Ioye

Receyue mercyfull Ihesu this hyghe & holy sacryfyce to the comfort of all [that] ben on lyue & deed/& wouchesauf this daye [that] it be to vs & to all them a synguler refresshynge & feest/that we so releued [with] this brede of lyue & lambe Inmaculate/borne of the blessyd virgyn Mary may Ioye in thy laude & glorye eternally.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

¶ Graunte eternal Ioye after thy last se {n} tence

The Assemble of Goddes Anonymous

Also ymagyne the Ioye of paradyse/& how that shal neuer be fynysshed & how shortly and soone it may be goten.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

And euyll men with theyr ouermoche Ioye here geteth euerlastynge payne.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

Now for a conclusyon/ymagyne in thy mynde two cytees/one full of trouble & mysery whiche is helle/an other full of Ioye and comforte whiche is paradyse.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

And in lyke wyse the Ioye of euyll men fadeth anone. but good men with theyr trybulacyon here geteth eternall glorye.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

Than thynke what sorowe & waylynge may be to them [that] for so lytell a thynge here haue lost so grete Ioye contynuell.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

¶ How after the discomfyture of the sayd dragon he well growen in age was receyued with a farye company of ladyes and was named vertu & with all Ioye brought to the palays of the kynge of loue.ca. xii.

The Example of Vertu The Example of Virtue Stephen Hawes

¶ Ioye thou not in wyckednesse but sorowe [thou] rather.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson

Than thynke how greate Ioye he hath in heuen for that whiche is euerlastynge.

A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men Thomas Betson