Here after ensueth two fruytfull sermons, made [and] compyled by the ryght Reuerende father in god Iohn̄ Fyssher, Doctour of Dyuynyte and Bysshop of Rochester

THyrdly thou shalt hereby do a great ple asure vnto theyr good aungels that be appoynted there to gyue theyr attendaūce vpō these blessyd soules in Purgatory. For these good aūgels neuer leue them y^t shalbe sauyd frō the fyrst houre of theyr byrth into this worlde, tyll they brynge them before the face of almygh ty god aboue in heuyn. Therfore whā these sou les be delyuered out of that pryson, it is to theyr aungels a great Joy & conforte. And so by the same benefyte which y^u doost exhybyt vnto any blessed soule there, thou byndest his good aūgell to haue the, the rather in remembraunce, & lyke wyse to pray for the at thy necessyte.

¶ Now whā we haue spoken, fyrst of the ioyes that the gloryouse & holy saintes haue aboue in the kyngdom of heuyn, that we may Joy with them in this feestfull day, & secōdly of the soules beyng in the myserable pryson of Purgatory, which so desyrously loke after y^e confort of our prayers: let vs nat forget our owne soules as yet lyuynge in this wretchyd worlde, but speke also somwhat concernyng the profyte of them.

¶ The remembraunce of these two places sholde greatly moue and styre our hartes and myndes / that one to withdraw our appetytes

from this worlde, wherby we dayly gather the dust at the leest of venyall synnes, and to make vs to couyte and desyre that ioyfull kyngdom of heuyn, where is all conforte and pleasure. That other, shold quycken vs to lyue so for this lytle whyle that we haue to abyde i this world that we be nat taryed nor arested by the way, and so peraduenture cast into that ferefull pry∣son of Purgafory, tyll tyme we haue payd eue∣ry ferthynge of our dettys / which hange as yet vpon our hedes for our synnes past.