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

And ye have forgotten the consolation / which speaketh unto you as unto children. My son despise not the chastening of the lord / nether saint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the lord loveth him he chasteneth. If ye shall endure chastening god offereth him self unto you / as unto sons / what son is that whom the father chasteneth not? If ye be not under correction (whereof all are part takers) them are ye bastards and not sons. Moreover seeing we have fathers of our flesh which corrected us / and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spiritual gifts / and live? No manner learning for the present time seemeth to be joyous but grievous / nevertheless afterward it bringeth forth the quiet fruit of righteousness unto them / which there in are exercised. These were the words of saint Paul. Who would not be abashed of these words / where he defineth plainly / that they are not the sons of god / which are not under his learning and correction Who can more strongly be confirmed / & more effectually be comforted / then he that heareth ⟨image 63⟩that they are loved of god which are chastened / and that they are the sons of god / and endued with the communion of holy men / yea they only are holy which suffer and are chastened. This vehement exhortation should make sufferance and correction to be loved and desired. Here is no place to excuse our self / that some suffer less some more for to every man is given temptation by measure / not above our strength as it is written in the .lxxix. psalm. Thou shalt feed us with the breed of tears / and give us drink in tears / in measure / which Paul doth also say. God is faithful which suffereth you not to be tempted / for there then ye be able: yea he will put such chance unto the temptation that ye may be able to resist. Therefore where as the greater evil and temptation is / there is the more comfort and help of god. So that the inequality of trouble and temptation is but only in the face outwardly and not in the very thing. When we now at this day remember John Baptist shamefully slain & beheaded of Herod / doth it not confound us and make us abashed?

And ye haue forgotten the consolacyon / whiche speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldern. My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of the lorde / nether saynt when thou art rebuked of hym: for whō the lorde loueth hym he chasteneth. If ye shall endure chastenynge god offereth hym selfe vnto you / as vnto sonnes / what sonne is that whome the father chasteneth not? Yf ye be not vnder correccyō (wherof al ar parte takers) them are ye bastardes and not sonnes. Moreouer seyng we haue fathers of oure flesshe whiche corrected vs / and we gaue theyme reuerence: shall we not moch rather be in subieccyon vnto the father of spirituall gyftes / and lyue? No maner lernynge for the present tyme semych to be ioyous but greuous / neuerthelesse afterward it bryngeth forthe the quyet frute of ryghtuousnesse vnto theym / whiche there in are exercysed. These were the wordes of saynt Paule. Who wolde not be abasshed of these wordes / where he diffyneth playnely / that they are not the sonnes of god / whiche are not vnder his lernyng and correccyon Who can more strongly be cōfirmed / & more effectuouslye be cōforted / then he that heareth