CHAP. 50.

*REquire a reckoning of thy minde euery day at eeuen of all thy dayly affayres, busi∣nesses and actions, whatsoeuer hath been said or done that daye. And so when the day is ended, before thou committe thy selfe to rest, take an accompts of thy selfe, how the day hath beene passed and bestowed, and aske thine owne minde: What fault hast thou a∣mended or redressed this day? What vice hast thou resisted? Wherein or in what parte and respect art thou become better? How much is thy godlinesse increased? How much hast thou proceeded and gone forward in vertue?

Page  160*It can scarcely be tolde or expressed, how caulme and peaceable the minde will be, how quiet and restfull the sleepe shall bee, when as by conceiuing sure purpose of amendment, thou doest with such maner of thought, intent and meditation driue away the heauinesse of the heart. *Forasmuch then as dayly actions & things which we see on the day time, do som∣time trouble & hinder the sleep, men must di∣ligently endeuour to passe and bestow the day in honest businesses, so that nothing come to minde to the griefe thereof, which may dis∣quiet or trouble the night rest.