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This is a wonderful mystery of thy work, O maker and governor of the world, that thou doest sustain the lives of men & beasts with this meats, surely this power is neither in the bread nor food, but in thy will & word, by which word all things do live and have their beings. Again, how great a thing is it, that thou art able yearly to give sustenance to so many creatures, this is spoken of by thy prophet in thy praises. All things look up to the & thou givest them meat in due season, thou openest thine hand & fillest with thy blessing every living thing, thes doubtless are wonderful ⟨image 18⟩works of thine almightiness, I therefore heartily pray the (O most liberal lord & faithful father) that as thou by meat through thy word doest minister life to thes our bodies, even so by the same word with thy grace do thou quicken our souls that both in soul & body we may pleas the till this our mortal carcass shall put on immortality & we shall need no more any other food, but the only which thē wilt be all in all, taste & see how good the lord is, bless the lord (O my soul) which tedeth and filleth thy mouth with good things. Think a little how great gods power is that made us. Also think how great his wisdom is to preserve us. But most of all think how many things are given to our use, how wonderful it is to give us life, but most of all to propagate ⟨image 19⟩to immortality the life of the soul by his only beck. Last of all think that god by his providence for thy body would have the to confirm thy faith of gods providence for thy soul.