fyre brenneth lyghtly the flaxe and conuerteth hit in to asshes Semblably the glorye of this worlde fayleth and passeth Isydory reporteth also That auncyently it was accustomed atte the coronacyon of the Emperour of Constantynoble Whenne he was sette in his moost glorye A masson sholde come before hym shewe hym thre or foure maner of marbell stones sayeng that he sholde chese of whiche of those he wolde haue his tombe made It is redde of Saynte Iohan the aumener that was some tyme patryarke of Alexander that hadde commaunded to make his Tombe and wolde in noo wyse hit sholde be fully fynysshed And ordeyned that in grete and solempne festes whenne he was in his hyghest honoure one sholde come vnto hym and saye that thy Tombe is not fully accomplysshed nor perfourmed gyue commaundementes that hit be fynysshed For thou knoweste not howe thou shalte dye nor whanne that theff wyll come whiche is to vnderstonde the fende That enforceth hym selfe alway to destroye soules And whye dyde the Pope the Emperour and the patryarke these thynges whiche where the men moost excellente in estate of all the worlde but onely to confesse and knowelege to themselfe that they were mortall and that they oughte not to enhaunse them selfe in pryde nor fortefye them in hope of longe lyfe wherby they sholde haue the more power in this vayne worldly glory but that they myght haue before hem thenne the Remembraunce of dethe to cause them to be the more humble in alle theyr werkes And therfore sayth the prophete Lino we alle people that men be comen and made of erthe And therfore they muste necessaryly dye It is also wryten in Ecclesyastes in the .xli. chapytre All thynges that be come of the erthe shall be conuerted agayne to the erthe wherof man is comen as it is well knowen And therfore seyth Iheremias the prophete in the .xxii. chapytre Erthe erthe erthe Now herken my wordes He called man thryes erthe by cause he maye soo be named in thie maners Fyrste he is erthe for he is made of the erthe Secondly his conuersacyon is in the erthe And fynally he retourneth in to the erthe Soo is he erthe in his creacyon in his conuersacyon and in his dethe He is erthe by his nature in his lyfe And in his sepulture he hath sanoured the erthe he hath lyked the erthe he hath desyred and coueyted the erthe The body of man is taken and doluen in the erthe And yet he forgeteth the celestyall thynges and pleteth for the terrestyall And geueth batayll for the erthe He goothe He cometh And tourneth abowte the erthe to haue the erthe And oftentymes in anguysshes payne and laboure now here now there And alle for the erthe and neuer seasynge tyll he hym selfe whiche is come from the erthe be retourned agayne to his fyrste moder That is to saye the erthe It maye be sayde as it is wryten in the iii. book of the Liynges in the seconde Chapytre Loo howe I departe and passe the comune waye of the vnyuersall erthe And for as moche as we be bounden with slyme of the erth doūge of the erthe and be right vyle thynge wherfore sholde we thenne be proude of oure selfe knowynge we be come from the erthe lyuyng in the erthe conuersyng in the erthe and fynally shall recourne in to the erth as euery day it appereth euydently vn to all people ¶ How Remembran̄ce of dethe maketh a man to dyspyse all thynges ¶ The seconde chapytre of this fyrste pryncypall parte REmēbraunce of dethe causeth

And yf thou axed me whiche creatures they be I answere the all and eueryche oon of them by them selfe For and the creatoure of alle thynges be offended all the good creatures shall haue hym in hate thath hath dyspleased hym For as Iob saythe in his twentyest Chapytre The heuens shall shew and lyfte vppe the euyll werkes of the synners and the erthe shall adresse hym agaynst them For oure lord shall call vnto hym the heuen aboue and the erthe be nethe to dyscerne his people And therfore sayth Crysostome vppon the Gospell of Saynte Mathewe There is noo thynge that we shall mowe remedye by answere that daye whenne the heuen and the erthe the sonne and the mone the nyghte and the daye and all the worlde shall bere wytenesse agaynste vs for oure synnes The refore saythe Saynte Gregory If thou axe me who shall accuse