A path way i[n]to the holy scripture

Howbeit there is one temptation which is more great & more horrible than all other / that is / when we be persecuted on all sides / & wham the lord withdraweth his consolation and comfort from us / as though he were angry against us / for ⟨image 41⟩to prove & taste our faith and confidence that we have in the goodness of god. for wham our lord doth comfort us & we feel him to be present / we set light of all our tribulations. be it loss of goods / of children / of wife / of husband / of life / or of all honour / or whatsoever it be. But wham we perceive not him to be nigh us wham he absenteth himself to our seeming / to the proof of our faith / than we lacking him lack all goodness / full of sin & wretchedness / see our self abhorred by the reason of our filthiness / see all thing against us / see hell open to devour & swallow us up / as the forsaken of god. In this marvellous temptation it is but a folly to run for succour to our good works / for the best of them do but condemn us. For all the good deeds that come of our self be but filthiness & abomination before god / and as a ⟨image 41⟩cloth defiled & contaminate with the flowers of a woman. In such a temptation there is no remedy but faith that is to have full confidence & trust in the promises of god / as be these. He that believeth in me shall not taste everlasting death. Nothing is impossible to him that believeth. Al they that call on the name of the lord shall be saved. And according to your faith / be it unto you. And many other / of which holy scripture is full.

Howbeit there is one temptation which is more gret & more horryble than all other / that is / whan we be persecuted on al sydes / & whā the lorde withdraweth his consolation and confort from vs / as though he were angrye agaynste vs / for ⟨image 41⟩to proue & tast our fayth and confydence that we haue in the goodnesse of god. for whā our lorde doth comforte vs & we fele him to be present / we set lyght of all our trybulaciōs. be it losse of goodes / of chyldren / of wyfe / of husbande / of lyfe / or of all honoure / or whatsoeuer it be. But whā we ꝑ•eyue nat him to be nygh vs whā he absenteth himselfe to our semynge / to the profe of our fayth / than we lackyng him lacke all goodnes / full of synne & wretchednes / se our self abhorred by ye reason of our fylthynes / se all thinge agaynst vs / se hell open to deuour & swalow vs vp / as the forsaken of god. In this maruelous tēptacion it is but a foly to rōne for socour to our good workes / for the best of thē do but cōdemne vs. For all the good dedes that come of our selfe be but fylthines & abhominacion before god / and as a