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O Good GOD, the sun is gon downe, the web of this day is spun almost, and night is at hand. After day suc cedeth night, after light dark∣nes, after faire weather a〈…〉〈…〉∣die firmament and frowning element. There is a myst〈…〉〈…〉 locked in this, good God; for thereby thou doest lesson vs of our mortalitie. Our birth and
life is like the daie: our Death is like the night: as the day peri∣sheth, so dooth our life vannishe with the vapour: and as night succeedeth the daie, so death followeth life, the tearme and period of these our daies. ô sweet Iesus of thy mercie beat this les∣son into my head, and roote it firmelie into my heart, and take away the vaile from my minde, that I may not onelie know and acknowledge, but hourelye re∣member that I am mortall. For it would bee a bridle to restraine and keepe me from raunging li∣centiouslie, and a spurre to incite mee to liue holilie all the conti∣nuance of this my pilgrimage. Thy spirit hath spoken it: saiyng, Remember thine end, and thou
shalt neuer perish. Giue mee therefore thy grace that I may remember faithfully the night of this my bodye, when I shall sleepe in the bosome of the earth, til ye trumpet shall sound & cal me to iudgement. Help mee Lorde before this night. Lord saue me or else I perishe Amen.