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Thus shalt thou also greatly please God, & he again for this thy bounteous liberality showed toward thy neighbours, ⟨image 91⟩will open his hand, bliss the & all that pertain unto thee, favour thee, & make the to be plenteous in all things.¹ So that what so ever thou goest about, shall prosper & come unto a fortunate & good end. Neither shalt thou need to doubt of these things.² For God hath so promised, which can not lie, but is faithful in all his words. If thou dost contrary hereunto, & abusest the riches, which god hath put into thy hand, & of whom he hath only made the his steward, so that thou art unmerciful & hidest up thy treasure, & knowest not for whom, & wilt by no means bestow them, as God hath appointed thee, than be thou certain & sure, that like an unmerciful these and cruel bloody Butcher, thou shalt be hanged in hell.³ The fire, wherewith thou shalt be tormented, shall never be quenched. The worm, that shall ⟨image 91⟩gnaw thy conscience, shall never dye. The pains shall be infinite, nether shalt thou at any time be relieved of them, but with that unmerciful rich glutton in the Gospel of Luke,⁴ lie crying & wailing in perpetual torments worlds with out end. Therefore beware betimes & say not but that thou art warned. To be short, consider with thy self in what state & condition God hath set thee, & use that ever unto the glory of God and the profit of thy neighbour. For know that what so ever God hath given thee, he hath given it thee for the profit of thy neighbour also. Hath God given the strength? than must thou help the weakness of thy brother. Art thou wise, & eloquent? So must thou make good, that which wanteth of them in thy neighbour Art thou rich? So must thou comfort the needy. Art thou learned? ⟨image 92⟩So must thou instruct and teach the ignorant. Art thou a ruler? So must thou be favourable to them of the inferior sort. Art thou a man of nobility? So must thou not despise them of ignobility. Hast thou creditors and debtors? So must thou not draw them cruelly straight ways into the law, but favour them, entreat them gently, and give them respite, until they may pay the conveniently without daū ger or loss of their substance. Haste thou received any talent or gift at all of God? Use that same to the profit of thy neighbour, & so shalt thou well please God.