[An homily to be read in the time of pestilence][An homelye to be read in the tyme of pestylence]

And saint Paul in his wonderful oration that he maketh concerning the resurrection of the dead, weigheth most deeply the nature & condition of mans miserable estate in this lief: Burdening him with such strong adversaries, sickness and diseases both of body and soul, that every man may see, how impossible it is for man to find deliverance from the tyranny, and strength of sickness, except only the mercy of god in Christ Jesus. Numbering ⟨image 6⟩there, six and adversaries so strong, as the least of them (except Christ help) is able to destroy both body and soul. The first, is corruption. The second, mortality. The third, sin. The fourth, the law: condemning sin. The fifth, death The sixth, hell: necessary and indivisible plagues and sickness of man in this lief. Against the which he findeth no remedy neither by Galen, nor Hippocrates, neither yet by thearth of para. ¹that men say cureth all wounds: But with great faith & confidence marketh and weigheth the strength of diseases (though they be never so strong) too be yet inferior too the medicine and remedy, that god hath provided for us only in Christ. Therefore compareth the inferior strength of all those sickness, unto the sufficient remedy of god, through Christ: saying after this manner Thanks be unto god which hath given us victory thorough our Lord Jesus Christ. Whereby it is evident and plain, that god is the only remedy for all plagues & diseases. How be it, now I shall more specially open the causes of the plague, and the nature of the same: that our sickness & the ⟨image 7⟩causes thereof may be more known, and the better avoided.

And sainct Paule in hys wonderfull oratyon that he maketh concernyng the resurrectyon of the dead, waigheth moste deapely the nature & condicion of mannes myserable estate in thys lief: Bourdeinnyng hym wyth suche strong aduersaries, sicknes and deseases both of body and soule, that euery man may see, how impossible it is for mā to fynde deliueraunce from the tirannie, and strengthe of syckenes, excepte onely the mercy of god in Christe Jesu. Nomberyng ⟨image 6⟩there, sixe and aduersaries so stronge, as the least of them (except Christ helpe) is hable to destroy both bodie and soule. The first, is corruptiō. The second, mortalitie. The third, sinne. The fourth, the lawe: condempning sin. The fifth, death The sixte, hell: necessary and indiuisible plagues and sickenes of man in this lief. Against the which he findeth no remedy neyther by Galien, nor Hipocrates, neyther yet by thearth of para.