the I say to the all the worlde And that the creatures shall not oonly accuse the synners But also shal requyre the creatour of alle thynges to take vengeance on them for theyr syn̄es To this purpose it is wryten in the book of Sapyence in the fyfthe chapitre He shall arme all creatures to take vengeance on his ennemyes And with hym shall fyght all the worlde agaynste those that haue ben Insensate that is to wyte ayenst synners All creatures seeng him that is maker of all thynges shall chase them to cause tourmentes to be gyuen vppon thoos that haue not be Iuste The fyfthe thynge that shall accuse the synners they shall be myserable persones that haue suffred soo many wronges For thenne they shall accuse thoos that haue done them wrong peyn and tourment At that tyme shall the worde of the ꝓphete be verifyed whiche sayth I haue knowen well that our lorde wyll gyue Iugemente for the poore folkes that haue suffered wrong shal auenge the quarell of thoos that be Impotent for he that beholdeth the depe botoms of the sees sytteth aboue all the Cherubyns Seraphyns gooth aboue all the wyndes He is more terryble to be drad in his counselles and wylles than is the sones of men He shall Iuge then̄e poore mennys cause that haue ben cōstant And shall holde ayenst those that haue done them many anguysshes Then̄e shall the fader of Orphans the Iuge of wydewes venge all wronges the pacyence of poore folkes shal not thenne perysshe The subgettes shall also accuse the felones neclygente prelates curates And therfore sayth saynt Bernarde vpon the Cantycles O how cruell oure lord shall be vpon the sones of men Certeyn the wretched synner shal say thenne all for nought to the monteyns Fall ye vpon vs and to the Rockes couer ye vs. They shall come then̄e before the trybunall sete of Ihesu Cryste where shall be herde full greuous accusacions by thoos that haue payd theyr wages and boren theyr dispenses wrongfully theyr synnes shall not be defaced nor hydde of those that fraudelently haue blynded their doctours and confessours The vithyng that shall accuse synners shal be malyce and synne we rede in Iheremye the seconde chapitre Thy malyce shall accuse the thy refusyng shall blame the For the synnes shall thenne be bonden vnto the necke of synners To this purpose seyth Ozee in his xiii chapitre the iniquyte of Effraym is bounde togydre his synnes be not hyd we rede myn iniquytees be trussed leyde in myne necke and as the stolen good taken on the necke of a thef accuseth him semblably syn̄e shal then accuse the wretched synner It is wryten also in the Prouerbys the fyfthe Chapytre Iniquytees shall take the felone synners there eueryche of them shall be taked and strayned with coordys of theyr syn̄es And the Prophete seyth The coordys of my synnes haue enuyroūde goon rounde about me By the whiche coordys I saye also the wycked folkes by deuellys shall be drawen in to helle Certeynly they fall in to theyr nettes be taken by theyr baytes we red of the properte of an Archyn whiche that when he entreth in to a gardey ne he lodeth hym with apples stykynge on his pryckes And when the gardener comes he wold flee but he is thenne so laden that he can not away so he is there taken with all his apples Semblably falleth hit to the synner that is all laden with synnes and at the grete daye of Iugemente he is with them taken and accused wherfore sayth the Psalter Our lorde shall be knowen in makynge his Iugementes handwerkes and the synner shall be taken Vpon the whiche sayth Crysostom Our owne thoughtes specially our werkes shal be afore our eyen shall accuse vs afore god And therfore sayth saynt Bernarde Our werkes and we shall speke togyder saye O myserable synner thou haste made vs we ben thy werkes we wyll not leue the but go with the to thy Iugemente It is red in Ezechiell the .xviii. chapitre Lyke as the Iustice of the right wys man shal be on and for hym Righte soo the felony of the felon shall rest vpon hym The Psalter sayth Here ye all people here and reteyne wel in your ere 's alle ye that dwellen in this worlde wherfore shall I not be dredefull in that euyll day That is to wyce the day of dome whiche shal not oonly be euyll to me But it shall be