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
hym is moost pryncypall as saynt Poule sayth ¶ Nemo coronabi◠nisi qui legittime certauerit ¶ Ther shall none be crowned but suche as lawfully fygureth and pre uayleth by kepynge of ther soule fro consent to syn ne And the more dygnyte that a knyght or a clerke is call dto the more profe to be made before of his habylyte Thus by these techynges thou mayst vnderstande that trybulacyon is ordeyned of god in this lyfe to calle the lede the ayen in to knowlege of thyself in to remembraūce of thyn owne herte And knowe y u veryly that the herte whiche hath not caste out of hymselfe the Joye of worldely prosperyte may not parfytly fele ne knowe hymself For the plesure of this false Joye soo inchothes the herte that it may not retourne in to hymselfe but it is al occupyed with worldely maters whiche in that it may not it ordeyneth to the increace of this vayne Joye so it laboureth euer more more to blynde hymself as longe as it renneth outwarde in worldely prosperyte therof complayneth hym the prophete Dauid in the persone of asynner where as he sayth Lumen oculorum meorum ipsum non est niccum ¶ Thelyght of mȳ eyen is not with me alas they may be sory to whom our lorde hath gyuen grete natural wyll knowlege they spende the candell of ther wysedom in orderynge of worldely vanytees in orderynge of themselfe they spende but lytell or none it is gyuen to them specyally for themselfe that is to saye to the we le of ther soule not to the plesure of theyr bodye Lyke as euery man is moost nyghe hymselfe so vnder god he ought moost to loue hymselfe in ordre to those thynges whiche shal be moost to the auayle of hymselfe as to god vertue and nothynge is so nessarye to be knowen of man as hymselfe For all knowlege without knowlege of hymselfe is but vayne to brynge a man to the ende that he was made fore and lyke as he that hath not hymselfe hath nothynge for yf a man haue no parfyte power to rule hymselfe no thynge is well ruled that cometh in his handes For ther is no outwarde dede well ruled except it come of a well ruled soule for the goodnesse of the outwarde dede presupposeth the goodnesse of the good dede of the wyll Inwarde so yf y u haue not a good wyll ther is no thynge good that y u doost But peraduenture y u wylt saye than y u doost neuer no good dede For comonly whan y u haste wyll to doony good dede ther cometh in thy mynde some shrewde entente as vay ne glorye laude of the worlde or to haue a temporall profyte therby or to plese thy frende or for fere to dysplese hym or of enemyte y u doost to the rebuke of other whiche do not see lyke as y u doost Or y u leuest thynges vndone by cause y u woldest not y t other sholde folowe the. Thus comonly thy wyll is not good and than after this doctrine thy wyll is not good Here I answere y t it is vnpossyble to the to let suche though◠to come to thy mynde But as longe as y u wolde do ony good thynges for y e loue of god profyte of thy soule yf y t vayne or euyll thought we re awaye than y u dost it pryncypaly for god y t euyl or vayne thought letteth no thynge the meryte of thy dede As thus perauenture y u seest a poore man wolde gyue a peny in almesse to hym forth with cometh in thy mynde y t y u shalt haue a laude of the worlde therfore or suche as see y e this thought shal not make the to lese thy meryte as longe as y u wolde gyue y t peny to the poore man for the loue of god yf no man sholde see the than y u dost it pryncypally for god this wyll is merytoryous y e dede folowynge therupon Than retornyng to my saynge before lyke as he whiche hath not hymselfe hath no thynge Lyke wyse he y t knoweth not hymselfe knoweth no thynge that is to saye profytable to hymselfe as to purchesse the rewarde of our lorde in the euerlastynge Joye after this mortal lyfe The wretched man or woman that fixeth ther loue moost on this worldely prosperyte he forgeteth hymselfe for he is not with hymselfe Loke what thynge y e soule moost loueth ther it is moost by conuersacyon of the mynde and the werkers of the soule moost renne thyder As our sauyour sayth ¶ Ubi thesaurus tuus ibi cor-tuū ¶ Loke where that thynge is that y u louest ther is thyn herte Thus the