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A09515	The boke entytuled the next way to heuen the whiche in true walky[n]ge or goy[n]nge is but thre dayes iourney, and to go or walke euery daye but thre myles as wytnesseth moyses who sayeth. Ibimus viam trium dierum in solitudinem. [et]c. Exodi. iij. Ca. F.; Next way to heven	Peter, of Luxemburg, Saint, 1369-1387.	1520 (1520)	STC 19795; ESTC S114591	20,762	34

hȳ And of that haue we an example of oure selfe / yf a man hath to speke with an other he speketh vnto hym more gladly whan he fyndeth hymselfe all alone The thyrde thynge is that he sholde at that houre cast out of his herte all dremes thoughtes afterwarde to be all in orayson The .iiij. thynge that he oughte to haue with all his herte grete entende to praye the holy ghost that he gyue vnto hym grace of deuocyon / for orayson without deuocyon hath no sauour / put than payne to houe it do that / that in the is god shall ende it And yf god gyue the grace for to worsshyp hym menynge the payne that thou there shalt take wepe / for teeres ben as ryght good wyne of the whiche the soule deuoute wexeth dronke vnto god in orayson in suche maner that he ne can refuse hym in that thynge that he demaūdeth / in lykewyse as it appereth by saynt Peter / and by magdaleyn the which wepte god gaue vnto them that that they demaūded that was pardon of theyr synnes Teres ben of ryght grete profyte and of ryght grete vertue / for one only tere maye gete of god that that all the aūgelles in heuen ne all the saintes of paradyse ne may do that is to knowe whan the synner wepeth for his propre synnes wherof it is wryten in the psalter that the moost pleasaūt sacyfyce that the synner may make vnto god is that he be contryte repentaūte that he hūble hym before god in wepynge / for whan the tere of the synner repentaunt is offred vnto god with humble herte deuoute it thrughe perceth the heuen by her vertue moūteth tyl vnto the throne of the mageste dyuyne / there ne is aungell the whiche it may ne dare holde tyll vnto that that it be come before the face of god / that it hath goten that that he wyl for his soules helth / for the orayson the whiche is made in wepynge as sayth saynt Austyn thrughe perseth the herte of our lorde Iesu cryst moueth him vnto pyty entreateth enclyneth to loue hym chaungeth the sentence of Iudge recordeth the synner perfytely vnto god The .vj. is that he ought to regarde the estate of this presēt mysery where there is soo many perelles that there is none the whiche maye it accompte / for man is euermore in temptacyon of the fleshe of worldly vanitees / and of the begylynge of of thyn enemy / other in stepinge or in wakynge / or in spekynge But he sholde thynke that the worlde the flesshe ne vayn quysshe but theyr frendes / therfore sholde he wel kepe hym that he ne be frende of the worlde ne of the flesshe / for all those that loue the worlde and the flesshe ben the enemyes of god as sayth saȳt Iames. Meruayle it is how the worlde may be Ioyous who so well regardeth the peryll of this worlde / for the worlde is a Iayle wherin we ben in pryson for our synnes / we ne knowe whan we shall goo out of it wheder we shall be saued or dampned Now sholde it be agrete nouelte yf the these sholde synge or laughe whan men lede hym to be hanged / but yet ben we well more out of wycte and more abused than suche theues for we renne all vnto the gybet of hell vnto dampnacyon perdurable all daunsynge and makynge feest / for we ben in lyke wyse as a vessel in the hye see with all the sayle stretched hysed with wynde at wyll we go euery daye on grete Iourneys to warde hell or paradyse / for we ne knowe yet in what parte we shall aryue so all in slepynge / in walkynge / in drynkynge / in etynge in playenge / in singynge euermore we goo for warde wtout arestynge as people the whiche ben of the see And therfore who soo well beholdeth this worlde the grete peryll he sholde haue better cause to wepe than to laughe / for yf the synner beholde the heuen he seeth the coūtree herytage eternal where as is perfyte felycyte from the whiche he is yet ferre of by his synnes And for as moche he hath good cause to wepe And yf he beholde the erthe he