right euyll to euery synner where vnto he answereth hȳselfe sayeng I shall drede thenne For the Iniquyte of my fete shall enuyron me The seuenth the last thyng that shall accuse synners shall be the tourmentes and Instrumentes of the passyon of Ihesu Cryste And also Ihesu Cryst hymself wherfore sayth saynt Iherom The crosse of Ihesu shall fyght ageynst the. Ihesu Cryst shall shew allegge his woūdes ageyne the. And the trace of the sayd woūdes shall speke ayenst the. The nayles shall complayne on the. As Saynt Austyn sayth in his treate of symboll ▪ ꝑauenture our lord hath kept in his body the trace of tokenes of his woūdes to th entent that atte the day of dome he wyll she we them ageynst synners to theyr reproche And in vaynquyssyng them saye Lo here beholde the man that ye haue crucyfyed See here god and man in whom ye wolde haue noo byleue Loke vppon the woūdes that ye haue made him knowlege the syde that ye haue wounded hurt whiche hath ben opened for you But ye haue not well entred therin Ihesu Cryste also then accusyng the synners shall say as Naum sayd in his thyrde chapitre I shall shewe thy de fautes afore thy face shall shewe to the people thy nakednesse to the reames thy shame Ozee in his seconde Chapitre sayth I shall manyfeste shew thy foly afore the eyen of thy louers that is noo man may drawe the out of my hondes O how desolute howe sorrowfull that the myserable synners shal be in the daye of the grete Iugement For thenne as

but lete hȳ do that that he purposed to do sens he was gyuen vnto hym the forsayd Theodorꝰ sayd why suffre ye me soo longe to be in this case Thenne sayde his brethern vnto him what is it that thou seest make the fygure of the crosse vpon the. To who me the sayd Theodorus answered with a lamen table crye I wolde feyne blesse me but I can not for I am to hardely prycked and oppressed with the vyolence of this dragon And whenne his brethern herde hym saye soo they fyll flatte to the erthe with wepynge teeres and began agayne theyr prayers and orysons deuoutly for the helpe and Redempcyon of this Theodorus whiche soone after sodeynly began to crye with a lowde voyce sayeng I yelde louyng thankes and grace to god my creatour for now that Dragon whiche sholde haue deuoured me is dryuen and chased away fro me by your gode and deuout prayers and orysons Also Saynte Gregory telleth an example in the fourthe boke of his Dyalogis that how in the partes of Anchone in a monastery called Congolathon be fell somtyme that there was therin a monke whiche was taken for a very holy man meruelously well dysposed towarde god But whenne his bretheren went that he had fasted he was accustomed secretely to ete And when̄e he was at the batayll of deth he called generally for all his bretheren sayeng vnto them I am delyuered nowe vnto a dragon to be deuoured whiche with his tayll hath knytte togydre my fete also my knees putteth his hede in to my mouth draweth my soule oute of my body and after he had sayd those wordes he dyed forth withall It maye seme these wordes be for the condēpned synners whiche be wryten in Iheremy in the .li. chapitre He hath eten me lyke a dragon This dragon is hydeous grete hath vii hedes .x. hornes in the same as it is wryten in the Apocalyps in the xii chapitre There hath ben a grete batayle in the shye so that saynt Mychyell his angell hath fought with the dragon his angell whiche myght not resyst syth theyr rowmes in heuen coude not be foūde but were cast downe so that dragon aūcyent serpēt whiche is called the deuyll sathan enforceth hȳself to make warre vpon the vnyuersall worlde here And for the cause it is red in the same chapitre That harme come to that erthe to the see for the deuyll is descended among you with all his grete furyous anger This deuyl hath a merueylous grete hate vnto all good peple whiche disposeth them to take possessiō in the towme of heuen from whens he was put out chased in to theterrnall paynes the more that the day of dome approcheth the more tēpteth he more cursedly more forseth hymselfe to do euyll in destroynge of soules O how grete is the wyckednesse the malyce of this deuyll of helle wherof Saynt Bernard talketh in a prose sayeng O howe felonous shall