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Phil. It is not with out a cause: Ye know, he that standeth still, moveth nothing forward nor hasteth not unto the end of his journey. But he that walketh is ever going, & draweth alway nearer and nearer unto his journeys end. In consideration whereof, the holy Scripture useth this word, ⟨image 49⟩Walk, ¹to put us in remembrance, that if we have begun well, in our profession, we should not there cease & stand still, but go forth from virtue to virtue, from faith to faith, until at the last we attain unto the perfection of pure innocency.² For he that continueth unto end, saith christ, shall be saved. Again, be faithful unto the death, and I shall give the the crown of life.³ This word we read in divers places of the holy Scriptures, Christ saith, walk while ye have light,⁴ that the darkness doth not overwhelm you. For he that walketh in darkness, knoweth not whither he goeth. S. Paul also saith,⁵ walk as the children of light, proving what is acceptable to the LORD. Again, look that ye walk circumspectly, not as unwise, but as wise,⁶ redeeming the time, for y• days are evil. Hitherto pertaineth the saying of S. John,⁷ he that sayeth ⟨image 49⟩leth in Christ, ought to walk even as he hath walked. These places with all other such like declare to us that we ought so to walk in our profession by increasing daily in virtues, that at the last we may be perfect, & as S. Paul saith,⁸