seeth the mater wherof he hathe be made and where vnto he shall retourne at the houre whan he shall departe from this worlde / that is in th ende of this lyfe And yf he loke vnder the erthe he seeth hel the whiche is redy to engloute hym with mouthe open / and to tour ment for his synnes And yf he loke on the ryght hande he seeth the prosperitees the rychesses wherof all the worlde it is abused deceyued drawne vnto dampna eyon And yf he loke on the lyfte hāde he seeth the ylles trybulacyons that the cursed done vnto the good And yf he loke behynde him he seeth the tyme that he hath lost in vanytees in thoughtes that he sholde haue dispended in good werkes And yf he loke before hym he seeth the deth whiche cometh / yet ne knoweth whā he shall dye / ne of what deth / ne in what place / ne ī what estate And yf he loke within hym he seeth his cōscyence ful of synnes / his wytte his body full of cursed maners / enclyned in cursed customes And yf he loke wtout hym he fyndeth hymselfe enuyroned beset aboute with soo many perylles / ne knoweth how he shall escape And also he seeth knoweth the dure harde sentēce of the ryghtfull Iudge that he shall also caste at the daye of Iudgement vpon the synners of the whiche he is one of the nombre yf he amende not his conscyence We sholde put our ende in teres in penaūce / we sholde call the holy ghost in oraysons that he be vnto vs in ayde that he defend vs frō all our syn̄es from all our myseryes The .vij. thynge is to regarde the estate wherin he shal be at the deth whan all our membres haue loste all theyr force strength / the soule goynge forth frome the body shall se our lorde out of measure wroth with hym for his synnes / yf he ne be than truely penytent repentaūt of all his defautes / vnder he shal se hel open for to engloute hym / his sȳnes he shall se on his ryght hande that whiche shall accuse hym the enemies on the lefte hande that which wolde bere hȳ awaye horryble shall crye vpon hym Thȳke than often on these thynges wtout ende and I knowe well yf thou vnderstode them that thou sholdest despyse lyghtly all the vanytees of the worlde shall drawe that vnto deuocyon / for the vanytees wordely shall more greue at the deth than ne do ayde than there no ne maye ayde ne socour / ne frendes / ne parentes / ne fader / ne

¶ The boke entytuled the next way to heuen the whiche in true walkȳge or goȳnge is but thre dayes Iourney / and to go or walke euery daye but thre myles as wytnesseth moyses who sayeth Ibimus viam trium dierum in solitudinem c. Exodi .iij. Ca. F. WHan I beholde the estate lyfe that I haue ben of syns that I coude knowe the good the yll I ne fynde but sȳnes tyme loste and yf I ony good dedes haue done yet are they not dygne ne worthy of guerdon / for I them haue done so neclygently wtout loue wtout aduyse And it semeth me / also I doubte me that they all ne bē ony thȳge worth Alas suche am I wherfore I doubte lest that I be cut downe cast in to the fyre That is to saye that I be not after this present lyfe put vnto deth cast in to the fyre of hel with that deuilles with my sȳnes Alas I haue wasted of goodes lost for to norysshe my caryon more than I haue wonne Certes I am not worthy to be called man or woman / for I haue ledde a ryght foule lyfe poore And for as moche I haue shame to lyue / also I dare not dye Alas now sholde I wepe all the tyme of my lyf for to recouer the tyme that I haue lost Alas body synner what thynkest thou / knowest thou not wel that one tyme it behoueth that to dye / also thou ne knowest whā ne how Knowest thou not well that the Iudgement of god aprocheth / certes yes O what anguysshe shall that be vnto the euyll parsones to se a daye full of derknesses of sorowes of trybulacyons / of cryenges / brayenges of wepynges / and of waylynges / and of dredes of abasshe mentes of eclepses and of thonders / of tempest / and of yre / of other grete horryble thynges O that there shal be harde tydynges bytter O what heuynes / o what dolour / alas what thȳkest thou slepest thou / or wakest thou what abydest thou Alas that thou arte on slepe whan thou tremblest not to here so grete thonder Alas drye tree worthy to be cutte and put in the fyre / tell me hast thou