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

As Saint Petre writteth of lot in the second Chapter of the second Epistle he being righteous / and dwelling among them / in seeing and hearing / vexed his righteous soul from day / to day with their unrighteous deeds.

As Saynt Petre wrytteth of lot in the secunde Chapitre of the secunde Epistle he beyng ryghtuous / and dwellyng emong theym / in seyng and hearyng / vexed his ryghtuous soule from day / to day with theyr vnryghtuous deades.

Here thou seest what a depth of evils appeareth and what occasion is given to be merciful and to suffer with them / & utterly to despise our little incommodity / if the charity of god be in ve / and how God will let us suffer nothing in comparison to these that they suffer. The cause that these things do b•• tytell move us is this

Here thou seyst whate a depth of euylles appereth and whate occasyon is gyuen to be mercyfull and to suffer with theym / & vtterly to dyspyse oure lytell incōmodyte / yf the charyte of god be in ve / and howe God will let vs suffer nothing in cōparyson to these that they suffer. The cause that these thinges do b•• tytell moue vs is this

The lye of our hart is not pure enough where with we should see how great shame and misery it is for a man to lye under sin / that is to say to be forsaken of God / & possessed of the devil. Who is so hard hearted that will not pity the miserable con diction of them which lye before the church / and in the streets with deformed faces / their noses eaten of / their eyes out / & other of their members consumed with matter / filth / and corruption / in so much that the sense can not only abide to behold it / but also the mind doth abhor to remember it. And what meaneth god by these lamentable monsters of our flesh & likeness but to open the eyes of our mind that we may perceive with what an horrible fashion the soul of a sinner showeth out his matter and corruption / though he him self walk in purple and in gold / covered with roses / and lilies / as though he were all ready in paradise. But how many sinners are there in the world in comparison of one of these deformed persons: Truly these infinite evils / both in greatness & in number despised in our neighbours do cause ours (though, it be but one and that