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

In all these things the most liberal hand of god must be considered with giving thanks and our infirmity must be comforted that in this multitude and greatness of goods we marvel not / though some sourness be admixed / for unto voluptuous men / there is no meat acceptable which of his nature hath not other some sharp taste / or else his sauce prepared for him / so that continual and only sweetness is a thing intolerable. Therefore it was well said every pleasure by his perseverance maketh a man full of it / and to disdain it. And again / it is said. Even pleasure her self is a pain: because this life is to weak and impotent to suffer continually goodness without the temperature of evil for the abundant copy of the goodness whereof springeth this proverb. Their bones must be strong which shall suffer good days which proverb I have often considered marvelling at the marvellous true ⟨image 70⟩sentence of it / & how all the purposes and desires of men are clean contrary unto it / which seek nothing but good days / yea when they have got them they can worse bear them than the evil. For what doth god commend unto us in those things / but that the cross should be marvellous / even in the enemies of the cross: Insomuch that we ought to tempore and hallow all things by it / even as we powder flesh with salt that it do not putrefy & wax full of worms wherefore then do not we receive with a glad heart / this temperature sent of god / which if he did not sent / yet our life which is not able to endure with this continual pleasure and goodness / would desire it of his own will. Now we perceive how truly the wise man said of god he that continueth from the one end to the other strongly / and disposeth all things sweetly / for if we consider these good things / it shall appear that it is also true which is spoken of Moses in the.

In all these thynges the most liberall hond of god must be considered with gyuyng thankes and oure infirmite must be comforted that in this multitude and gretnesse of goodes we merueyl not / though some sowernesse be admyxt / for vnto voluptuous men / there is no meate acceptable whiche of his nature hath not other some sharpe tast / or elles hys sawce prepared for hym / so that contynuall and onely swetnesse is a thing intollerabill. Therfore it was well sayd euery pleasure by his perseueraunce maketh a man full of it / and to disdayn it. And agayn / it is said. Euen pleasure hir self is a payne: bycause this lyfe is to weke and impotent to suffre cōtinually goodnesse without the temperature of euyll for the abūdant copie of the goodnesse wherof spryngeth thys prouerbe. Theyre bones must be strong whyche shall suffer good dayes whiche prouerbe I haue often considered merueyling at the merueylous true