herte of the couetous man is with his golde and syluer The herte of the leche rous man is with the persone there he hath moost fless hely plesure to The herte of the proude man is there he hath moost reuerence and with his fresshe clothes Thus the worldely prosperyte false transytorye Joye in hertely creatures draweth the herte of men and woymē fro themselfe and with moche sorowe oftentymes they come to suche thynges as they loue and therfore they by them with lesse labour sorowe they myght bye grete excellent Joye in heuen than they bye this falte worldely Joye the whiche hastely they shall lese and than they shall haue euerlastynge sorowe But lyke as a man that is besyeged whan he wolde eschewe and goo out of his house he is compelled to retorne and is betyn in ayen by suche as haue besyeged hym and is broughte therto that he dare not ones sette out his fote at the dore Lyke wyse our lorde of hys grete mercy sen deth the soudyoures of trybulacyon to suche soules and hertes as he loueth and wolde that they sholde abyde at home and beteth them in to themselfe ād the more trybulacyons ther are and also the more they be so moche y e hertes haue lesse power to stroye abrode from themselfe Than thanke god theros whiche sendeth the aduersyte wherby thou art made to leue the loue y t y u haste to worldely prosperyte lerne to knowe to loue god ād thyselfe in ordre to god thus to abyde at home and kepe well ordred the loue of thy soule For whan ther is noo dweller in an house soone it falleth to ruyne dekaye Lyke wyse the soules whiche are not Inhabyte in this maner falle to waste come to nought Blyssed is that man or woman whiche abydeth in hymselfe lerneth to knowe hymselfe how they shal kepe ther bodye obedyent to theyr soule theyr soule obedyent to god And aboue all thynge attendeth to kepe hymselfe that the flesshe drawe not the soule to the loue of the worlde but that the soule drawe the flesshe to the seruyce of god and hath the grete Joye in the clerenesse of conscyence is whan it lyueth without rumours
token that he setteth lytell by the. And that thou haste goostly sekenesse whiche is not lykely to haue remedye for suche are more desyrous to fulfil ther owne wyll than the wyll of god They despyse god as he sayth by the ê“phete ysaye ¶ Filios enutriui et exaltaui ipsi auteÌ„ spreueruÌ„t me ¶ I haue nourysshed my childern with goodes of this worlde I haue exalted them to honour they haue despy sed me yf y u wyll aske me what is very fredom I saye that he is not moost free whiche may do moost what he wyll but he is moost free whiche leste may do euyl so ther is moost lyberte where leste power is to synne ThaÌ„ accordynge to this doctryne afore rehersed sythen our lorde maketh the by trybulacioÌ„ to knowe thy selfe hym tyeth y e to him that thou shalt not go fro hym bryngeth the fro thraldom of the fende wretched lyuynge to perfyte lyberte of his loue execucoÌ„n of vertuous dedes wherfore yf y u fele thy selfe dyscomforted by trouble payne reduce these grete profytes to thy mynde they shal comforte the ayen For thy comforte is to remembre that he loueth the. And the moost token of his loue is y t he ledeth the by trybulacyon to hymselfe wher fore Joye thou in hym he shall Joye in the and than all thynges to thy moost auayle shall prospere with the. THe fyfthe consolacoÌ„n in tyme of trybulacyon is to remembre how y u art made therby hastely to spende the in the waye to heuen to the blyssed presence of thy lorde god For as it is sayd before Euery payne cometh of god wherfore euery payne is ryghtwysse And euery syÌ„ne cometh of vs euery synne is vnryghtwysse wherfore as many trybulacoÌ„ns payns as y u hast as many mes seÌ„gers y u hast sent fro heueÌ„ to spede y e theder lyke as a man whiche in y e flouryng tyme of somer goynge thorugh a felde ful of fayre floures a swete medo we of tyme wyl gyder of y e floures for the swetnes solacyous abydynge in y e place he wyl syt or laye hym downe somtyme falle on slepe so y e nyght cometh vpon hyÌ„ afore he haue endeth his Journey And y e man whiche laboureth in the foule waye the wynter tyde he fyndeth no place to reste in to he co me to the ende of his Journey yet maketh hyÌ„ to haste