[Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called, the (myrrour or lokynge glasse of lyfe) for co[m]fortyng of the soule]

The chapytres.

¶ Fyrste the Auctours prologue. I. G. vnto the crysten Reder.

THe fyrste chapytre cōtayneth the dyf¦fynycyon of fayth and of good war¦kes / suffycyent for any crysten man to lene to. The fyrste Chapytre.

¶ Howe a crysten man shuld ofte remem∣bre what a bonde we haue promysed at the font of baptisme. The. ii. Chapytre.

¶ Howe all Crysten people shulde vnder∣stande breyfly to obserue and kepe the. x. cō¦maundementes. The. iii. Chapytre.

¶ The Pater noster: and the salutacyon to our Lady / and the Credo in englysshe / by Iohn̄ colet Dean of Poules. The. iiii. Ch.

¶ An deuoute exposycyon or phrase vpon the Pater noster / and on the artycles of the fayth. The. v. Chapytre.

¶ Howe that scrypture is very profytable to rede / with ryghtwyse vsynge the same. The. vi. Chapytre.

¶ Howe a crysten man shuld vse hym self in vowes and pylgrymages with oblacy¦ons. The. vii. Chapytre.

¶ A good ordre or rule for a man to brynge vp youthe. The. viii. Chapytre.

¶ Howe charyte causeth vs to loue god & our neyghbour with a good exortacyon of crysten lyuynge with all. The. ix. Chapy•…•….

¶ Of prayer and of the effycacy and ver∣tue therof. The. x. Chapytre.

¶ Of the vertue and vtylyte of confessy∣on / and to knowlege thy selfe to god. The. xi. Chapytre.

¶ Of the myserable lyfe of a couetous mā. The. xii. Chapytre.

¶ Howe it auayleth no creature to magny∣fye or to set moche by hym selfe. The. xiii. Chapytre.

¶ Of almesse dede / and what marchaun∣dyse

it is accordynge to the mynde of seynt Austyn. The. xiiii. Chapytre.

¶ Sayenges of Salamon / and other dy∣uers doctours of auctoryte in Reformacion of synfull lyuynge with remedy for the sa∣me. The. xv. Chapytre.

¶ In what myserye and wretchednesse a Gloton or a dronken creature daungeryth bothe his soule and body. The. xvi. Chap•…•…

¶ Of the synne of adultry or fornycacyon accordynge to doctour Lira with other. The. xvii. Chapytre.

¶ Of the dysposycyon or cōdycyons of the people towarde the ende of the world accor¦dynge to the holye scrypture. The. xviii. Chapytre.

¶ Of the coūceyll and exortacyon of seynt Paule concernynge the gyftes of grace gy∣uen to dyuerse people contayned in the. xii. Chapytre to the Romayns. The. xix. Chapytre.

¶ To haue vnderstandyng what the. vii. deedly, synnes be and what deuylles belon ge to them accordynge to scrypture: and of the paynes of helle for synners. The. xx. Chapytre.

¶ Of the. vii. pryncypall vertues / the wh•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…en Remedy agaynst the. vii. dedly syn nes / & of the. vii. werkes bodely & ghostly. The. xxi. Chapytre.

¶ Of the. v. wyttes bodely and glostlye / and of the. iiii. Cardynall vertues. The. xxii. Chapytre.

¶ Of the. vii. Gyftes that procede from the holy ghostly / and of the daunger to syn in the holy ghost. The. xxiii. Chapytre.

¶ Of. xvi. propryet•…•… that seynt paule wry teth of in the. xiii. Chapytre to the Coryn∣theans. The. xxiiii. Chapytre.

¶ The. viii. Beatitudes or blessynges of god / rede in the gospell on all Hollondaye. The. xxv. Chapytre.

¶ Dyuerse good exortacions or coūceylles by seynt Austen very necessary and expe∣dyent to all crysten people to folowe. The. xxvi. Chapytre.

¶ Of. iiii. thynges compared to the breyf & vnstable lyfe of man / and of good coun∣ceyll belongynge to the same very vtyll. The. xxvii. Chapytre.

¶ Of the dyspysynge of the worldly thyn∣ges / and of our olde man Adam / & also of the pyte & mercy of god. The. xxviii. Cha.

¶ What daunger and vexacyon the poore myserable soule is in at his hens departyn∣ge from the body for his synfull lyuynge. The. xxix. Chapytre.

¶ Of the Inestymable Ioyes that is pre∣pared for mankynde afer this lyfe for the lytel loue / and obeyent seruyce that he doth here for crystes sake. The. xxx. Chapytre.

¶ THere endeth the Chapytres of this present boke.