ony fruyte / ye mayst thou say moche y●ll and roten / for synne is bytter stynkynge Alas here is an euyll lyfe where as I haue lefte the cōmaūde mentes of god and haue obayed vnto the cōmaūdementes of the worlde / not vnto the worlde all onely / but vnto the worlde vnto flesshe / vnto the deuyll God that created vnto his ymage / and redemed and gouerned from day to daye And promyseth to gyue vnto the his realme / it is he without whome thou ne mayst lyue / and also thou hast done vnto hym so grete dyspleasure whā thou hast not dayned to obey vnto hym / but hast loued more derly to obey vnto the worlde / vnto the flesshe / and vnto the deuyll / A it is no lytell thynge how be it that it semeth vn to the so Alas what shalte thou saye at the daye of Iugement whan all the tyme that thou hast lyued shall be demaunded how thou hast spent it For it hath be lente the for to employe in the seruyce of god thy creatoure Alas wenest thou that it be now tyme to go to play to laugh to bourde to speke trifles / cextes nay / But it is tyme to playne and to wepe and to enchase flee from synnes to plante vertues / to do good werkes And after this lyfe it shall betyme to play / that is in a fayre delectable place Now proue I the than that it behoueth to yeld accompte euery houre of euery momente of tyme syns that thou were borne tyll vnto thy depatynge And there at the Iudgement before god before the vyrgyn Marye aungelles / and all the saȳtes and before all the worlde And there shall be serched and demaūded all that / that thou haste done ayenst the wyll of god And also vnto the shal be shewed all the good dedes that thou hast lefte vndo ne the which thou sholdest haue done yf by penaunce it ne had be pardoned the. And that thou shalte be wel set The nexte waye to heuen aboute with synne / yf thou wepe them not now by confessyon / contrycyon / satysfaccyon And than shalte thou reknowlege Iustyce mercy and so shalte rest for than prayer / seruyce / promyse / force / gyftes excusacyons ne fayre speche / ne penaunce in no wyse maye helpe / ne no thynge ben of valoure / than shall these synners se the Iuste Iudge out of mesure wroth redy to do Iustice without mercy And vnder shall they se the depe helles open to engloute them / more than an hundred thousande tourmentes the whiche be made redy vnto them And on theyr ryght hande they shall se all theyr synnes wherof they shall haue meruayllously grete hydour / on the lefte hande they shal se these enemyes horryble moche cruell in theyr terryble hydeous fourme awytynge that the sentēce of the Iudgement be yelded and cast vpon the synners to the ende that thy may drawe them with them in to hell And also they shall se the tyre enflambed without forth And also they shall fele theyr cōscyence brēne without forth Alas yf thou be than of the nombre of synners what coūtenaūce shalte thou make were mayst thou hyde the / the whiche now ne mayest here the worde of god / certes in noo parte But it behoueth the to appere wylte thou or not / shalte abyde the dolorous sentence Alas what shalte thou than do / thou shalte than tremble / for now begyn our soules to tremble yet dyspayre the not / but retourne vnto hym the whiche thou hast wretchedly offended pray hym humbly that he wyl haue of the pyte and mercy / that he wyl gyue the pardon And haue thou good hope in his mercy / he shall receyue the with good wyll / for he receyueth gladly the synners whan they retourne towarde hym by the waye of penaunce / the whiche waye hath thre dayes Iourney in lengthe / as ye may here here after in this present boke as sayth saynt Peter of Lucembourgh SAynt Peter sayth that we ben all pylgrymes in this worlde here And we walke day nyght with our restynge in to our countre the whiche is in heuen And for to haue recreacyō as these pylgrymes the whiche speken with good wyl in walkynge theyr waye Also in goynge vnto our pylgrymage / that is paradyse / we shall speke alytell / for we walke strongly we haue not but thre dayes Iourney to walke the one of the sayd thre dayes Iourney is cōtrycyon / the other cōfessyon the thyrde is satisfaccyon And in lykewyse sayth Moyses vnto vs. Ibimus viam triū dierū solitudine The fyrst sholde be