4G8 Wolf. 



On this texte grownde tliey their purgatory. Fa. Paul speaketh 

 here nothynge of eny state of the wother worlde. but of the 

 doctryne of lyfe, which is fownded on the trewe founda- 

 cion Christ. Which yf with outen the worde of g-od, by the 

 counsell or decre of manne be bi t vp, doutlesse in the tyme 

 of aduersite and death, through the fyre of temptacion, shall 

 soffre losse, vet the bihler hvme silfe shalbe saved, because 

 his g-rounde and fowndacion is Christ. Wherfore clensed by 

 this fyre, he shalbe repayred ag-aync on his stedfast founda- 

 cion Christ. Which thynge belongotli to no purgatory. Wherby 

 thou niayst se howe vndiscretly they pervert this saynge of 

 Paul. And not only this. but lykwyse uiany wother siuiilitudes 

 Mat. V. and parables. as is that of the last farthynge. and 



soche lyke. which ought none wother wyse to be interpreted, 

 then after [fol. 43''.] the lordis intent, and speakyngc. So. Whye 

 ioynest thou att the last ende, this word, Amen? Fat. Because 

 it is a coniirmacion of all that before is rehearced. With the 

 which I hartely and in a stedfast belefe, desyre vnto all Christis 

 chosen lyfe with outen ende. Amen. Son. This withouten fayle 

 is a perfett waye and belefe, which thou hast shewed vnto me. 

 Wherfore dere father, the better to come here vnto, I gladly 

 somwhat wolde by the have informacion howe and after what 

 maner I shulde begynne to institute and ordre my life. seynge 

 I am as yet yonge, and nowe through thy frutfull instruccion 

 brought out of grett dercknes, into a clere light of my cen- 

 science.^ Fa. It is vnpossible for eny mortall manne to de- 

 scrybe that thynge so well to the, as the sprete of god (of whom 

 yf thou once taste) inwardly shall inspyre and teache the. But 

 after what wyse, I in my youthe behaved my silfe ;, and yet 

 continewe, geve ear, and I shall shewe the. At myne vprysynge 

 in the mornynge, I consyder before what I ought to do, and 

 to eschewe. Wherof I have a speciail learninge by the con- 

 tinuall meditacion of goddis tenne commaimdementes. wherin 

 (as in a myroure most pure and clene) I behold what a christenne 

 mans [fol. 44".] livynge shulde be and agaynst which of theym 

 I have most offended. For the diligentlier I thus do, agret 

 deale for the more evidently perceave 1 myne vnabilite, other 



con-icience. 



