A boke newly translated out of Latyn in to Englisshe, called The folowing of Christe with the Golden epistel of saynt Barnard.

❧In what thynge peace of herte and greateste profyte of man standeth. The .xxix. Chapytre.

MI sone sayth our lorde Iesu / I sayde to my dyscyples thus.★ My peace I leue with you / my peare I gyue you / nat as the worlde gy∣ueth / but muche more than it may gyue. All mē desyre peace / but all mē wil nat do that belōgeth to peace / my peace is with the meke & mylde in herte And thy peace shalbe in more pacience if thou wyll here me & folowe my wordes thou shalte haue great plētie of peace. ♣ O lorde what shal I do to come to that peace Thou shalt in al thy warkes take good hede what thou

doeste and sayest / and thou shalte set all thy hole intent to please me / and nothyng shalt thou coueyt or seke without me / and of other mēnes dedes thou shalt nat iuge presumptuously / ne thou shalt nat medle with thynges that pertayne nat to the. If thou do thus it may be that thou shalt lytell or seldome be troubled / but neuer∣theles to fele no tyme / no maner of trou∣ble nor to suffre in heuynes in body ne in soule / is nat the state of thys lyfe but of the lyfe to come. ★: Thynke nat therfore that thou haste foundeth true peace / for thou fealeste no grefe / ne that all is well with the whan thou haste none aduersa∣ry / ne that all is perfyte / for that euery thynge cometh after thy mynde. Ne yet that thou art great in godes syght or spe¦cyally beloued of hym for thou hast great feruour in deuocyon and great swetnes in contemplacyon / for a true louer of ver∣tue is nat knowen by all these thynges / nor the true perfeccyon of man standeth nat in them (wherin than lorde) In offe∣rynge of a man with all hys herte dooly to god nat sekyng hym selfe ne hys owne wyl: neyther in great thynge nor in small in tyme nor in eternite / but that he abyde

alway one / and yelde alway lyke thankes to god for thynges plesaunt and dysplea¦saunte: weynge them all in one lyke ba∣launce as in his loue / and if he be also so strong in god that whan inwarde conso∣lacyon is withdrawen / he can yet styre hys herte to suffre more yf God so wyll / and yet he iustyfieth nat him selfe ne prai¦seth nat hym selfe therfore / as holy and ryght wyse / than he walketh in the verye true way of peace and than he may well haue a sure and a perfyte hope and truste that he shall se me face to face in euerlas∣tinge ioye and fruicyon in the kyngdome of heuen. And if he can come to a perfyte and a full contempt & dispysynge of hym selfe: than shall be haue full habundaūce of rest and peace in the ioye euerlastynge after the measure of hys gyfte. Amen.