then this tormentours be whiche shall payne tormente synners how terryble shall theyr vengeaūce be in vengyng vyces wret chednes synnes Certeȳly theyr cruell malyce is yet augmēted in dyuerse maners Fyrste because they be so innumerable of so dyuerse sortes The Psalter seyth why be those so multyplyed that tormenteth me there be many that dresse them a yenst me and as it is wryten in Iob in the .xix. chapitre They haue asseged my tabernacle about me It is wryten in ●itis patrū That there was a good auncyent man that sawe the duyll enuyronynge the people were as thyke as beys that make hony wherfore it is sayd also in the Psalter They haue cōpassed me as beys be cause they be many of grete myght ▪ as Thapostle wytnesseth in his pistle ad the Epheseos in the .vi. chapitre where he calleth them prynces potestates gouernours of the world be cause they be subtyll and myghty to noy soules the Psalter seyth The stronge haue fought my soule This strengthe is vnder stonde by the deuylles It is red also of that streng the in Iob the .xli. chapitre There is noo myght vpon the erthe to be compared with that thou hath done soo that it dredeth noo man saue him that seeth all thynge from aboue is kyng ouer all the childeren of pryde the deuylles shall ernstfully exercyse theyr myght in pryde to the punission of synners them shall cruelly tourmente It is wryten in Ecclesiastico the xxxix chapitre There be spyrytes that be ordeyned to take vengeaunce hath confermed the tormentes in theyr furour enduryngly tyll the consummacōn of the worlde Iob sayth in his .xvi. chapitre He hath compassed me with his speris hath not spared me but hath hurt my reynes he hath caste my bowell to the erthe gyuen me woundes vppon woūde this come sholderyng ayenst me lyke agaynd Thirdely the malyce cruelte of the deuyl is cōforted is more greuous be cause they are neuer wery of tormentyng As it is wryten in the boke of Danyell in the .iii. chapitre The mynystres shall not sease in sturynge the fyres of the fourneys to the causynge of paynes Therfore sayd a wyse man that there be tourmentours whiche be more to be lothed then serpentes they be blacke defourmed wyll not be beten downe And they be neuer wery to do harme but newly encreasen theyr malyce al way redy boylyng desyrously to put soules to payne and Incessantly they excersyse theyr cruelte more and more And it is sayde to all synners in Deutronomye in the .xxviii. chapitre Thou shalt serue for thyne enemy whenne oure lorde shall sende the naked vnto hym in honger and thyrste and in alpouerte And thenne shal thysore woundes enereace perpetuelly O howe grete shall the paynes be there to dampned folkes whiche shall laste contynuelly in anguysshe and myserye withoute Intermyssyon lackynge peas or reste It is redde of the synners in Ezechyell in the seuenth Chapitre That whenne they shall fele this Anguysshyous payne they shall desyre and requyre to haue peas but thenne they gete none for they sall haue conturbacyon and sorowe vppon sorowe It is wryten in Thapocalyps the .xiiii. Chapitre That thoos that haue ben beestly shall therfore haue noo rest by day nor nyght Then̄e mowe the synners well saye as it is wryten in Isaye in the xxxviii chapitre I shall not see oure lorde god in the lyuyng londe nor I shall noo more beholde ony man that is inhaby tour of reste Semblable as it is wryten in Ihere mye the .xlv. Chapitre Alas I am vnhappy for oure lorde hath added in me sorowe to sorowe for I can fynde noo Reste Sorowe shall be thenne caste atte his hede and alle Inyquyte shall descende vppon hym Nowe by these thynges aboue sayd it manyfestly appereth how suche as descendet in to helle be punysshed with many dyuerse paynes and therfore me thynketh dere bretheren how

