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…

THEO. I pray you let us hear.

THEO. I praye you let vs heare.

PHIL. One cause is to signify unto us, that they that are sinners & have a pleasure still there in to remain, are not worthy to behold the saints in heaven, which are represented by those Images, nether shall they at any time come unto that glory, whereof the Saints already have the fruition, except they repent them of their wicked living, ¹rise out of sin, bring forth fruits worthy of Penance, & become new men in their conversation. Therefore when we enter in to the church and see all those Images covered, we ought to mourn & lament our sinful living, to recognise our selves sinners, to excite ⟨image 60⟩& store up our selves to bring forth fruits worthy of Penance, & to cut away by true & unfeigned Contrition our since, that we may be found worthy against Easter, that is, against the time of our passing & going out of this world clearly to behold & openly to see in the kingdom of heaven the shining ²face of God & his Saints. Another cause is to declare the mourning & lamentation of sinners for their ungodly manners. Ye know that the custom is among us even at this day, that so long as we mourn for any of our friends departed, we use to go with close ³faces, to wear simple apparel, laying aside all gorgeous & sumptuous garments. So likewise this time of Lent, which is a time of mourning, all things that make to the adornment of the church whereof the Images are part, are ⟨image 61⟩either laid aside or else covered, to put us in remembrance that we ought now to lament & mourn for our souls dead in sin, & continually to watch, pray, fast, give alms, & do such other works of Penance as wherewith God being excited & stored unto his antique & old mercies, may call us again from death to life, from sin to godliness, from wickedness to innocency.