Be mindful of the end, & thou shalt •ot sin. Let us well remember our selves how many Meditations have been made, how many means hath been invented, how many books composed, how many remedies searched for to return man from his sin to render the world contemptible, to moderate the passions and evils & to comfort the afflicted, nevertheless of necessity death once must come. There is no man, which desireth not ⟨image 19⟩rather to suffer (if it might be) all these evils & mo sorrows & miseries, to avoid death. The saints feared death. Jesus Christ him self, had it in such horror that his soul was heavy, yea so heavy that drops of blood, dropped from his most holy body, insomuch that our good and merciful God showeth that there is no evil in the which is more need to comfort the feeble and weak then in this evil, as is to be seen hereafter. As now all these things, be common too all men, as be also the benefits of health, common in the same evils to them. Moreover the christians have a new and needful cause to have in horror and too fear the evil to come, the which nevertheless doth surmount all the evils afore said, which is that saint Paul describeth in the. 10. Chapter of the. 1. to the Corinthians, saying. He that standeth: let him take heed that he fall not. The way is helding and ⟨p. 7⟩the path slippery, our enemy is so puissant, yea armed with our own proper force and strength, that is to say, with our own flesh and with all our wicked affections, garnished with a number of worldly armours, having the voluptuous delights and pleasures on the right hand: and many wicked wills and desires on the left hand, beside wicked carnal concupiscence with the which he is garnished, and he having such boldness to noy, to deceive, and destroy us in a thousand fashions and ways. We live so that we be not assured of our good purposes nor ententes, not the minute of an hour. Saint Cyprian reciteth many like things in his book of mortality, and she with that we must think upon death, as that that cometh suddenly to dispatch these evils. Now this cometh customably to those that consider diligently in their minds, these infinite dangers of hell, having their hearts ⟨image 20⟩firm & constant.
Be mindeful of the end, & thou shalt •ot sin. Let vs wel remember our selues how many Meditations haue bene made, how many meanes hath bene inuented, how many bookꝭ composed, how many remedyes serched for to returne man from his sinne to rendre the worlde contemptible, to moderate the passions and euelles & to comfort the afflicted, neuerthelesse of necessity death once must come. Theris no man, whiche desireth not ⟨image 19⟩rather to suffer (if it might bee) all these euils & mo sorowes & miseryes, to auoid death. The saintes feared death. Jesus Christe him selfe, had it in suche horror that his soule was heauy, yea so heauy that droppes of bloud, dropped from his moste holy body, insomuche that our good and merciful God sheweth that there is no euill in the whiche is more neede to comfort the feble and weak then in this euil, as is to be seen heereafter. As now all these thingꝭ, be common too all men, as be also the benifites of helth, commen in the same euilles to them. Moreouer the christians haue a new and needful cause to haue in horrour and too feare the euel to come, the whiche neuerthelesse dooth surmount all the euelles afore said, whiche is that saint Paul deseribeth in the. 10. Chapiter of the. 1. to the Corinthians, saying. He that standeth: let him take heed that hee fall not. The way is helding and ⟨p. 7⟩the path slippery, our enemy is so puissaunt, yea armed with our owne proper force and strength, that is to say, with our own fleshe and with all oure wicked affections, garnished with a numbre of worldly armures, hauing the voluptnous delites and plesures on the righthand: and many wicked willes and desires on the left hand, beside wicked carnall concupiscence with the whiche he is garnished, and he hauing suche boldnes to noy, to deceiue, and destroy vs in a thousand sacions and waies. We liue so that we be not assured of our good purposes nor ententes, not the minute of an houre. Saint Ciprian reciteth many like thinges in his booke of mortality, and she with that we must think vpon death, as that that commeth sudenly to dispatche these euelles. Now this commeth customably to those that consider diligently in their mindes, these infinit daungers of hell, hauing their hartes ⟨image 20⟩firm & constant.
