¶ The .v. chapt of the {pro}pre cōsideracion of man.

THere shulde novertuous persons haue gre∣at cōfidence in theyr selfe. For many tymes by the meane of our presūpcion or tēptacion we lac¦ke bothe grace & wysdome of true iugement. y^• spi∣rituall lyght that we haue is but lytell / & yet we lese it sone by our neclygence. And diuers tymes we be so farre ouersene: that we wyll nat or can nat {per}cey∣ue our {pro}pre blīdnes. Dyuers tymes we be euyll in our dedis & in defence or excusacision of them we be worse. There be diuers that estymate / and thynke theyr dedes be done of zele / and charite the whiche they do by īmoderate passyon and carnalyte we be redye to repreue smalle offences iu our neyghbour & to excuse our {pro}pre great offences: we be redye to note the iniuries that be done to vs: but we cōsyder nat what other suffreth of vs. If we wolde cōsyder well our {pro}pre offences we shulde more paciētly suf∣fre & iuge the defautes of other. The v{er}tuous {per}sone cōsideringe howe he shall gyue accompte of his {pro}∣pre offences: cōsidereth but litell the offēces of other for whome he shall nat answere. Thou shalt neuer be inly deuout without thou kepe sylēce of other mē nes warkes & wordes / & dylygently beholde thyne Page  [unnumbered] owne. If thou gyue thyne attendaunce to god & to thy selfe only: the outwarde conuersacyon of other shall the lesse moue the / where art thou whan thou arte nat present to thy selfe. If thou consider al other thynges thy selfe nat considered what shal it auaile the? Thou shalt {pro}fite specially ī gostley lyuīge yf y^• preserue thy selfe fro tumultuo{us} wordly occupacion & that religious soule may nat greatly {pro}fyte gostly that moche applyeth it selfe to seculer occupacyons Lete nothīge be so derely accept to the as thy lorde god or thynge ordred to hym: & estymate all delec∣tacion or plesure of any creature nat ordred to hym but vaine a soule y^t {per}fitly loueth god / & reputeth all thīge vnder god & his seint• but smale of price. God of his incōprehēsible goodnes replenissheth y^e worl∣de & is y^• {per}tite solace of soule & gladnes of herte.