faste y t he may come to an ende of his labour Lyke wyse the folke whiche are in the plesant prossperyte of this lyfe they are so occupyed with gade rynge thyÌ„ges of plesure as rychesses flesshely delec tacios honours dygnytees y t they forgete ther Jor neye whether they are bouÌ„de out of this worlde For here they seke reste in the plesure of this lyfe in maner as ther were none other felycyte ordeyned for man here they lye slepynge in synne wretchednesse to y e nyght of deth come vpon hyÌ„ than they are taken with the deuyles of helle neuer come to see god in his glorye whiche sholde haue ben y e ende of her pylgremage But suche as be in the wynter waye of aduersyte ful of grete blast of temptacoÌ„ns in y e soule ful of sharpe thornes of paynes bodely sekenes full of grete flodes of worldly trybulacyon these folke haste hym for in ther waye they fyÌ„de but bytternesse therfore they haste hyÌ„ that they may come to reste hyÌ„ swetly at y e ende of ther Journey af ter ther sore labour For y e bytternesse of trybulacoÌ„n taketh fro the herte al false plesure of this worlde so it maketh the good soules whiche our lorde vtterly specyally loueth to spede them to hym wyl not suffre hem to reste hem abyde in the waye the thynges whiche he calleth the to by trybulacoÌ„n pacy ently taken are sogrete so precyous so perdurable euerlastyngly abydynge that he wyl not y t y u shalt make taryenge in the lytell thynges whiche shortely shall slyp vanysshe awaye A good meruayll it is that suche persones to whom god hath gyuen grete knowlege make theyr abydynge in the lytell thynges by the taryeng they make in y e smale thinges grete labours they haue about hem to ordre hem fylty to theyr plesure they shewe well they haue forgeten y e grete thynges y t our lorde called hem to All thynges whiche delyte the herte Inmoderatly make y e herte to tarye loseth moche tyme of his pylgremage but whan payne trybulacoÌ„n take away vayne delyte fro the herte maketh y e thynge bytt whiche was wont to be beloued than it maketh the herte to styre hym forwarde swetly and leueth the vayne taryeng And therfore the prophete sayth ¶ Multiplicate suÌ„t infirmitates eorum postea accelerauerunt ¶ Whan sekenesse is multeplyed than suche as haue taryed before they haste hem for war de full faste Ha good lord many one sholde go full slowely in theyr Journeye of they were not hasted forwarde with sharpe callynge by trybulacoÌ„us in maner compelled with vyolence to procede in theyr waye And lyke as the croked fete affeccyons are feble oftentyme wolde reste in the vayne plesure excent they were excyted to go so our lorde suche as he specyally loueth he calleth oftentyme vpon hem And therfore it is wryten in the booke of Exodi That the Egypcyens constrayned the childern of Israell to go out of Egypt in token that trybulacyons whiche are vnderstande by the Egypcyens constrayne the hertes of the chosen childer of our lorde to go out of this worlde by the affeccyons of ther loue spede them to that lyue there the grete plesure standeth in loue ther no thynge is but that is detely loued And whan the loue goth fro the worlde the herte goth fro the worlde For lyke as the bodye goth with the fote so the soule goth with the loue aÌ„d where the loue is there the herte is O how glad the hertes sholde be to departe from those thynges where they haue more payne than plesure more sorowe than solace go to those thynges where they shall euer haue myrthe swetnesse and neuer fele poynt of bytternesse where is full Joye full peas w t out dystemperauÌ„ce of payne or trybulacoÌ„n And he re y t haste no grete plesure in ony wordely thynges accordynge to thy dyfordynate appetyte but fynaly it shal torne the to torment of hert Than comfort thy selfe in trybulacyons for they dryue y e out or the pryson óf payne to the ryall kyngdome of plesure fro the fetters chaynes to y e crowne as Eccl. saith ¶ InterduÌ„ deducit â—s de carcere ad regnuÌ„ ¶ Some tyme a prysoner is drawen out of pryson to come to a kyngdom The herte is in pryson whan it is tyed by loue to y e lowe erthely thyÌ„ges of this worlde y e more
