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BY corporal meats thou doest sustain our corporal daily life (ready otherwise to perish) the which surely is a great work but yet this is much greater more profitable, & more holy that thy grace (O Jesus Christ) doeth keep away from us the death of the soul, for this life we ought much to thank thee, & because thou doest prolong it with thy good gifts, we most heartily praise thee, how be it this life is but the way to eternal life, which we beseech thee for thy deaths sake that thou wilt give us, & so shall we not only give thee (as we can) thanks in time for temporal things but also eternal thanks, for eternal things. O grant to us thes our desires for thy mercies sake. Amen. Think now that god hath given the this his blessing of meat ⟨image 20⟩&c. and thereto time that thou mightest, as repent, so seek his glory, & the commodity of thy brethren, therefore go there abouts but first pray for grace well to begin, & again consider how thou hast bin partaker of other mens labours, as of the husband mans, the millers, the bakers, the brewers, the butchers, the cooks. &c. See therefore that thou be not a drone be, but rather such a one, as may help the hive, if god have thus fed thy body, which he leaveth not but for thy souls sake, how can it be then but that he will be much more ready to feed thy soul. Therefore take a courage to thee, and go to him for grace accordingly.

BY corporal meates thou doest susteyne our corporal daylye life (redy otherwise to perish) the which surely is a great worke but yet this is much greater more profitable, & more holy yt thy grace (O Iesu Christ) doeth kepe awaye frō vs ye death of ye soule, for this life we ought much to thāke the, & because thou doest prolong it with thy good giftes, we moste hartely prayse the, howe be it this life is but the way to eternal life, which we besech ye for thy deaths sake yt thou wilt geue vs, & so shal we not onely geue the (as we cā) thākes in time for tēporal things but also eternal thankes, for eternal thinges. O graunt to vs thes our desyers for thy mercies sake. Amē. Thinke now that god hath geuē the this his blessing of meat