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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

thou shalt wel perceyue that if thou haue those thīges aforsaid thou hast nat them of thy selfe but if thou wylt applie thy selfe haue cōfidence in god he shall sende the fro heuen that thou shalt haue these vertues also thy sensuall part ▪ with the worlde shal be made subiectes to the yf thou wylt arme thy selfe with y● quycke feith the crosse of iesu cryst thou shalt nat nede to fere the enuious subtylte of the fyende than prepare thy selfe as a feithfull seruaunt of iesu criste to bere his crosse cōstātly cōsideringe howe he thy lorde dyd bere it for the peinfully mercifully order thy selfe to suffre mani aduersitees īiuries wrōges ī this miserable life so thou shalt haue hym with the where so euer thou be also thou shalt fynbe hym where so euer thou hide y● Than if thou desire to be dere a frende to thy redemer haue ꝑte of his cōsolacion desire affectually to drīke with hym of his chalys of trybulacion desire no cōsolacion ne ꝓsperite but at the wyll of god order thy self to suffre tribulacions repute them as the moste speciall consolacyons for they be y● redy meanes to come tho the heuenly ꝑpetuall cōsolacions whan thou comest to that degre of pacyēce that tribulacion is swete pleasaunt to the for y● loue of god than exteme thy selfe in goode state and that thou hast founde paradise in erthe And as lōge as it is greuous to the to suffre enforceth thy selse to fle tribulacion so longe thou arte nat in the ꝑfite state of pacience whersoeuer thou fleest thou shalt fynde trybulacion nere folowethe If thou order thy selfe euer to suffre paciently to haue remēbrāce of thy dethe than thou shalt ꝑceyue thy selfe ī good state also in q̄etnes reste If thou were so ꝑfite that thou were rauysshed spiritually with Paule into y● thyrde heuen thou shuldeste nat be sure therbye to be without aduersyte For owre sauy our spekyng of Paule saythe I shall shewe hym howe manye thynges he shall suffre for my name Than if thou wilt serue and loue thy lorde perpetually thou must nowe suffre saye manye tymes to thy selfe wolde to god I were able for to suffre for the name of my sw●te lorde Iesu For therby thou shuldest gyue occasion of specyall edificacion of thy neyghbour great glory to thy selfe exaltacion of gladnes to the holy aungels All people in maner recōmende pacience but there be fewe that wyll vse it Thou that takest great labours suffereste moche for the loue of the worlde and wordly thinges by greate reason thou shuldeste be glad to suffre a lytell for the loue of the moste true louer criste And euer the more thou mortifie discretly thy selfe the more thou begīnest to lyue in the sighte of god There is no ꝑsone apt to cōprehende heuenly thīges withuot they submit their selfe to suffre aduersite for the loue of criste There is no thinge more ꝓfitable for thy selfe acceptable to god thā to be pacient glad to suffre for the loue of hym And if ꝓsperite aduersite were put in thy eleccion thou shuldest rather chese aduersite than desire to be recreate with many cōsolacions For bi aduersite thou arte made conformable vnto cryste all his seyntes Our meryte ꝑfeccion of state stādeth nat in great plesaunt delectable cōsolacions but rather ī greuous tēptacions tribulacions and penalyte of life If there had be any more expedient meane to the helthe of man than to suffre peyne tribulacion our lorde criste wolde haue shewed it bi wordes examples But he exorted hys disciples all other that wolde folowe hym to heuen to take y● crosse as the moste mediate meane to folowe hym sayinge who that will folow me to heuen thei must denye theyr owne selfe forsakīge theyr ꝓpre wyll take the crosse of peuaunce folow me Af● all these thīges redde perfitly serched it foloweth as a fynall cōclusion that it is behouable to vs ta entre into the kyngdome of heuen by wany tribulacions ¶ Here begynneth the .iii. boke ¶ The fyrste chaptre cōteyneth the inward spekeynge of our lorde Iesu criste to mānis soule that he hath specially chosen _●Oo saith suche a feithful soule I shall attēde here what our lorde shal speke ī me blessed is y● soule which herith our lorde god speke ī it that conceyueth of his mouth a worde of rsolaciō Blessed be the eris that here the styll spekynge or rownynge of almyghty god and pondereth nat y● disceytefull callynge or priue mouynge of the worlde blessed be the ere 's that rest nat in the flaterynge or wordly voyce outwarde flowynge But rather heringe trouthe that speketh enformeth mānis soule in wardlye Blessed be the iyen that be shytt to the delectable syght of outwarde or wordly thynges that gyue hede deuoutly to gostely thynges Blessed be they that by grace by the lyght of soule perceyue the true inly entent of scripture that ●pare them dayly by exercise os soule to conceyue the celestiall