A full deuoute and gostely treatyse of the imytacyon and folowynge the blessed lyfe of our moste mercyfull Sauyour cryste compyled in Laten by the right worshypful Doctor Mayster Iohn Gerson: and translate into Englisshe the yere of owre lorde M.d.ii. by maister william Atkynson Doctor of diuinite: at ye speciall request [and] co[m]maundeme[n]t of the full excellent Pryncesse Margarete moder to our souerayne lorde Kynge Henry the. vii. and Countesse of Rychemount and Derby.
Atkinson, William, d. 1509., Gersen, Giovanni, Abbot of Vercelli, 14th cent., attributed name., Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471, attributed name.
¶ The .xvii. chapter A prayer & desyre alway to ly¦ue and do the pleasour of god.
O Thou moost benygne Iesu graunt me I be∣seke the of thy grace that it euer be with me & worke with me vnto my ende & gyue me grace euer to desyre that thyng that is moost accepte to the thy wyll be my wyll / & my wylle alwaye folowe thy wyll and euer acorde therwith / and neuer discorde fro it / so that I may euer afferme me to thy wyll / gyue me grace to dye to the worlde and to all thyng / that be in the worlde / & to loue to be vnknowē in the worlde for thy sake / Graūt me aboue all desyres to rest ī the by holy peace of herte / For thou good lorde arte the Page [unnumbered] very peace & rest of mannes herte / and withoute the all thynges be harde & inquyete / wherefore I beseke the that I may euer rest in the.
Amen.
