[Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called, the (myrrour or lokynge glasse of lyfe) for co[m]fortyng of the soule]
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- [Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called, the (myrrour or lokynge glasse of lyfe) for co[m]fortyng of the soule]
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- [London? :: R. Wyer,
- 1532?]
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- Consolation -- Early works to 1800.
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"[Here begynneth a lytell treatyse called, the (myrrour or lokynge glasse of lyfe) for co[m]fortyng of the soule]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01378.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
Contents
- prologue
- The chapytres.
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The Myrrour / or lokyng glasse of lyfe.
- ¶ The fyrste chapitre contayneth the dyffynycyon of fayth, and of good warkes suffycyent for any man to lene to. The fyrste Chapytie.
- ¶ howe all crysten men shulde oftere∣membre what a bonde we haue pro fessed at the font of baptysme. The. ii. Chapytre.
- ¶ The .x. cōmaundements deliuerd vnto Moyses / by our father in heuen & brefly howe all people shuld vnderstande & kepe them. The. iii. Chapytre.
- ¶ The Pater noster by Iohn̄ colet Dean of Paules in englysshe. The. iiii. Chapytre.
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exposycyon or phrases vnder∣ ādyng of the Credo. The. v. Chapyt. - ¶ Howe that scrypture is very vtyle and profytable to rede / with ryghtouse vsyn¦ge the same. The. vi. Chapytre.
- ¶ Of the blynde Iudgementes of people / concernynge the secrets celestyall in the merytes of sayntes. And howe a cry sten man shall vowe & vse hym in vowes and pylgrymages and oblacyons. The. vii. Chapytre.
- ¶ A good rule for a man to brynge vp youth. The. viii. Chapytre.
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¶ Charyte causeth or moueth vs to the lo∣ue of god through fayth. The. ix. Chap
. - ¶ Of prayer and of effycacy / and ver∣tue therof▪ The. x. Chapytre.
- ¶ The vertue of confessyon: & to know∣lege thy selfe. The. xi. Chapytre.
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¶ The lyfe of a couetous man speketh Ieremy the prophet. The. xii. Chap
. - ¶ What auayleth any creature reaso∣nable / to set by hym selfe. The. xiii. Chapytre.
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¶ Of almysse dede / and what marchaū∣dyse it is accordyn
de of saynt Austyn Chapyt. -
¶ Sayenges of Salamon / and of other dyuers doctours of good
oryte in reformacyon of synf aynge / with remedy for t me. The. xv. Chapytre. - ¶ In what mysery and wretchydnesse a dronken creature daungeryth his soule and body. The. xvi. Chapytre.
- ¶ Of the synne of adultery of forny∣cacyon accordynge to doctor Lyra. The. xvii. Charpytre.
- ¶ Pause resyteth the condycyons and natures of people in the later dayes of this worlde. The. x. viii. Chap. 2. Tuno. 4.
- ¶ Accordynge to Lyra: (Saynt pause ad Romanos. 12.) to all theym that hath gyftes of grace from god. The. xix. Chapytre.
- ¶ Here foloweth the seuen deedly synnes that all people be bounde to fle and withstande. The. xx. Chapytre.
- ¶ Hereafter foloweth the names of the Deuylles / the whiche styreth a man to the synnes deedly.
- ¶ The inestymable paynes that be in helle for synners.
- ¶ Here foloweth the. vii. pryncypall Vertues / the whiche ben remedye agaynst the. vii. deedly synnes. The. xxi. Chapytre. Glasse.
- ¶ Here foloweth the. vii. werkes of mercy accordynge to the gospell.
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¶ The
of mercy. - ¶ Here foloweth the. vii. werkys of mercy ghostly.
- ¶ Here foloweth the. v. bodely wyttes. The. xxii. Chapytre.
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¶ Here foloweth the▪ v. wytt
s ghostly. - ¶ Thre precyous Iewellys for the loue∣ly spouse of god / whiche is the soule of man sayth Salamon.
- ¶ Hereafter foloweth the. iiii. Cardynall vertues.