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A13670	A full deuoute and gostely treatyse of the imytacyon and folowynge the blessed lyfe of our moste mercyfull Sauyour cryste compyled in Laten by the right worshypful Doctor Mayster Iohn Gerson: and translate into Englisshe the yere of owre lorde M.d.ii. by maister william Atkynson Doctor of diuinite: at ye speciall request [and] co[m]maundeme[n]t of the full excellent Pryncesse Margarete moder to our souerayne lorde Kynge Henry the. vii. and Countesse of Rychemount and Derby.; Imitatio Christi. English.	Atkinson, William, d. 1509.; Gersen, Giovanni, Abbot of Vercelli, 14th cent., attributed name.; Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, attributed name.	1517 (1517)	STC 23957; ESTC S107339	132,115	238

with tyme is both lytell short do therfore as thou doste and labour feythfully ī my vyneyarde that is to say in my church after the degre that thou art called to and I shal be thy rewarde wryte thou rede synge sorow for thy synnes kepe thy mouth fro yll veyne wordis pray thou be pacient ī aduersites such exercyses with such other vertuoꝰ labours be the very wey merytes of euerlastyge lyfe peace shall come one day that is knowē to our lorde hyd fro man that daye shal nat be as the day or nyght of this lyfe but it shal be lyght euer endurynge clerenes stedfast peace and infynnyte rest infallyble sure Thou shalt nat than say with the apostle who shall delyuer me fro the ꝑellys the ieoꝑdy of my mortall body ne thou shalt nat than crye with the ꝓphet with desyre to be desolued say these wordes wo is me that myne abydyng here in this mortall body is ꝓlōged why for than shall deth that before had dn̄acion in man be ouerthrowen destroyed helth of body soule shall thā euer be without ende none anoye shall thā be to man but a blessyd ioy myrth a swete and fayre cōpany O if thou sawe the ꝑpetuell crownes of sayntes in heuen in what maner of glorye they lyue ioy in now that were before despysed ī theyr lyuynge reputed vnworthy to lyue sothely thou wolde humble the in the moost lowlye wyse thou wolde soner desyre to be subiecte to euery man thā to haue gouernaūce of any man nor thou wold nat desyre the glad dayes of this worlde but thou wold rather desyre to be in trybulacion for god and thou wolde desyre also to be vylypendyd set at nought amonge men for cryst with cryst thy saueour o if these thynges were sauery to the shuld profoundely ꝑse thy herte thou weldest nat ones cōplayne the at such troubles aduersytees why for we ought eche of vs to suffer all labours hardnesse for the lyfe eternall that is so precyous it is no lytell thyng to wynne or to lese the kyngedome of heuen lyft vp thy soule into heuen beholde me my sayntes all that hath had and suffred great conflyctes and batayles with me in this worlde nowe they ioye with me nowe they be cōforted nowe they surely rest after theyr labours shall euerlastynglye abyde and reygne with me ī the euerlastyng reygne of my fader ¶ The .liii. chapiter of the day of eternyte of the anguysshe of this present lyfe THe mansyon of the hygh cyte of heuen is all full of blysse ioy infynyte o thou day eternall moost clere y● which art nat made derke by any nyghte but it shyneth euer by the hye trouthe of almyghty god this day is euer ioyful and moost mery euer sure and stedfast neuer chaūgynge his state into cōmodyousnes wolde god that daye shulde shyne to vs all tēporall thynges were endyd this day of eternyte gyueth lyght to the sayntes in heuē with perpetuall clerte and shynynge but to trauaylers here in erthe it is farre as by the mene of a myrrour the Cytezins of heuen knowe how ioyfull that daye is and we whiche be the chyldren of Eue and outlawes from heuen sorowe for tedyousnes bytternes of this our temporall day the days of this tyme beshorte euyll full of sorowes and anguysshes where man is defoyled with many synnes and is feblysshed and destroyed often by passyons he is contracte and dystrayned with many dredes and with many busynesses is he occupyed he is wrappyd in many vanytes with many errours he is intriked and broke with many laboures he is moued with many temptacyons he is ouercome with delytes he is crucyate turmentyd with penury and nede o whan shall all these labours be ended and whan shall I be delyuered fro the mysery and thraldome of vyces whan shall I thynke of the alone good lorde all other thynges lefte and whā shall I ioy in the fully whan shall I be without all Impedyment or lettynge in very