priuetees Blessed be they that labour besilye ī soule to beholde loue god almyghty his plesure ī all thynges for that auoyde frome them al wordly besines or desires that let suche deuociō O thou my soule attende gyue hede to the premysses and shyt thy senses or sensuall partes that thou mayste here gostely what thy lorde speketh in the in warde inspiracion The lorde louer saith to the I am thi helthe peas lyfe euerlastynge Ioyne and knytte the suerly to me thou shalt fynde rest and peas of conscience and after this euerlassynge peas lyfe Forsake the loue of foule transetory erthly thinges and dilygently seche euerlastīge thīges what be all temporall thynges but disceiuable and what may any creature helpe the if thy lorde god that made the forsake the wharfore refusest thou al wordli thynges ioyne and cleue by clene and stidfast loue and seruice to almighty god thy redemer that thou maist hereafter attayne the eternall felicite i heuē ¶ The seconde chaptre howe treuthe spekerhe inwardly to mannes soule without noyse A Deuoute soule after that it hathe herde the swete instyllaunt spekynge of his lorde god as a man inflamed with loue desireth more longer speche with our lorde sayinge withe the Prophete Samuel thus Speke good lorde for thy seruaūt is redy to here the I am thy seruaunt gyue me vuderstandynge to knowe thy cōmaundmētes sayinges Bowe make my hert soule to fele folow thy wordes instyll in to my soule thy holy techige wordes as the dewe droppethe vpon the grasse I say nat as the chyldren of Israell sayd to Moyses Speke thou to vs we shall here the gladly let nat our lorde speke to vs lyste we dye for drede So be it nat with me good lorde But rather I besech the humbly desirously

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

from the detraccyon of yll men And if trouthe delyuer the thou shalt be very fre from the vayne wordes of men in this worlde shall nat set by them It is true sayth a deuout soule to god that thou sayste be it done after thy saynge thy trouthe teche me kepe me brynge me to saluacyō good ende delyuer me frō all euyll affeccyō frō all inordynate loue so that I may walke with the good lorde in lyberte fredome of hert Truth sayth agayne to such a soule I shall teche the thynges that be rightwyse plesaūte before me Remēber thy synnes past with great dyspleasure and heuynes and repute the nat any thyng of valoure for any good dede that thou haste done Thynke verely thou arte a synner by wrapped and boūde ī many passyons synnes thynke that of thyne owne selfe thou arte nought soone turnest to that that nought is thou art soone ouercome with synne thou art soone trobled ofte broken with passyōs of syn thou haste nothynge of thy selfe that thou mayst magnyfy thy selfe of but many thynges thou hast wherfore thou oughtest to vylypēde the for thou art more feble thā thou knowest thy selfe Therefore let nothynge that thou doste seme to the great of pryce of all thyngꝭ that thou doest esteme nothynge p̄cious or in valour or ī reputacyō laudable but that thynge that is eternall so that the euerlastynge trouth be pleasaūt to the before any thīge ellys that allvylyte or syn̄e specially thyne owne synne foulenes dysplease the so that nothyng be to the so odyous as synne wyckednes the whiche ought to displease the more thā the damage or losse of any other worldlye thynge Some there be that walke nat clerey before me but they be led by pryde curyosyte to serche knowe my secretys the hye thyngꝭ of my godhede so they be neclygent about themselfe to know theyr synnes gostly helthe such ꝑsons fall oftē tymes into tēptacyōs greuous synnes left to thē selfe for theyr pryde curiosite that they folowe drede thou therfore the iugemētes of God the īportable wrath of god almyghty Dyscusse nat ne enserche the meruaylous werkes of god but ꝯsyder thou well thy synnes wyckednes how ofte in how many great thynges thou hast offēdyd trespassyd ayenst god how many good thynges thou hast left vndone of rechelesnes some folke ther be that bere theyr deuocyon all in bokes some in Images and some in outwarde tokens fygures some ther be that bere me in mouthe ofte namynge me in worde but lytell in hert and some other there be that haue theyr intelleccyon or reason clerely illumyned with the lyght of vnderstandynge theyr affecte so pour ged of erthely thyngꝭ that they alway aspyre to eternall thynges greuously berynge to here cōmenyng of erthely thynges takyng but scarsly of suche thynges as be necessaryly requyred to natural lyfe such knowe what the spyryte of trouthe speketh in theym the which techeth them to despyse erthely thynges to loue heuenly goodes and to despyse the worlde worldly thynges and to desyre euer heuen and celestyall thynges ¶ The .vi. chapyter of the marueylous desyre and affecte of the loue of God O Thou fader celestiall the eternall fader of my lorde iesu criste