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NEuertheles me thynketh it is good to the ye whā thou dysposyst the to thynke on god as I haue before sayd or on otherwise & perauenture thou felyst no sauour ne deuo¦cyon
in thy thynkynge but oonly a naked mynde & a weyke wyl: yt thou woldest fayne thynke on god. but thou canst not than I hope it is good to the yt thou stryue not to mekyl with thyself for thou myghtest so lyghtly falle it too more derknes but yf thou were more sly in thy werkyng: & therfore I holde it most syker vnto y• for to saye thy pater noster & thyn Aue. or ellis thy matynes or ellys for to rede vpon thy sauter. for y• seuermore a syker standarde yt wyl not fayle. who so maye cleue therto he shal not erre. & yf thou mayst by thy prayer ge¦te deuocyon. loke than this deuocyon be only in affeccyon yt is to saye in grete desyre to god with ghostly delyte. holde for¦th thā thy sayeng & breke not lyghtly of. for often it fallyth yt prayeng with ye mouth. getyth & kepeth deuocyon. & yf a mā cese of sayeng deuocyon vanyssheth awaye / Neuertheles yf deuocyon of prayers bryng in to thyn hert a deuout thought of the manhed of our lorde or of ony of the other before sayd: & this thought sholde be letted by thy sayeng thā mayst thon¦cese of thy sayenge and occupye the with medytacyon tyll it passe awaye /