lyberte without all greuaunce of body and mynde whā shall I possesse sadde peace without trouble sure peace within and without sure on euery syde o good iesu whan shall I stande to beholde the whan shall I haue syght and cōtemplacyō of the eternall glory of thy kyngedome whā shalt thou be to me all in all o whan shall I be with the in thy kyngedome the whiche thou hast of thy goodnes preparate to thy louers at the begynnyng lo I am lefte here a poore outlawe in the Lande of myne ennemyes where dayly batayles and in fortunes be full great comforte me good lorde in my exyle mytygate my sorowe for I syghe vnto the with all desyre for all that the worlde offreth vnto me for my solace is but a burden to me I desyre inwardely to be knytte cleue to the good lorde but I may nat come therto I desyre to be cōuerted and atteyn the heuenly thynges but worldly thynges and possessyons vnmortyfyed in me let me where in my mynde I wolde and desyre to be aboue all tēporall thynge I am cōpellyd ageynst my wyll by my dull body to be vnder all so I vnhappy man am ● ꝯtynuall fight with my selfe I am made greuous to my selfe whyles my spyryte desyreth to be aboue my flessh to be downe o what is my suffraūce with inforthe that whan I treate of heuenly thynges by dylygence of my mynde anone a multytude of carnall thoughtꝭ mette letted me good lorde be thounat by thy grace far fro me nor declyne thou nat in wrath fro thy seruaūt sende downe the lyghtnynge of thy grace ꝯsume such vayne troblous thoughtes sende downe thy arowes of drede chase away all the fantasyes of the ennemy gather together all my sensys to the make me forget all worldly thynges gyue me grace soone to auoyde fro me to despyse the fantasmes or Images of synne Socoure thou me eternall truthe that no vanytes meue me O thou heuenly swetnes come and enter into me chase fro me all vnclennes forgyue me I beseke the mercyfully ꝑdon as ofte as I ꝯsyder ● my mynde any thynge in tyme of prayer excepte thy goodnes I knowlege the good lorde that I haue be wont to behaue me very distractely ī prayer other thyngꝭ for I am nat often there but absent where I stande or sytte bodyly but I am more there whether I am borne by suche thoughtis for I am there where my desyres be and there my thought desyre is where that thyng is that I loue for that thyng doth mete me anō in thought that naturally pleaseth or delyteth wherfore thou truthe hast openlye sayde where thy treasour is there is thy herte if I loue heuen I thynke gladly on heuenly thynges If I loue the worlde I ioy of hit

thy holy tabernacle and dwellynge place and the s●te of thy eternall glorye No thynge be foūde in me at any tyme that shulde offende thy hye maieste after the greatnes of thy goodnes and thy manyfolde mercyes beholde me and here gracyosly the prayer of me thy poore seruaūt beynge farre exyled ī the regyon of the shadowe of deth defende and conserue the soule of me thy seruaunt good lorde whyle I laboure amonge the manyfolde perels of this corruptyble lyfe and dyrecte it by thy grace cōtynuallye in this lyfe vnto y● fynall coūtrey of euerlastyng peace and claryte Amen ¶ Here endeth the thyrde booke of Ihon̄ Gerson Emprynted in London by Rycharde Pynson in Flete strete at the Sygne of the george at the commaundement and instaunce of the right noble excellēt princes Margarete moder to our soueraygne lorde Kyng Henry the. vii coūtesse of Rychmoūt Derby the yere of our lorde god M. CCCCC and xvii The .vii. day of October ¶ Here beginethe the forthe boke of the folowynge Iesu cryst of the contēpnīge of the world In prynted at the cōmaūdemēt of the most excellēt prices Margarete moder vnto our souereine lorde kinge Hēry the .vii. Countes of Rychemoūt Derby And by the same Prynces it was trāslated out of frēche into Englysshe in fourme maner ensuynge The yere of our lorde god M. D. iiii ¶ Prologus COme to me saythe our mercyfull lorde all that laboreth and be charged and I shall gyue vnto you refeccyon And the bredde that I shall gyue vnto you shal be my flesshe for the lyfe of y● worlde Take ete it for it is my body that for you shal be gyuen ● sacryfice Do ye this in remēbraūce of me For who soeteth my flesse drynketh my blode he shall dwell in me ● in hym ¶ These wordes that I haue sayde vnto you belyfe● and spiryte of helthe ¶ In what great reuerence and feruent desyre we ought to receyue our lorde Iesu crist Capitulo primo O My lorde Iesu crist eternall trouthe these wordes beforesayde be thy wordes Albeit they haue