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

There are certain which when they exercise them selves in the meditation or remembrance of the passion which Christ suffered for man kind / do nothing else but were wood and furious against the blind Ives and Judas their guide through whom he was betrayed (as an innocent lamb) into their bloody and cruel hands (Even as it is the common manner of them which are wont to lament and bewail the misery of their friends to accuse and cry out on those persons which do the dead) but they nothing consider them which are the chief causes of his better death and passion. So that surely this may better be called a remembrance of the Ives wickedness then of Christs passion.

THere are certeyne which when they exercyse thē selues in the meditacion or remembraunce of the passyon which Christ suffered for man kynde / do nothynge elles but were wode and furious agenst the blinde Iues and Iudas theyr gyde thorow whom he was betrayed (as an innocent lambe) into theyr bloudye and cruell handes (Euen as it is the comen maner of them whych are wonte to lament and bewayle the myse•ye of theyr frendes to accuse and crye out on those persones whych do the deade) but they nothynge consider them which are the chefe causes of his better deeth and passion. So that surely thys maye better be called a remembraūce of the Iues wyckednes then of Chrystes passion.

There are other that have gathered together diverse commodities which spring through the diligent beholding of this ⟨image 91⟩passion / whereof is the saying of Albert in every mans mouth: that it is better to remember the passion of Christ once in our life all though it be but slenderly / the to fast every day a hole year together: or to read over the hole psalter of David / how he it for all their politic means and studious imaginations they could never attain the very use and profit of the passion of Christ. Nether sought they any thing therein but their own private wealth / For some carried about them images / painted papers / carved tables / crosses and such other trifles / ye & some fell to such mad ignorance that they thought them selves through such beggary to be safe from fire / water and all other perilous jeopardies. As though the cross of Christ should deliver them from such outward troubles and not rather the contrary.