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

Do that by this ye may gather / that there is no man sure & free / from any other mans infirmity. But what soever one man suffereth the same may an other suffer also. To this pertain all stories & tragedies of all worlds / & all the complaints of this world. To this also may be applied that certain men have observed more then iij. hundred diseases with the which mans body may be vexed If then there be so many diseases / how many accidents thinkest thou are there that may chance upon our goods & upon our friends? Howe many encumbrances & torments of the soul which is the principal ground wherein consist all these evils / & the only receiver of sorrow & sadness. And the greater a man is & in the more dignity / the more the strength & feeling of this evil increaseth And were raineth poverty / slander & such other (sith they may soon chance) it is needful that they be feared every hour / even as though they did hang over us / by a little third. Like as the sword which dionysius the tyrant did hang over his guests heads Of all these things whatsoever doth not chance unto the count it for a vanurage ⟨image 53⟩/ and as it were for a comfort of the evil which thou art stricken with all / that also here thou mayst be compelled to say with Jeremiah. It is the mercy of god that we are not consumed For which so ever doth not come unto us / it is kept of by the strong hand of god / which compasseth us with such power and might (as it is showed in Job) that Satan and other evils are wroth that they are kept from us Therefore we see how sweetly god should be loved when any thing chanceth to us For this most loving father warneth us) b• this one evil) to behold how many evils are about to subdue us / if he did not defend us as though he should say / satan and the hole hell of evils pursue to subdue thee / but I have prescribed & set the end of the see / & have said unto him / hither shall thy swelling waves and come here shall they cease / and be broken / as he sayeth in the .xxxviij. of Job.

Do that by this ye may gather / that there is no mā sure & fre / from any other mannes infirmyte. But what soeuer one man suffereth the same may an other suffer also. To this pertayne all storyes & tragedyes of all worldes / & all the compleyntes of this worlde. To this also maye be applyed that certeyn men haue obserued more then iij. hundreth diseases with the whiche mā nes bodi mai be vexed If thē there be so mani diseases / how many accydentes thinkest thou are there that may chaūce vpō oure goodes & vpō oure frēdes? Howe many encōbraūces & turmētes of the soule whiche is the princpall groūde wherin consist all these euylles / & the onely receauer of sorowe & sadnesse. And the greater a man is & in the more dignite / the more the streyngth & fealinge of this euyll encreaseth And were rayneth pouertie / slaunder & suche other (syth they may sone chaunce) it is nedefull that they be feared euery houre / euen as though they did hang ouer vs / by a lytell threde. Lyke as the swerde whyche dyonisius the tiraunt dyd hāge ouer his geestes hedes Of all these thīges whatsoeuer doth not chaunce vnto the count it for a vanurage