Certain prayers and godly meditations very needful for every ChristenCerteine prayers and godly meditacyons very nedefull for euery Christen

For we may see them to whom it is given to know their hole iniquity / how fierce & cruel they are against them self how they regard not to suffer thorough all their life / what thing so ever it were / so that they felt not their hell and misery.

For we may se theym to whome it is gyuen to knowe theyre hole iniquite / howe fearse & cruell they are ageynst theym selfe howe they regard not to suffer thorough all theyre lyfe / whate thing so euer it were / so that they felt not theyre hell and mysery.

Even so would every man do / if he either knew or did believe surely his inward evil he would of his own will call unto him outward evils / yea / rejoice in them / and be no more sad for them / then though he were in all prosperity and felt no tribulation as some holy men have done / among the which David was ••e Psalm .C.vi.

Euyn so wolde euery man do / yf he eyther knewe or did beleue suerly his inward euyll he wolde of his owne wyll call vnto hym outward euylles / ye / reioyse in theym / and be no more sadde for theym / then though he were in all prosperyte and felt no tribulacyon as some holy men haue done / emong the whiche Dauid was ••e Psalme .C.vi.

Therefore the first comfortable image •s / to say unto him self. O thou man yet thou feelest not thine evil / be glad & give th•nkes that thou act not compelled to feel […] so thine evil in comparison of that gt evil is but light and easy / & that it is tt some say, I have deserved much worse hell / which is soon said / but it is intolerable to felt. And this evil / though it server so hid and secret / yet he bringeth forth his fruit sensibly / which is fear & wavering of the fearful consciences / by e which faith is fore besieged and assaed while that man doubteth and is uncertain whether god be merciful unto him or not and the weaker this fruit is / the more tter is this fruit.