of helle And what is a more Ioyefull blysse than celestyall glorye Saynt Bernard sayd in the same sermon These ben the four wheles of the chare wherof the Remembraunce bryngeth mānes soule to the euerlastyng glorye of paradyse These ben also iiii moeuynges that awake the spiryte of man to the ende that he disprayse alle worldly thynges retorne vnto his creatour maker Lo it is then both cōuenyent proufytable that they be had contynuelly in remembraūce therfore sayth the wyse man in the xxviii chapitre of Ecclesiasticꝰ Bere in thy mynde the last fynall thyng is loke alway perfyghtly vpon them to th entent that they may be surely fixed printed in thy memorie Now syn all this processe princypally soueraynly enforseth hymselfe tenduce euery crature to haue an assured mynde an hole remembraūce of these iiii last thynges that they may cordyally be enprynted with in your hertes Therfor it is consonant accordyng yf it so may please that this present treatyse may be entytled and bere the name of the Cordyall ¶ Thus endeth the prologue of this booke named Cordyall Whiche treateth of the four last and fynall thynges that ben to come And here begynneth the fyrste parte of the sayd four last thynges THe fyrst parte of the four last thȳges wherof the remembraunce withdraweth a man fro synne is deth present or temporell And therfore seyth saynt Bernard in a bok called the Myrour of monkes The most souerayn phylosophye is to thynke all way on deth And he that beryth it in his mynde in what place so euer he go shall neuer synne Saynt Austyn sayth in his boke of exortacyons There is noo thyng that soo well reuoketh and calleth a man from synne as often Remembraūce of dethe Certayn it is that thynge whiche causeth a man to be humble to dysprayse hymselfe and to do penaunce ¶ How Remembraūce of dethe maketh a man to be humble meke ¶ The fyrst chapitre of the fyrst parte pryncypal I Say that recordyng the Remēbraūce of deth maketh a man to be meke humble hym selfe And therfor sayth Saynt Austyn in the book that he made of our lord A man knowyng himselfe to be mortall it shal put from hym all maner of pryde In very trouthe all our other thynges as well good as badde be incerteyne But of deth oonly we maye be well ensured And how be it that the hour therof to vs is hydde and incerteyn Yet alway she is approchyng shal surely come without longe taryeng And to this purpose sayth Ecclesiastics in his .xiiii. chapitre Bere well in remembrance that deth shal not tarye It is also wryten in Thoby that deth hasteth that there may no fleeng ●uayle Also by the comune lawe of nature euery man must paye his mortall trybute Saynt Bernarde sayth in a sermon O wretched man why doost thou not dyspose thy selfe to be redy at all houres thynke that thou arte now dede lyns thou knowest well that necessaryly it behoueth the to dye Remembre wel how thyn eyen shall tourne in thy hede the veynes breke in thy body thyn herte shal deuyde in two partes by the righte sharpe anguysshe and payne of deth Who is he thenne that ought not to drede make hȳselfe humble whan he knoweth certaynely that he must retourne and become erthe Now truly there shall be none excepcyon of persones But al shall passe that waye For as it is wryten in the seconde booke of kynges Whe shall all dye and the erthe shall swolowe vs as it dooth water cast therupon whiche neuer retourneth We rede also that this worde Mors in latyn maye well so be called For it is a bytter morsell vnto all men in soo moche that no creature maye escape it And therfore it is sayd in the boke of dyspraysyng of the worlde Dethe cutteth doun and dystroyeth all thynges create and made in fleshe She bothe beteth doun the hye men lowe for the hath domynacion vpon worldly lyuyng thynges She regneth Imperyally ouer the nobles and dredeth no lyuyng creature for her power is comyn ouer prynces and dukes She taketh aswell the yonge as the olde And whan she smyteth she hath mercy of no creature Alle thynges create in flesshe peryssheth vnder her honde Nor ther be none so stronge but that the beteth them doun without rescuse And ther is no thynge beryng lyfe but that she destroyeth and wasteth it without ony escape And the neyther taketh mede allyaunce ne frendshyp What shall I shore saye euydently dethe spareth no body For neyther poore ne ryche shall mowe escape out of her cheyne Certaynly I vnderstande now that dethe is th ende of all worldely lyuynge thynges And therfore it is wryten in Ietha the Poete That deth taketh away and dooth anyntyse all quycke thynges Lo it is not sayde that the wyse Cathon and the good Socrates ben dede Whiche gyueth example that there is neyther scyence