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

This is the congregation of holy men the new creature of god / our friends and brothers in whom we see nothing but good nothing but comfort / if we behold them with a spiritual eye for unto the carnal eye many times it appeareth all otherwise / as we have declared in the contrary image of evils. And yet these goods which we seen them with our carnal eye are not to be despised. But in these we may perceive that we are comforted of god / for the Psalm durst not presume to condemn all them which possessed richesse in this world / saying / If I did say thus. Behold I have reproved the generation ⟨image 86⟩of thy children. If I would have send that all which are rich / hole and honoured be evil. I should have condemned thy holy men for many of them are •o Chappostell also teacheth timothy that he command the rich men of this world) that they be not proud / not to forbid them to be rich. The scripture also doth testify that Abraham Isaac and Jacob were rich. And Daniel with his companions / were also honoured in Babylon. Besides this many kings of Jury were rich The Psalm therefore considering them sayeth / If I did say thus: I have reproved the nation of thy children. for (I say) god hath given to his elect the abundance of these richesse to comfort them / and other with all how beit these are not their special goods / but they are a sign and a shadow of the true goods which are faith / hope / charity / and other graces and gifts which all are commune by charity.

THis is the congregacion of holy mē the newe creature of god / oure frendes and brothers in whome we se nothing but good nothyng but comforte / yf we behold theym wyth a spyrytuall yie for vnto the carnall yie many tymes it appereth all otherwise / as we haue declared in the contrary image of euylles. And yet these goodes whiche we seyn theym with oure carnall yie are not to be dispysed. But in these we may perceyue that we are comforted of god / for the Psalme durst not presume to condempne all theym whiche possessed rychesse in this worlde / saying / If I dyd say thus. Behold I haue reproued the generation ⟨image 86⟩of thy children. If I wolde haue send that all whiche are ryche / hole and honoured be euyll. I shulde haue condempned thy holy men for many of theym are •o Chappostell also teacheth tymothe that he commaunde the ryche men of this worlde) that they be not proude / not to forbid theyme to be ryche. The scripture also doth testifie that Abraham Isaack and Iacob were ryche. And Danyell with hys companions / were also honoured in Babylon. Besides thys many kynges of Iurye were ryche The Psalme therefore consyderyng theym sayeth / If I did say thus: I haue reproued the nacyon of thy children. for (I say) god hath gyuen to his elect the abundaunce of these rychesse to comfort theym / and other with all howe beit these are not theyre specyall goodes / but they are a sygne and a shadowe of the trewe goodes whiche are feith / hope / cheryte / and other graces and gyftes whiche all are comune by charyte.