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. It ¹is hard for a natural man which understandeth not those things y• pertain to the Spirit of God to do this of his own strength & power. For true Penance is the gift ²of God. Every good gift and every perfect gift cometh from above, descending from the father of light. S. Ambrose saith: Those are good ³tears, which wash away the fault. Moreover they, whom God beholdeth, lament their offence. Peter denied first, and he wept not. For the the LORD had not looked upon him. He denied the second time, & wept ⟨image 18⟩not. For the LORD did not yet look upon him. He denied the third time Jesus looked upon him, & he wept very bitterly. Let them read the Gospel, & see that the LORD Jesus ⁴was than within when he was heard of the high Priests, and that the Apostle Peter was without & beneath in the haul, sometime sitting, sometime standing at the fire with the servants, as it is declared with a very true & concordant telling of the Evangelists. In consideration ⁵whereof, it can not be said that the LORD did look on him with his cor porall eyes by admonishing him visibly. And therefore as concerning that which is written there, the LORD did look upon him, it was done inwardly, it was done in the mind, it was done in the will. The LORD did help him with his mercy secretly. He touched the heart. He called again the memory. He visited Peter ⟨image 19⟩with his inward grace. He moved & brought forth the affect of y• inward man even unto outward tears. Behold how God is present ⁶& helpeth our wills & deeds. Behold how he worketh in us both the will and the deed. That true Penance is y• gift of God, it is also manifest by these words of the Apostle, it becometh