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A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all…
A potacio[n] or dry[n]king for this holy time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent sinners, newly prepared by Theodore Basil.A potacio[n] or dri[n]kynge for this holi time of le[n]t very co[m]fortable for all penitent synners, newly prepared by Theodore Basille.
printed for Joha, 1542printed for Ioha, 1542
Title page typeset from the transcription.
¶ The potation for Lent. › ¶ Of Confession.¶ The potacion for Lente. › ¶ Of Confession.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
PHIL. It is attributed & given us even of nature to communicate unto other the secretes of our hearts concerning mundane & worldly things, whither they be of joy or sadness, and till we have so done, we are never in rest
PHIL. It is atributed & giuen vs euen of na ture to cōmunicate vnto other the secretes of our hertes concerninge mūdane & woridly thīges, whither they be of ioye or sadnesse, and tyll we haue so done, we are neuer ī rest
EVSE. You say trueth.
EVSE. You saye trueth.
PHIL. Why should we than not be ready to do so likewise in spiritual affairs, & things pertaining unto the salvation of our souls, excepte per ad uenture we be enemies of our own health. What is sweeter & more pleasant, saith Cicero, than to have 1such one, with whom thou darest be bold so to speak all things, as with thy self? A man having a learned wise, discreet, silent, close, & faith full ghostly father, which loveth the penitent, no less than a natural fa there doth his child, why should he fear to declare unto him the secretes ⟨image 38⟩of his heart, which is ready to con forte, to instruct, to counsel, to teach, and to do all things that should make unto his consolation & health. The Prophet Malachi saith, the 2lips of a priest keep knowledge, and men shall seek the law at his mouth. For he is a messenger of the LORD of hosts. If this ought to be done at all times, when have we a more convenient & fit time to do it, than in the time of Confession, when we may freely talk to our spiritual fathers, what soever pleaseth us?