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

Nether yet hath god left the sons of men so / but doth comfort them by a hole sure and perfect hope / that they shall over come their evils and obtain goodness And though they be uncertain where goodness •t is that shall come / yet they hope still without doubt / by the which hope they are sustained / lest (by falling into desperation) they should not be able to suffer their present evil / & so to do worse wherefore ⟨image 73⟩this affect of hope which is in temporal things is given the of god / not that he would have the stick therein / but to proceed unto the hole sure / and parfait hope which is only unto him. And for this cause god is lung suffering that be may bring us to repentance / As paul sayeth in the ij. to the Romans. Nether will he suffer that all men be deceived in this unperfect & deceitful hope which is in worldly matters / but that they return and take the parfait and unfeigned hope which is in him.

Nether yet hath god left the sones of men so / but doth confort theym by a hole suer and perfait hope / that they shall ouer come theyre euilles and obteyne goodnesse And though they be vncertein where goodnesse •t is that shall come / yet they hope styll wythout doubt / by the whyche hope they are susteyned / lest (by falling ynto desperatyon) they shulde not be able to suffer theyre present euyll / & so to do worse wherfore ⟨image 73⟩this affect of hope whiche is in temporall thinges is gyuen the of god / not taht he wold haue the stykke therin / but to procede vnto the hole suer / and parfayt hope whiche is onely vnto hym. And for thys cause god is lūg sufferyng that be may brīg vs to repentaunce / As paule sayeth in the ij. to the Romains. Nether will he suffer that all men be deceyued in this vnperfit & deceytful hope whithe is in worldly maters / but that they retorne and take the parfait and vnfayned hope whiche is in hym.

There are besides these goods to the Christen .ij. great goods which they shall surely have but not without death and suffering for they have also the common hope that we spake of / concerning the finishing of their present evil & increasing of the contrary good / although they do not so greatly regard that / as they do in the increasing of their own proper good / which is the truth in Christ in the which they do proceed from day to day / for the which they do both live and hope. But besides these as I said / there is .ij. chief which shall come in death. The first is that in death is finished all the tragedy of the evils in this