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O Howe unhappy are they O Lord on whom thy sun goeth down & giveth no light, I mean thy grace which is always clear as the midday, dark night unto them is the midday, which depart from thee, in thee is never night but always day light most clear. This corporal son hath his courses, now up now down, but thou (deer lord) if we do love the art always one, O that this block and veil of sin were taken away from me, that there might be always clear day in my mind. Think that as we are not sorry when the son goeth down, by cause we know it will rise again, even so let us not sorrow for death, where through the soul & body do pa••e a sunder for they shall eftsoons return & cum together again. So long as the son is ⟨image 22⟩up, wild beasts keep their dens, Foxes their borrows, Owls their holes &c. but when the son is down then cum they abroad. So wicked men and hypocrites keep their dens in the gospel but it being taken away then swarm they out of their holes like bees as this day doeth teach.

O Howe vnhappye ar they O Lorde on whome thy sonne goeth downe & geueth no light, I mean thy grace which is always cleer as the midday, darke night vnto them is the midday, whiche departe from the, in the is neuer night but always day light most cleer. This corporal son hath his courses, now vp now downe, but thou (deere lord) if we doe loue the art alwais one, O that this block and vaile of syn were takē away frō me, yt thear might be always cleere day in my mind. Thinke yt as we ar not sory whē ye son goeth down, by cause we knowe it wyll rise agayn, euē so let vs not sorow for death, wher through the soule & body doe pae a sonder for they shall eftsones return & cum together agayne. So long as ye son is