¶Of the lower degree of the ii· part of contēplacōn / ca vi: (Book 6)
THe lower degree of this felynge. men whiche are actyff may haue by grace whā they bē visyted of our lorde as myghtly & as feruētly as they that yeue hem holy to contēpla¦tyf lyf & hath this yeft. but this felyng in his feruour comith not alway whā a man wold. ne it lastith not ful long. It co¦myth & gooth as he wyll that yeuyth it / & therfore who so ha∣the it. meke hymselfe. & thāke god: & kepe it preuy / but yf it be to his cōfessour / and holde he it aslong as he may with descre¦cōn / And whā it is wythdrawen drede not tomoche. but ston¦de sadly in fayth & in a meke hope / with pacyēce abidyng tyll it come ayen / This is a lityl tastyng of the swetnes of ye lo¦ue of god / of the whiche dauid sayth th{us} in the sawter / * 1.1 Gus∣tate