I loue the blesse the for thou hast vouchesaue to remembre beholde me louīgely with thy gracious consolacion O thou fader of mercy god of consolacion I thanke the that thou cōfortest me vnworthy to haue anye consolacion I blesse prayse the alwey with thy only begotē sone the holy goste whithout ende whan thou good lorde my louer as thou arte of al man kynde shal come into my herte all my inwarde ꝑtes shall ioye Thou art my ioy thou art my hope refuge ī the tyme of my tribulacion but for asmoche as I am īperfite of vertue feble in loue Therfore I haue nede to be cōforted helped of the. Wherfore I beseche thy endeles goodnes to vysete me oftymes and īstructe me with thy holy disciplenes and techynges Delyuer me from passions he le my herte fro all inordinat desires affeccyons Se that I inwardely be purged eleuate frome wordly affeccions and may be made apte and able to loue the good lorde spiritually stronge in pacience to suffre for the and stable by ꝑseueraunce in goodnes Loue is a great thinge an excellent vertue that maketh euerye greuous harde thynge light swete importyble thīge easye to bere and bitter thynges swete sauorable The loue of iesu perfyghtly imprynted in mannes soule makethe a man to do great thynges and exortethe hym therafter alweye to desire more and more perfight thynges Goostly loue desyreth euer to ascende to heuenly goodes vily pendeth al erthly thīges his necessaries saued Suche gostely loue coueteth to be fre and alyenate frome all wordly occupaciōs lyste that his inwarde syghte of soule be derked or letted ne his affeccion to gostely and heuenlye thīges be letted frome his liberte by wordly thynges Nothynge is more swete than is loue no thīge ys more stronge than loue no thynge hygher larger meryer fuller ne better in heuen or erthe For loue cometh of god ne it may nat reste fynally ī any creature lower than god It maketh a man renewe ioye It maketh a man fre in hys soule wythout any retaininge of synne It maketh a mā set nought by wordly goodes but to departe with all that he hath to relyue the indignes and myserye of other folke Also it maketh a man content with that lytell that god sendeth hym noughttd desire that ꝑteineth to other for he resteth aboue all thynge erthely in one perfite goodnes that is to say ī god almighty of whome all other goodnes floweth ꝓcedeth Suche a persone beholdeth not only the gyftes that be gyuen to hym but he attendeth aboue al thinges with loue and drede vnto god the giuer Loue knoweth no measure but it incendethe the louer out of measure Loue makethe man to fele no hardnes ne other burden layde vpon hym and it maketh a mānat repute any labour that is impute to hym it maketh any man to desire ouer his power and might It complaynethe nat of impotencye any tyme For it makethe a man to thynke alle thynhes possyble to hym and lefull Loue therfore dothe and may do great thynges where the louer lieth nat nor defayleth nat It maketh a man gladly to wake whan he is dulle and disposed to slepe Whan a man is wery it maketh hym nat to accompte it Whan a man ys arted or troubled it chassethe aweye all trouble feere inwarde For as a quycke bronde or flame of fyre if it be moued or blowen it flamethe vpwarde so a gostely louer in troubles is lyfte vp by feruour of loue to god and so by the helpe of god almighty he ouerpassethe all suche peynes and trybulacions He that is a

was good and rightwys whan it was made of the good lorde is nowe for the vylyte infyrmyte therofso corrupt mā that the mouynge of it lefte to man draweth euer to yll lowe thynges hye heuenly thynges lefte For the lytell vertue strength of that nature the whiche remayneth there is as who sayth a lytell sparke of fyre wrapped and hyd in asshes This is the naturall reason of mā belapped with great darkenes yet hauynge discrecion of good yll of truthe falsenesse thoughe it be vnable to fulfyll all that he approueth nor may nat vse yet the full lyghte of truthe nor his affeccyōs helthfully wherfore it foloweth good lorde that I delyte ī thy lawe after myne inwarde mā knowynge thy commaundement to be good ryght wyse and holy arguynge also and fyndynge all yll and Synne to be exchued fledde and yet in myne outwarde man that is to saye my body I do serue to the lawe of synne whyles I obey more to sensualyte than to reason in his mocyons wherof cometh that I woll that which is good but I am of vnpower to ꝑfourme it I purpose ī my mynde oft tymes many good dedys or werkis but for that grace wāteth that shuld helpe my infyrmyte febylnes therfore I go asyde cesse of good doynge for a lytell resystens Therof cometh that thoughe I knowe the wey of perfeccyon and howe I ought to do yet I aryse nat by deuocyō of soule to suche ꝑfytenes I am so oppressyd and lettyd by my dull corrupte body thy grace good lorde is to me theragayne full necessary to begynne goodnes and to profyte therin