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

But be it peradventure that god will that none of them shall come / yet at the lest that which is called most fearful of all (that is death) shall surely come and nothing so unsure as his time and hour / which ⟨image 53⟩evil truly is so great, that we may see many men which had lever live and continue with all those evils / them ones do dye to have them all finished. And to this one (contemning all other) scripture putteth fear / saying / remember thy last end & thou shalt never sin. To this see how many meditations: how many books: how many means: how many remedies: are imagined / that by the memory of this one evil they may fear us from sin / make us despise the world / alleviate our passions / & evils / and comfort them that are vexed / by the comparison of this horrible & great evil / which for all that is necessary. There is no man which would not desire to suffer all evils / if he might by those avoid death / for death holy men did fear yea Christ him self went to his death with fear and bloody drops of sweat. Finally so horrible is this evil that the mercy of god never toke more diligence / then to comfort our weakness in this matter / as we shall see hereafter.

But be it paraduenture that god wil that none of them shall come / yet at the lest that which is called most fearfull of all (that is death) shall suerlye come and nothing so vnsuer as hys tyme and houre / whyche ⟨image 53⟩euyll truely is so greate, that we may se many mē whiche had leuer lyue and continue with al those euilles / them ones do dye to haue theym all fynisshed. And to thys one (contempnyng all other) scripture putteth feare / saying / remembre thy last ende & thou shalt neuer synne. To this se howe many meditacyons: howe many bokes: howe many meanes: howe many remedies: are ymagined / that by the memorye of this one euil they may feare vs from synne / make vs dispyse the world / alleuiate oure passyons / & euylles / and cōfort theym that are vexed / by the comparyson of this horrible & greate euyll / whyche for all that is necessarye. There is no man whiche wolde not desyre to suffer all euylls / yf he myght by those auoyde death / for deth holy men did feare ye Chryst hym self went to his deth with feare and bloudy droppes of swette. Finally so horryble is this euyll that the mercie of god neuer toke more diligence / then to comfort oure weaknesse in this mater / as we shall se hereafter.