¶ The .lvi. chapter / A man shulde gyue hym to hū¦ble warkes whan he is nat inclyned or dysposed to hye warkes.

SOne thou mayst nat alway stande in feruent desyre of vertue / nor in the hyghe degre of cōtemptacion / Page  [unnumbered] but it is nedefull to the sometyme for y^e fyrst corrupcion of mankynde to descende to lower thynges / and to bere the burden of this corruptyble lyfe with tedyousnes & agaynst thy wyll for as lōge as thou berest thy mortall body thou shalt fele wery¦nes & heuynes of thy herte / thou must therfore why∣les thou lyuest in this mortall lyfe ofte mourne and sorowe of the burden and contradyccyon of thy bo∣dye to thy soule for that thou mayst nat contynually and without cessynge gyue hede and cleue to spūall studyes and to godly cōtēplacyon / then it is expedy¦ent to the to fle to lowe and outwarde warkes / and to take thy recreacyon in the exercyse of good dedis & so to abyde fermely my cōmynge and heuēly vysy¦tacyon / and with that pacyenlye to suffer exyle and drynesse of mynde / vnto that I vysyte the agayn & delyuer the frome all tedyousnes / for I shall make the forgete all such anoyes & labours & to ioy in in∣warde quyetacion of soule / I shall lay afore the con¦solaciōs of scrypture that with glad herte thou may begyn to walke in my cōmaūdem•tes & say the pey∣nes and passyons of this worlde be nat worthy to y^e glory of heuen / the which shalbe manyfested & shew¦ed in vs after this lyfe.