ne doctryne that may preserue one fro the ruynouse darte of deth It is writen in Ecclesiastes in the seconde chapitre Aswell dyeth the wyse man as the fole It is wryten in Isaye in the .xxxiii. chapitre Were are now become the lettred men where ben the prechers of the worde of god Where be they that were wont to teche the childern These questions implyed as moche as to saye they lyue not be goon paste in the comyn course with other dede of this worlde Now by cause Ietha named but only the two afore specyfyed I praye the telle me Where is now Hector of Troye where is become Iulius Cesar where is Alexander the grete where is Iudas Machabeꝰ where is the myghty Sampson where is Crassus the riche where to the fayre Absolon where is Galyen the physycyen Auycenne his felowe where is the wyse Salomon where is Arystocle the phylosopher where is Virgyle the right experte poete be not all these dede and passed out of this worlde as pylgryms and gestes departed hens in a right short space yes certaynly ther is not one lefte a lyue of them al their Ioyes were but vanytees and are fayled theyr dayes be consumed passed as the Psalter seyth man passed his dayes resemblyng a shadowe one tyme he is hole strōge of all his membres on the morow seke leyde in the erthe And as Cathon sayth Our lyfe is gyuen vnto vs to be full of doubte and of fragylyte This appereth also clerely by a phylosophre named Secundus whom thēperour Adryane questyoned with of that beyng thestate of man whiche answered as foloweth Man is subget vnto deth dost of the place where he is a voyager passyng semblably vnto a pece of snowe Also lyke a reed bery and lyke a newe apple by whiche thynge is euydencly shewed how frayle how sleder also how lytyll endurȳge is the lyfe of a man And not oonly the lyf of poure people But also the lyfe of

spyrytuall thynges For yf they were lette other by defaute of spyryte or by sekenesse of the body he that soo sholde take awaye from his body theffect of good werke The true desyre of his spyryte The good example to be shewed to his neyghbour the honour to God his maker He sholde doo sacrylege and be culpable of all this thynges ayenste God Yet sayth saynte Gregory in his Moralys in the one and therty chapitre By abstynence sholde the vyces of the flesshe be quenched Certaynely yet whenne we putte awaye our enemye we gryue our owne flesshe Secondely oure lorde shall aske vs yf we haue corrected oure body with the Rodde of dyscyplyne in refraynynge hit from Rebellyon and other vayne Iolytees Sayut Bernarde sayth vpon the Cantycles that the dysacustomynge of good werkes muste be chastysed holpen by the bytte of discyplyne He sayth also in a Pystle O how well good disposicyon yeldeth discyplyne to the state of the body and the habytacōn of the thoughtes abateth the slepe of the hede she ordeyneth the contynuaunce of the vysage she tempereth the tonge she refrayneth the throte she appeseth the Ire dresseth the goyng Thyrdely our lord shall aske yf we haue laboured our body in vertue in werkes of penaunce Therof sayth saynt Austyn in his book of Baptysyng of children That Adam was chased oute of Paradyse terrestre because that delycyous place it sholde sygnyfye that labour whiche is contrary to delyte shold be shewed vnto the tendre flesshe of the childern And therfore our bodyes may be called a laborȳg best which our lord hath sente vs to do accomplysse the werkes of penaunce Holde not the body then in yolenesse in an moche as thou knowest not how longe hit shall abyde with the. But perfourme the werkes of penaūce Lest perauenture he asketh it agayn that hath lence hit the. Crysostom sayth If thou haue borowed an Oxe or an Horse thou wylte anone sette hym a werke lest he be asked agayn of the on the morow why wylt not thou semblably do with thy body as thou wylt do w ▪ the Horse or Oxe Thus then norysshe dyscretely thy body whiche is lent the by Ihesu Cryst in suche wyse as thy nature may be susteyned the vyces ouercome thy body corrected by the rodde of discyplyne so as it may be obedyent resplendysshyng in Chastyte Instructe it to good labours so that hit chase away all ydlenesse fynally that thou mayste yelde our lord a good a Iust Rekenyng