to fynysshe the same ī ꝑfytenes for without that grace I can nothynge do and with the helpe of it I maye do all thynges necessary to me o thou heuenly grace without the which no man may be of any meryte or valour before God nor any naturall gyfte is profytable neyther craftes ne rychesse neyther beautye ne strength wytte or eloquēce be any thynge worth before the good lorde and grace wante For gyftes of nature be gyuen Indyfferentlye to good folke euyll But the gyfte of electe and good persones is grace and loue of charite wherby they be noble and made worthye euerlastynge lyfe that Grace is of such worthynes that without it neyther the gyfte of prophesy ne the workynge of myracles and sygnes nor hye speculacion or cūnynge auayleth any thyng Also neyther feyth ne hope nor other vertues be accepte of God without grace and charyte o thou blessyd grace that makest hym that is poore in Soule ryche in vertues and hym that is meke abundaunt of goodes spyrytuall come and dyscende in me replenysshe me soone with thy consalacyon that my soule fayle nat for werynes and drynes of mynde I beseche the good lorde that I may fynde grace and mercy ī thy syght for thy grace is Inough to me if other thynges wante that nature asketh if I be vexed or troubled with many trybulacyons I shall drede none euyll whyle thy grace is with me that grace is my strength for it gyueth couceyll and helpe to hym that hath it It hath power vpon all iugementes wysedome vpon all wyse men It is the maistres of trouth and the techar of dyscyplyne the lyght of the soule the confort of pressures the chaser away of heuynes the auoyder of drede the norys of deuocyon the brynger forthe of terys what am I wtout grace but as a drye tree without moysture and an vnprofytable stocke to spyrytuall beleuynge wherefore I pray the good lorde that thy grace may euer p̄uent me and make me busyly gyuen to good workes by the helpe of Cryste Iesu ¶ The .lxi. chapiter we ought to forsake our selfe folowe Cryste with our crosse SOne as farre as thou mayste forsake loue thy selfe so moche more thou shalt passe into me for lyke as the inwarde peace of mannes soule is to desyre nothynge without forth so a man forsakynge hym selfe inwadly conioyneth hym to God I wyll that thou lerne to forsake or deny thy selfe perfytely in my wyll with all contradyccyon or complaynt folowe thou me for I am the way I am trouth and lyfe without way no man may go and wtout trouthe there is no knowlege And without lyfe no mā may lyue I am the waye that thou oughtest to folowe trouth to whom thou oughtest to gyue credēs and am lyfe that thou oughtest to hope in to haue I am the way vnmeuable moost right I am trouthe infallyble moost hye am lyfe withoute ende increat in the which stondeth the very lyfe blysse of spyrytes blessyd soules If thou abyde in my way thou shalt knowe the very trouth and trouthe shall delyuer the and thou shalt fynally come to euerlastyng lyfe If thou wylte come to that lyfe as it is wryten thou must obserue my commaundementes If thou haue knowlege of trouth trust to me and to my wordes If thou wylt be my dyscyple denye and forsake thy selfe and folow me if thou wylt be perfyte sell all that thou hast and gyue it to the poore folke if thou wylt possesse euerlastynge lyfe despyse this present lyfe If thou wylt be auaūced in heuē hūble the here in this worlde If thou wylt reygne with me in heuē bere thy crosse here with me in erthe For onely the seruaūtes of the crosse fyndeth verely y● way of lyght eternall blysse lorde Ihesu for asmoch as thy way is the way of straytnes of hardenes the whiche is odious to worldly folke therfore I beseke the to gyue me with the contempte of the worlde that I may hate it verely as thou dyd It is nat acordyng that a seruaunt be preferred afore his lorde ne a discyple aboue his mayster Thy seruaunt therefore oughte to be exercysed in thy wayes for therin is helth very holynes what euer I rede or here besyde it I am nat refresshed ne I take nat full delectacy on therby sone for that thou haste red knowest these thynges happy art thou and thou shalt be blessyd if thou fulfyll them it is wryten he that hath my cōmaūdemētes in mynde and executeth theym in his conuersacion he is he that loueth me and I shall loue hym I shall shewe open my selfe to hym and I shall do hym to syt with me in the kyngedome of my father good lorde as thou hast sayd and promysed so be it done to me I haue take the crosse of thy hāde I shal bere it by thy helpe grace as thou layde it vpon me whyles I lyue for trulye the lyfe of a good man is the crosse of penaunce the whiche is the verye wey to paradyse the whiche wey I with other haue begon̄e it is nat lefull to go backe to leue it haue do bretherne go we together the wey begon Iesus be with vs For his loue we take vpon vs this crosse of hardenesse and therfore let vs abyde therin for his