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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20430	The dyetary of ghostly helthe		1520 (1520)	STC 6833; ESTC S109570	17,280	34

ryse Forthwith lyfte vp your harte to god / cōmytynge youre selfe to his proteccyon / and gyue hym thākes / for that he hathe preserued you that nyght past / sufferynge no vayne thoughtes to fall into your mynde / but shortly blesse you and fall vnto your prayer Be neuer ouercomen with sluggysshnesse ne dulnesse of body / as some bē that with gronynge and grutchynge ryse oute of theyr beddes But with a quycke mynde put awaye all slouth as though cryst our spouse dyd call you vnto maryage / sayenge to youre selfe Ryse thou wretched body oute of of thy couche / make the redy and lyght thy lampe / go mete with thy spouse / and do thy duty leest thou be refused for comynge to late Be not longe in the apparyllynge of youre selfe / but apply you vnto your worke or seruyce enioyned to you for to do With gladnesse of mynde lette no vanytes appere in youre apparell / but kepe alwaye a semynge fourme and an vnyfourme waye in your dressynge / vsynge nother to rude vesture ne to precious / but in a meane / no wyse desyrynge to please the worlde by it / but to honour god Cal also beseli vnto god for his helpe and grace / that ye maye be stronge agaynst the malyce and power of your enemyes For many haue bē in great peryl bothe of body and soule / bycause they haue not blessed them selfe honoured god at theyr vprysynge Therfore saye alwaye whan ye ryse some blessynge and prayer / as ye maye fynde in dyuers bokes ¶ Of herynge masse IF it may be / here masse euery daye For by that ye be made the more able to all good workes in the day folowynge / and prosper the better in euery thynge In masse tyme be dylygent asmoche as ye maye to haue deuocyon / commyttynge youre selfe and all that longeth vnto you to hym that is there present The masse is the veray memoryall of Crystes passyon Than yf ye wyl haue deuocyon / fall to some medytacyon of Crystes holy passyon For there is nothynge that kyndelyth mannes affeccyon so soone as the medytacyon therof Yf ye wyl be perfytely purged from vyces Yf ye wyll be indued with vertues Yf ye wyll be lyghtned with vnderstandynge Yf ye wyl haue vyctory of youre enemyes Yf ye wyll haue consolacyon in aduersyte Yf ye wyll haue swetenesse with teres in your prayers Yf ye wyll departe pleasaūtly oute of this lyfe Yf ye wyll haue redely euerlastynge ioye Vse deuoute medytacyon of crystes passyon in your masse herynge And also euery other tyme before ye shall praye The masse is of merueylous great effecte For after the sayenge of saynt Austyn By euery masse deuoutly sayd is there one soule delyuered out of purgatory / and one synner cōuerted Therfore here masse deuoutly / besechynge our lorde sayēge Blessed Ihesu let me sȳner be the persone the shal be stedfastly conuerted vnto the. And say this prayer Aīa cristisanctifica me And whā ye be comonde / se that ye dyspose your selfe before with hye deuocyon mekenes / by contrycyon / confessyon / and deuoute prayers / so that ye maye receyue your maker to the saluacyon and strength of youre soules And after to contynu the more stedfast in vertu ¶ How goddes seruyce and prayer sholde be sayde THe seruyce that ye be commaunded for to say and al that longeth to obedyence / se that ye fulfyll moost dylygently before all thynge For other prayers ben not acceptable to god / yf ye leue on those thynges that ye are bounde to of dewte Therfore whan the bell ryngeth to seruyce / consyder as it were the trumpe that shal be blowen at the Iudgement Than hye you faste to chyrche with great mekenesse and fere / to treat and dyscusse youre causes before god the moost hye Iudge / moost myghty / moost ferefull / moost wyse / moost tyghtwyse / but yet moost mercyfull Remēbre that he is mercyful to all them that ben meke obedyent / and theyr complayntes and petycyons onely he delyteth to here Therfore dyspose your self to mekenes afore your prayer / by some medytacyon / as of your synfull lyfe with sorynes therfore / of your fewe merytes innumerable demerytes / of the dayly mysery in this lyfe / of the infynyte peynes for synne after this lyfe Of the great endelesse Ioye in heuē / of the great goodnes of god / for delayenge our punysshement / for that we sholde amēde our lyfe Of the great mercy of our sauyour Ihesu / sufferynge bytter passyon for our redempcyon Whiche al / but these pryncypally ben great causes for to meken our hartes / to serue god deuoutely And whan ye haue great deuocyon by mekenesse Saye your seruyce prayers not onely in your one persone / as for your selfe / but in the persone of our moder the holy chyrche In that whiche there bē some as prysoners in the peynes of purgatory Some as traytours that ben obstynate synners Some as suers for theyr pardon that ben penytent Some as mynysters and seruauntes that ben in the state of grace Some ben assystent with god / to be our patrones and vocates they ben holy angels sayntes Now ymagyne that somtyme oure lorde speketh vnto vs / we somtyme vnto hym in oure psalmes and other seruyces that we saye And somtyme we treat for the prysoners Somtye we cōplayne of our aduersaryes Somtyme we desyre hȳ to spare his traytours / that they may haue space to amende Somtyme we labour to our patrones vocates for to helpe to opteyne fauour grace Somtyme we magnyfy his power / his wysdome / his goodnesse / with lawe and prayse Therfore thynke it no lytell cause that ye come to chyrche for Before a temporall kynge causes ben dyscussed / for this bodyly lyfe with great dylygēs / fere / reuerēce Moche more thā ought we with great mekenes / reuerēce / fere / dyscus our ghostly maters for the safegarde and promocyon of our soules before the hygh Iudge And thoughe ye vnderstande not what ye saye / consyder that ye bē as a poore wretche that hath a complaynt or supplycacyon to put vnto the kynge / made by a lerned man / wherin all your desyre is conteyned more expedyently / than ye can do it your selfe Thus remēbre where and in whose presence ye bē / and for what cause And before ye go to your seruyce call for grace and saye Rex christe clemētissime tu corda nostra posside vt tibi laudes de bitas reddamus omni tēpore Suffer not youre mynde to wāder as nere as ye maye And saye after euery houre where ye haue ben neclygent Deus propitius esto michi peccatori And whan ye haue sayd that is your duty / than saye your other prayers and memoryes of sayntes as your deuocyon is moeued To haue a synguler deuocyon to some specyall sayntes IT is very good to haue a synguler deuocyon /