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O ye England would once learn to be ashamed of this vanity, & remember this saying of the Apostle, having meat & drink, and wherewith we may be covered let us be contented.¹ But surely this Heathenish & vain garnishing of our body engrafteth high Pride in us, whereby it cometh to pass, that Humility is clean exiled & put to-flight. That ye may not be encumbered with this Pestilence,² remember the utility of your body, mark what fruits it bringeth forth, consider the state of it, ponder from whence it came, whither it shall, and what shall become of it. If ye do this, it shall move you not to glory, nor to be proud of any external thing, but gladly to embrace Humility & lowliness of mind. ³Secondly consider also what ye are of your selves concerning your ⟨image 36⟩inward man, I mean your soul.⁴ Hath not that through Adam, before it is regenerate by Christ, lost the favour of God? Is it not a fire brand of hell, bond to eternal dā nation, the child of wrath, all carnal, breathing wickedness, imagining mischief, bent unto evil, and not able once for to think a good thought? Thirdly after we be renewed by the most blessed Sacrament of Baptism & the holy Ghost,⁵ remember how soon ye loose again that benefits through your own sin & wickedness, which before the freely obtained by Christ. This shall also move you to cast away all pride & to be humble, lowly & meek, in the sight of God, ever lamenting your misery, & flying continually unto God with your fervent prayers for grace, mercy, favour & remission of your since, unless ye be damned ⟨image 37⟩for your iniquity according to your deserts.⁶ It shall also not a little profit, to remember the pains of hell, which are prepared for them that are proud & disobedient to the will of God.