handes of the werke than that metall whiche is of lesser valour as golde is more apte in y e golds mythes hande than yron more precyoê° werke he may werke therin for it is more obedyent vnd the hamer Lyke wyse the pacyenthertes are y e precyous goldeÌ„ hert whiche are obedyeÌ„t to y e strokes of trybulacoÌ„n after y e wyll of our lorde in these he werketh precyous werkes of grace many fayre vertues the se curyous moost precyous werkes of y e grete wise dome of god shall euerlastyngly apere in these obedyent pacyent hert to the honour of god grete plesure to all his louers in the kyngdome of heuen where clerely shall be shewed all the secrete werkynges of the hert whiche are had in this lyfe Suffre thy lorde than esely to bete awaye y t rosty mocyons synfull desyres of thyn herte to make it a clene vessell apt to receyue y e InfusyoÌ„ of his grace And yf y e stroke of y t hamer be paynful harde to abyde recomforte the ayen in y t the goldsmyth is so wyse so good y t he may stryke no stroke but to y e moost auayle of the vessele of thyn herte accordynge to his wyl whiche no thynge may do but well And yf y t be gentyle in sufferynge his strokes and left thyÌ„ hert to hyÌ„ desyrynge y t he do therwith lyke as it pleseth hymselfe y u shalt fynde hyÌ„ gentyl in temperynge of his strokes y t he wyl more esely worke after as the forme of werke requyreth But comonly the goldsmyth stryketh moost strokes on y t vessel whiche is moost precyous werke The hertes whiche are without dyscyplyne techynge they are harde and dysobedyent vnd y e hamer rather they breke than they wyll bowe after the enteÌ„te of y e werker Be not as an olde broken panne whiche whan the werker stryketh it breketh maketh many mo holes than were before Thus harde hert drye without loue ordeuocyon to god incresse her payne vnd the stroke of trybulacoÌ„n for they haue no regarde but only to theyr plesure none to theyr demeryte the ryght wysnesse of god whiche may not leue synne vnpunysshed in this worlde he stryketh bycause he wolde spare y e after this lyf where y e strokes shal be moost bytter to suche as thaÌ„ shall suffre hem And lyke as the herte groweth in fayth byleuyng y t the payne trouble cometh of our lord Also in pacyence by wylfull takynge thankynge god therof also in meke nesse thynkynge y t he is worthy to haue suche payne moche more so the herte groweth in the grace aÌ„d loue of our lorde y e rewarde of glorye Thus meueth y e Ecclesyastes saynge ¶ Sustine sustentacoÌ„es dei riuÌ„gere deo sustine vt crescat in nouissiÌ„a vita tua ¶ Suffre the suffrynges of our lorde be y u Joyned to hym Suffre y u thy lyfe may waxe in the ende This saynge may be vnderstande dyuerse wyse as thus suffre thou that god suffre for the or suffre thou that god suffreth with the or suffre thou that god suffreth in the and the fyrste sence is that thou shall suffre that god suffreth for the in this worlde He suffred for thegrete trouble aÌ„d enemyte of y e worlde he suffred for the grete sclauÌ„der euyl reporte he suffred for the contempt despysynge he suffred for the grete pouerte wylfully he suffred for the grete payne in bodye as werynesse watche hongre thyrst grete sorowe in soule grete payne in bodye fynally the moost grete outrage payne of deth more than may be suffred by natural power For he reteyned his soule in his bodye in sufferaunce of peyne aboue the power of nature largely to recompense for our offeÌ„ce so that he yelde vp his soule with a grete crye as scryptute sayth ¶ Uoce magna tradidit spirituÌ„ ¶ But by the course of nature the bodye is so febled byfore the departyuge of the soule y t it hath no power to sormeony voyce And so sholde the bodye of our sauyour haue be had not he reteyned his soule to suffre plentefully payne for our saluacoÌ„n as he sayth in the gospell of Johan ¶ PotestateÌ„ habeo ponendi aiÌ„am meaÌ„ potestateÌ„ habeo iteruÌ„ resumendieam ¶ I haue power to put my soule fro my bobye whan I wyll I haue power to receyue it ayen Joyne it to the bodye And as the prophete sayth ¶ Apud dnÌ„m miÌ„a copiosa apud euÌ„ redempcio ¶ With our lorde is mercy and plenteuous redempcoÌ„n Remembre y t thy lorde god for thyn offeÌ„se suffred these grete paynes of his grete mercy pyte that he hath of the whiche beâ—yÌ„ge a synner may not be saued without his payne