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

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.

There are other that haue gathered to gether diuerse cōmodityes which sprynge thorow the diligent beholdynge of thys ⟨image 91⟩passyon / wherof is the sayenge of Albert in euerye mās mouth: that it is better to remembre the passyon of Christ once in oure lyfe all though it be but slenderlye / the to fast euerye daye a hole yere to gether: or to reade ouer the hole psalter of Dauid / how he it for all theire politike meanes and studyouse ymaginacyōs they coude neuer attayne the verye vse and profyte of the passyō of Christ. Nether sought they any thynge theryn but their awne priuate welth / For some caryed aboute thē ymages / paynted papers / carued tables / crosses and soch other trifles / yee & some felle to soch madde ignoraunce that they thought them selues thorow soch beggerrye to be safe frō fyre / water and all other perylous ieoperdyes. As though the crosse of Christ shuld delyuer them frō soch outward troubles and not rather the cōtrarye.

These do piteously sorrow and morn for Christ and complain that he was innocent and guiltless put to death / even like as the women of Jerusalem whom Christ him self did reprehend advertising them that they should lament them selves & their own children. Nether is it any marvel