there of atte the daye of Iugement Thyrdely we muste yelde rekenyng of our next kynnesmen Fyrste the fader of the sone As is wryten in the fyrst boke of Lrynges in the seconde chapitre the thirde of Hely that was punysshed for his childeren because he knewe they dyde a mysse corrected not theyr defautes Therfor is also wryten in Salomon the nyne twenty chapytre Lerne and teche thy sone And to the same purpose sayd A wyse man If thou haue a sone correcte hym yf he synne lest by right thou abye not his trespace Secondely the Prelate shall gyue Rekenyng of his subgette or dyocesan For it is wryten in Ezechyell the eght and therty Chapitre My sone I haue sette the to be a beholder ouerseer of men in the hous of Ysrahell when thenne thou herest ony of the wordest of my mouth shew them on my behalfe That is to wyte If I saye to a felon O theff thou shalt dye an euyll deth And yf thou shewe not my sayeng to hym to th entent that he may amende hym yf he dye in that wyckednesse I shal aske of thy hāde his lyfe agayne Item the same Ezechyell sayth in his .xxxiii. chapytre Beholde and see how I am my selfe aboue all my other herdemen And I shall aske my bestayll of theyr hondes The lordes or Prynces Royall shall yelde rekenȳg accomptes of theyr subgettis As it appereth in the Book of Nombres in the .xxv. chapitre where the worldely Prynces are cōmaūded to be hanged on the galowes for the synne of theyr people because the people dyde fornycacyon with the doughters of Moab whiche they called theyr Sacryfyce As is redde in the sayde chapitre Suche thenne be the Prynces Prelates As is wryten in Iheremyas the fyue and twenty chapitre Howle ye herde men crye strongely cast vpon you asshes for your dayes be complete to th entent that ye be slayne and caste in the erthe as precyous vessels Beholde thenne these prelates of the chirche the prynces vnyuersall of the Erthe that be constytute aboue all other Loke how they gouerne by example How they instructe by wordes How they defende by dede the poore people that arne commytted to theyr gouernaūce Certeynly the prelates owen to teche theyr people and defende them wysely from the assawtes of Heretykes worse and more cursed thanne wolues and from theyr cautellys wylyer thanne foxes And the temporall Prynces owen to doo Iustyce vppon trespassours and defende theyr good subgettes And kepe wedowes orphanes wretched persones And not to gryue ony body by vnrightfull exaccyons or Iniust causes They may knowe what is wryten in the booke of Sapyence the .vi. Chapitre Howe there shall be a right harde Iugement to thoos that ben precellent aboue all other Certeynly mercy shall be graunted vnto the good poore man but the badde riche man shall suffre grete tourmēte O ye prelates of the chirche and ye prynces of the vnyuersall worlde these wordes ben addressed vnto you to th entent ye sholde lerne wysdome and not to fall therfrom and that ye enstructe gouerne and defende youre subgettes so well that ye may be sure atte the last daye of the righte harde Iugement where the gretest and strongest payns shall be to th offenders that haue ben myghtyest here Fourthly it behoued to yelde Rekenynge of all our wylles werkes And Anastasye saythe vpon the Symboll Quicunque vult saluus esse c. Howe atte the comynge of oure Lorde Ihesu Cryste alle mankynde shall arryse bodely and yelde Rekenynge of theyr propre werkes That is hit that is wryten by Thappostle in the seconde Pystle ad Coryncheos the fyfthe chapitre where he sayth It behoueth that we shewe vs alle manyfestely before the Iudycyall sete of Ihesu Cryst to the entente that eueryche resceyue there good or euyll accordyng to theyr merytes desertes It is redde in Ecclesiastes in the last chapitre Our lorde shall bryng vnto the Iugemente all thynges that be done And not oonly the grete greuous synnes but also those that we thynke belytyll or none The paas of a man semeth but a smale thynge Neuerthelesse it shall be Rekened for atte the fynall day of Iugement Therfore say the Iob in his .xiii. chapitre Syre thou hast welmarked my wayes my pathes haste beholden the Traces of my fete And after he seyth in the chapitre folowȳg Thou hast nombred al my steppes Item also