for without his payne no payne is able to satysfye for synne Than I exorte the remembre his grete gentylnes lerne to suffre for hym ayen in parte recompence for his grete gentylnes for thyn offence For sythen he that was an Innocent suffred for the moche more thou that art a syuner ought to suffre for thy selfe The hamers of this goldsmythe whiche is almyghty god are not only the paynes trybulacoÌ„ns whiche he werketh in the by cause thou shalt so thynke oftentyme that his werkynge is so secrete that the reson of man can not fynde the cause therof perfytly but also the aduersaryes whiche he suffreth the to haue are his hamers to bete the forge of the a perfyte vessell by pacyent sufferynge accordynge to his plesure to receyue hymselfe here by grace in the lyfe to come with the grete glorye of his eternall felycyte And lyke as the hamer is ordeyned fynaly to the profyte makynge of the vessell not the vessell to the hamer and the hamer in makynge of the vessell and wyth the strokes it is hurte in hymselfe consumeth and fynally breketh So the wretched reprobate people whiche inworde in drede trouble the chosen childern of our lorde they hurte hemselfe fynally are brought to destruccyon dampnacyon thorugh the grete malyce y t they haue to other aÌ„d the pacyent takynges of theyr malyce purgeth the soules whiche y e haue the wronge done vnto them and thus theyr werkes are profytable to other daÌ„pnable to themselfe And therfor sayth Salomon y t the fole serueth to the wyseman ¶ Qui stultus est seruit sapienti ¶ That personeÌ„ is a fole whiche wylfully wyl do that thynge wherby it enteÌ„deth to hurte an other moost hurteth hymselfe And that persone is wyse whiche so wysely taketh that thynge y t myght hurte him that geteth grete profyte therby ThaÌ„ thou whiche wolde be a clene vesseyll honourable to god suffre the strokes of trybulacyon suffre the strokes of troublelers Also y u whiche wolde haue the crowne of vyctorye in this worlde the crowne of glorye in the
lyfe to come for the grete sufferers are the grete cqonuerours And with the betynge y t they suffre of payne trybulacyon theyr crowne is forged on the flethy of ther herte Than thou whiche desyrest to haue the crowne forsake not the strokes of the hamers for by these our lorde hath ordeyÌ„ed that thy crowne shall be made and at suche tymes y t the strokes are moost profytable to the whan thou with very fayth remembrynge the profytes of a pacyent charytable herte kepe his perfyte obedyence to our lorde aÌ„d loue to thyn enemyes that thou canst fynde in thyn herte to forgyue them hertely to praye for them y t they may haue forgyuenesse of our lorde This fyre of charyte maketh thy werke to go forth spedefully lyke as the hote metall dylateth goth abrode vndernethe the hamer yet w t this charyte y u mayst defende thy ryght oppresse the malyce of thyn enemye by menes acordynge to Justyce equyte yf thy power be therto and specyally whan of lykelyhode by grete suffrauÌ„ce theyr malyce shold Incresse Also thou shalt sustene that god susteneth with the for he susteneth with the bereth the vp in suffrynge auersyte by his sustenyng of the y u arte borne vp that thou falle not vnder the grete strokes of aduersyte other by bodely deth or grete vnpacyence or rancour of herte many soules sholde haue grete falles by false worldely ê“speryte they were not keped vnder the strokes of aduersyte and also these strokes they myght not abyde except they had supportacyon of the hande of almyghty god with these trybulacyons thou art also sustened and fede made stronge lyke as the bodye is made myghty to bere grete burthens by materyall mete This trybulacyons are bytter but they purge the soule make it to growe in perfeccyon of goostly lyfe wherfore I counseyll the as the goostly phesycyan of thy soule to refuse not this dysshe of our lorde sette it before the for he hathe not only tasted this dysshe to the but he hath plentefully taken hymselfe of hit as the prophete Jeremye prophecyed vpon hym ¶ Saturabitur ob probriis ¶ He shall be sacyate sayd he with rebukes Thus y u shalt not thynke thy selfe rebuked in that thou haste trybulacyons grete wronge done to y e in this worlde but rather y u art