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…

PHIL. Take heed than, that ye do not only provide for the expurgation of vice, but also for the adornment of virtues, unless a like thing chance unto you. Blessed is he that ¹watcheth, saith God, & keepeth his clothes, that he walk not naked, & men see his filthiness. Thirdly it is requisite, y• wham ⟨image 79⟩ye have thus garnished your selves, ye trust not in your own good works, or in your own preparation, as though ye had made your selves worthy enough to come unto the eating of this inestimable treasure, but let your whole affiance be in the mercy of God, and when ye have done all that ye are able to do, grant your selves unprofitable servants, & desire more & more continually valiance and strength to do the will of God, beseeching him of his infinite goodness to supply that, which lacketh in you, & because y• ye may receive y• more grace & strength to walk in the pathways of the LORD, ye now come with all reverence unto the most heavenly meat, wherewith you being satiated, may valiantly en arm your selves & mainly fight against Satan, & his wicked army. Fourthly, ye must give serious ⟨image 80⟩diligence, that ye come unto this table of y• LORD with a fervent desire, with an hungry stomach, with a greedy mind, & with a famelyke soul. For this Sacrament hateth a stomach that is already saturated & filled. It proponeth and setteth forth all kind of celestial dainties to the hungry soul, as the most blessed virgin saith, he hath filled the ²hungry with good things, but y• rich hath he let go empty. Blessed ³are they, that hunger & thirst righteousness, for they shall be filled. Al ⁴ye that are a thirst, saith Christ, come unto the waters, & ye that have no money, make haste, bye and eat. Come bye without money, & without any merchandise wine & milk. Again, I will give to him that thirsteth of the well of the water