Quo mihi multitudinē victima plenus sū. * Ther∣fore he lothyd and dispysed theyr sacryfyce sayng. * The houre is come whan y e very treu worshyp of god shall worshyp hym in∣wardely for spyrytuall thynges in treuth vnfay∣nyngely and not in Ierusalem / that is not onely after the outwarde obseruauntes as the Iewes dyd that kepte y e outwarde obseruauntes of theyr lawe in sacryfyces & in prayers with theyr mouth but theyr herte & loue was farre from god. Occupye the eyes of your mȳde in these varyetes / ye be y e very tem∣ples of god / set vp therin the aulter of your herte and there make your sacryfyce and your prayers for now is the tyme y t cryst spake of to the woman of Samary / sayenge. Lo here is the apparell of this ymage of loue. The whyte kerchef vpon y e heed was sure hope made by the workes of clennes and dedes of pyte / why∣ted with dewe of grace from aboue. Is set grete plenty of precyous stones / y e. The extreme parte of ghosty wys∣dome that is in the commaundementes of god is perseueraunt loue co mynge frome a pure herte & a good conscyence with fayth vnfayned wherin * Finis p̄cepti charitas est de corde puro & constencia bona & fide non ficta. The hemme is perseueraunt loue as saynt Paule sayth. In study of holy scrypture and the lawe of god and worker after the same. It is in compunccyon of herte and contrycyon for synnes in exercyse of charytable workes / & in me∣dytacyon and contemplacion of ghostly & heuenly thynges. And aboue all this is y e gylte vesture that I spake of goodly wysdome / whiche is not in getynge riches pleasures and honoures / but in dispysyng them & all other erthly thynges. Connynge coupled with lowlynes what is more shynynge / set mercy and Iustice togyther and nothynge can do better / benygnyte set with magnyfycence sadnes or gra∣uyte doeth merueylously wel / & discrecyon myxed amonge all these maketh all the apparell goodly sure and profytable. * Put dylygence to obe∣dyence & nothynge can be more plesaunt / let meke¦nes be Ioyned to chastyte and nothynge is more splendent / Ioyne pacyence with pouerte and no∣thyng can be more delectable. And y t whiche of y e owne nature is lasse oryent & lytyll shynynge by y e settynge forth amōges other appereth moch more goodly and precyous. Is treu golde surely proued in y e fyre of trouble and aduersyte / apparelled rounde aboute w t coloures of dyuers vertues so cōuenyently set in ordre that one setteth forth an other meruclouse goodly so y t one encreaseth y e beaute of an other. In hemmes and borders of golde that is contynuall perseueraunce in loue and pacyence y t Page In fimbreis aureis circūamicta varie∣tatibus. But you y t be kynges doughters shold haue pryncypally all your glory from with∣inforth. In this ymage sholde all swete soules y t be the spouses of cryste haue theyr glory & delyte / not in paynted clothes and karued ymages set aboute w t dyuersete of byrdes beestes and foules which is but a grosse or a colored deuo∣cyon / let them haue suche y t fele no glorye inwarde in theyr soules / * by testymony of good conscience y t haue no zele to perfyte mekenes / and feruent loue of god that can not Ioy but in erthely and traun∣sytory thynges. In apparell goodly gylte set aboute with dyuersyte of oryent colours & pre∣cious stones of vertues and gyftes of grace w t bor¦ders & heēmes of golde. * In vestitu de aura∣to circūdata varietate. This is the que∣ne that stondeth alway on the ryght hande of god as y e prophete Dauyd sayth. This is y e lyuynge ymage portrayed lyke a quene and is the very quene of all vertues / to whome all crystē peo∣ple ought to entende & loke vpon. This is the ymage y t all ghostly persones delyte in and haue pleasure to beholde. Page THus haue I shewed you y t this is a lyuynge ymage by reason of the ghostly sēses that it hath for as y e soule yf it departe from the body / all the sēses fayle and dekay / so yf charyte departe fro the soule / all these senses of loue must nedes dekaye and perysshe and than y e soule is deed. ¶Of the apparell of this ymage and where it shall be sette Capi.
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