nat ben sayde in one selfe tyme nor wrytten i one selfe place yet for that they be thy wordes I ought feythefully agreably to vnderstande theym They be thy wordes and thou hast ꝓferred them And they be now myn for thou hast sayde theym for my helthe I wyll gladly receythem of thy mouthe to th ende they may be the better so wen planted in my herte Thy wordes of so great pyte full of loue swetnes dileccion greatly excyteth me but lorde my ꝓper synes fereth draweth backe my conscience nat pure to receyue so great a mystery The swetnes of thy wordes inciteth ꝓuokethe me but the multytude of my synnes charge the sore greueth me Thou cōmaūdest that I shal come vn to the feythfully if I wyll haue parte with the to the ende I may receyue the norysshynge of imortalyte if I desyre to opteyne the Ioy and lyfe eternall Thou sayst lorde come ye to me that labour be charged I shall refresshe you O how swete amyable a worde is that in the Gre of a synner that thou my lorde my god lysleth of thy benygne grace to byd me that am so pore haue so moche nede of the holy cōmuny on of thy precyous body O good lorde what am I to presume to desyre y● that the heuen erthe may nat cōprehende thou saist com ye all to me who asketh wylleth this right meke worthynesse and amyable byddynge Howe shall I dare come vnto the whiche feele nat that I haue done any good How shall I enterteine y● into my how 's whiche so often haue offended before thy glorious ryght benygne face The aūgels arkas●gels honour the the holy iuste creatures drede the. thou sayst good lorde yet come ye allvnto me Lorde who shulde byleue thys thynge to be true if thy selfe sayd it nat And who is he that durste approche there vnto If thou dydest not cōmaunde it Noe that iust man labored by an hundreth yere to make the arke to the ende be myght be saued with a fewe of his people Howe may I preprayre me than in an howre to receyne the withe due reuerence cōposour and creatour of all thys worlde Moyses thy greate famylier and speciall frende made tharke of tymber nat corruptyble whiche he couered with right pure gold put in the tables of the lawe I a corrupt creature howe shall I nowe dare receyue the that arte conditour of the Lawe and gyuer of grace and lyfe vnto all creatures The right wyse Salamankynge of Israeledifyed a ryche Temple to the praysig of thy name by the space of .vii. yere and by .viii. dayes halowed the feest of the dedicacōn of the same he offred a thousande hostys to pacifye thy goodnes with and put the arke of alyaunce in the place made redy for the same with the soū de of claryons and trumpettys Howe dare I than cursed and right pore amonge other creatures receyue the into my howse whiche vnnethe can knowe that I haue well passed and enployed one howre of tyme nouther to my knowelege that I haue deuoutely passed one halfe howre Do my god howe many haue there ben before me that haue studyede to do any thynge that myght please the. Alas howe lytell thing ys that I do albe it the tyme ys shorte Aud yet whan I despose me to receyue thy holy cōmunyon I am but losely gadred to gether and full coldly purged from all distracciōs of mynde And certeinly no cogitacions vnprofitable ought to come into the holy presence of thy deyte Also I ought nat to occupye me with any creature for I shall nat receyue an aūgel but the lorde of aungels in to the secrete of my herte ¶ For there is a greate dyfference betwene the Arke of alyaunce with his relyques and the ryght pure and precious body with hys vertues nat faylynge but euermore duryng ¶ And betwene y● sacryfyce of the prefyguratyue lawe that was to come and the true hostye of thy precyous body that ys thaccomplesshement of all the olde sacryfyce ¶ Wherfore than shulde nat I be more inflamed in thy venerable presence and by more solycytude prepayre me to receyue the sacred and holy gyftes and benyfyttes of the. In so moche the holy auncyent patryarkes and prophettes kinges and prynces with all the people hath shewedeso greate affeccion towardes thyne honoure and dyuyne seruyce ityme passed ¶ The ryght deuout kynge Dauid inclyned to the arke of god with all his strengthe knowlegeynge remēberynge y● benefytes don vnto his faders he made orgayns of dyuers maners he composed psalmes instytute that they shulde be songen and he hym selfe sange theym with gladnes of ten tymes with the harpe of the holy goost Thys kynge inspired with the grace of hod hath taught the people of Israel to prayse god with all theyr hertes blessynge