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…

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?

PHIL. Whye shoulde we than not be redye to do so likewyse in spirituall affayres, & thinges pertaynynge vnto the saluacion of our soules, excepte per ad uēture we be enemies of our owne helth. What is sweter & more pleasaunt, saythe Cicero, than to haue ¹such one, with whome thou darest be bold so to speake al thīges, as wt thy selfe? A man hauyng a learned wyse, descrete, silent, close, & faythe full ghostly father, which louethe ye penitent, no lesse than a natural fa ther doth his childe, why should he feare to declare vnto him the secretes ⟨image 38⟩