worshyped in y e that thou art called to the dysshe of our lorde Of this dysshe was fede that holy man Job as he sayth in his boke ¶ Non leuabo caput saturatê° afflictione ¶ I shal not lyft vp myn hede with payne and woo Than as y u hast grete trybulacoÌ„n moche to suffre thanke thy lorde god whiche so largely ê“uydeth for the for after the quantyte of trybulacyon shal be the quantyte mesure of thy glorye consolacoÌ„n And therfore as y u wyll haue the swete receyue the sowre for thy grete swetnesse muste come of bytternesse Also thou shall sustene that god susteneth in the for he within the so reteneth the mocyons of trybulacyons that yf he sustened heÌ„ not they sholde oppresse the downe and therfore foloweth ¶ Comungere deo et sustine ¶ As who sayd drawe thou nyghe cleue to god for he is felowe to the in this sufferynge berynge of trybulacyon wherfore be not astonysshed in berynge thynkynge that the burthen pas seth thy power For he bereth with the whiche wyll suffre the no more to bere but acordynge to thy power the resydue of the burthen he bereth it with the. He is so mercyfull so gentyll that he wyll suffre noo soule to bere aboue his power in weyght of temptacoÌ„n trybulacoÌ„n as the apostle sayth ¶ Fidelis deus q noÌ„ pacietÌ„ nos teÌ„ptari vltra quam potestis ¶ Wherfore complayne not of thy burthen for he leyeth vpon the whiche beste knoweth thy power no more chargeth the withall but that thou may be re the resydue he bereth hymselfe and that is the greter parte yet in that parte thou berest thy selfe he helpeth the and comforteth the for without hym thou mayst no thynge do as he sayth in the gospell of saynt Johan ¶ Sine me nichil potestis facere ¶ Wherfore all ye whiche desyre to haue the lyfe of Joye I counseyll you pacyently to take this lyfe of trybulacoÌ„n for by the storkes of trybulacyon ye are made able to receyue stronge to retene y e grace of our lorde wherby ye shall shortly be delyuered from all trybulacyon come to the plentefulnesse of the flood of delectacoÌ„n which shal flowe vpon you tro the grete essencyall mageste of god soo replenysshe you that all your power shall be sacyate eternally after this lytell and short payne of this traÌ„sytorye lyfe THe eyght consolacoÌ„n is to remembre y e payne trybulacyon maketh the to seche labour for the solace aboue in heuen For naturally euery man woman hath apetyte to solace delectacyon wherfore whan they are put therfro in this lyte by bytter trybulacyon than theyr mynde renneth for to haue it in the other worlde For in this lyfe there both no man may fulfylle his appe tyte after his plesure for after the ordynauÌ„ce of god grete plesure in this lyfe he hath ordeyned grete pai ne for it in that lyfe for this plesure is not without myserye of synne and grete payne here he hath ordeyned grete plesure for it there Wherfore trybulacyon in as moche as it excludeth fro the and Interdyâ—eth erthely plesure solace soo moche it prouydeth and openeth to the the heuenly solace Lyke wyse as the lorde of the towne where as grete plente of wyne is for to be solde as in the contre there it groweth he wyll make the taueners of the towne to be shette vp to suche a tyme that he haue vttered his owne wyne Soo our lorde maketh the tauerne of this worlde to be shette vp to the by trybulacyon to suche a tyme that thou haue bought his wyne of consolacyon by merytes of this lyfe Soo yf y u wylt haue wyne of consolacoÌ„n thou muste go to hym as the prophete Johell sayth ¶ Bestie agri quasi area sciciens inspexeruÌ„t ad te quomaÌ„ excecati sunt fontes aquarum ¶ He calleth the bestes of the felde flesshely affeccyons and desyres of our herte and the welles of the waters he calleth the plesures of sensuall delectacyon Whiche whan they are dryed with aduersytees they coustreyne the herte to loke vpwarde to heuen for drynke for than it can fynde none in erth and fayne it wolde drynke And so moche the glory of god the plesure of the perfyte Joye is more desyred of y e herte And in this also he sheweth to the his specyall goodenesse whiche maketh all thynges so bytter to the that no thynge thou haste plesure to thynke on but only of hym Wherfore sayth saynt Austen in his confessyons ¶ Paciebar in