Here after folowith the boke callyd the myrroure of Oure Lady very necessary for all relygyous persones.
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Here after folowith the boke callyd the myrroure of Oure Lady very necessary for all relygyous persones.
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[London :: Printed by Richarde Fawkes,
1530 (4 Nov.)]
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Meditations -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
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"Here after folowith the boke callyd the myrroure of Oure Lady very necessary for all relygyous persones." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A07139.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 6, 2024.
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¶A nother Chapyter.
ET sic insyon, And so I am sewrely se••••e. & stabled in Sy¦on. and I haue rested also in the halowed Cytye. and in Ierusalem ys my power. ¶These wordes ar redde bothe of oure lorde Iesu cryste. and also of oure lady. for by her▪ we haue hym. Here ys named three places. Syon. Cytye. and Ierusalem. By Syon. that ys as moc••e to say as beholdynge. ys vnderstonde sow¦les. that are gyuen to contemplacyon. where in oure lorde Iesu chryste ys sewrely stabled. for they are not trowbled aboute many thynges as other are. ¶By the halowed Cytye. ys vnderstonded sowlles gyuen to
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actyfe lyfe wherin oure lorde Iesu restyth by charyte that they haue to theyre euen crysten. For cyte ys as moche to say as one hed of Cytezyns. and yt is sayde halowed by the purenesse of entente that they offer to god in all theyr workes. ¶By Ierusalem is vnder∣stonde prelates. & gouernoures that haue power & cu¦re vpon bothe cōtemplatyf and actyfe lyfe. & therfore theyr lyfe is called meddelyd lyfe. as a meane betwe¦ne actyfe & cōtemplatyf hauynge parte withe bothe. For they oughte to se that bothe. be kepte in peace. ac∣cordynge to theyr callynge, & therfore they ar vnder∣stonde by Ierusalem. that is as moche to say as ye sy¦ghte of peace. for they oughte to haue sighte of wysdo¦me. & of dyscreciō to canne kepe peace. on all partyes And to that ende he hathe parted wt them of his owne power. And therfore he saythe. And in Ierusalem ys my power. Responce. In eternum, The worde of the hyest father abydeth without ende. Uerse. Quod, whiche hathe dwelled in the halle of the maydens wombe. ¶Here vnderstondeth by the worde. the endelesse worde of the father that is ou¦re lorde Iesu cryste. Uersycle. Da nobis, Lady gyue vs chastyte of body and of sowlle. Ne vn{que}, That we neuer offen∣de the sōne of thy chastyte.