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

A sacrifice to God is a broken spirit / a contrite and humble heart thou shalt not despise (o God).

A sacrifice to God is a broken sprete / a contrite and humble harte thou shalt not despyse (o God).

A broken spirit & not broken flesh pleaseth the (o Lord) for the flesh is broken and vexed because he hath not the carnal things that he desireth / or else feeleth in himself such things as he hateth. But the spirit is broken & unquieted for his fault / because he hath offended against God whom he loveth. He sorroweth that he hath sinned against his maker & redeemer / that he hath despised his blood / that he hath not regarded such a good & loving father: this broken and sorrowing spirit is unto the a sacrifice of most sweet savour which not withstanding hath his confection of most bitter spices / even of the remembrance of our since / for whiles our since are gathered together in to the mortar of the heart / and beaten with the pestle of compunction / and made in to prouder & watered with tears / thereof is made an ointment and sacrifice most sweet which redolent offering thou wilt not despise / for thou wilt not despise a contrite & humble ⟨image 131⟩heart. Therefore he that breaketh his stony heart which is made with the most hard stones of sin / that he may thereof prepare an ointment of repentance in abundance of tears / not despairing of the multitude & grievousness of his sins / but humbly offering this sacrifice unto the he shall in no wise be despised of thee / for a broken & humble heart wilt thou not despise oh god. Mary magdalene which was a notable sinner made such an ointment: and put it in the alabaster box of her heart: she feared not to enter in to the Pharisees house / she humbled her self flat before thy feet / she was not a shamed to weep at thy meal tide / she could not speak for inward sorrow / but her heart melted into tears / with the which she washed thy feet / she wiped them with her here / anointed them with ointment & ceased not kissing them who ever saw such another thing? yea or who hath ever hard of a thing like unto this. Surely her sacrifice pleased the well and was so acceptable that thou preferredst it above the Pharisee which in his own sight was righteous / for it may […] gathered of thy words. Luce. vij.