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A newe Treatyse deuyded in thre [arties

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[The fyrst parte is to know, & haue ī mynde]

Here begyn̄eth a newe Treatyse deuyded in thre parties.

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1.

Here begynneth the fyrste parte of this boke/that speaketh of mannes wretchednes.

Of the begynnyng of mans lyfe.

Of the myddes of a mans lyfe.

Here ye may here of the ende of a mannes lyfe.

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Here begynneth the seconde parte of this boke/that speaketh of the worlde.

Howe the worlde may be lykened vnto the see.

Howe the worlde may be lykened vnto a wyldernes.

Howe the worlde may be lykened vnto a Forest.

Howe the worlde may be lykened to a battell in a felde.

Of two wayes in this worlde.

Of the vnstedfastnes of this worlde.

Howe the rowndenes of this worlde is lykened to a man.

Of the condycyons of worldly men.

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Here begynneth the thyrde parte of this boke/that speaketh of death.

Of thre maners of death.

Howe a mannes soule is deade throughe synne.

Howe in hell is death without ende.

What maner thynge is death.

Men dredeth death for foure thynges.

Of the fyrste encheason why men dredeth death.

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The .ij. encheasō why mē dredeth death.

Howe the deuyll came and appered vnto saynt Bernarde.

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Of the thyrde encheason why men dredeth death.

Of the fourth encheason why men dredeth death.

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Of thre maners of death.

As Clarckes fynde wryten, theyre deth
Thre maners of death ben yt men dredeth
One is bodely that after kynde doth wende
And yt other ghostly, that other wtout ende
And bodely death, that kyndly is wrought
Is when body and soule, a sonder is brought
Death is full harde & bytter, as I shall tell you here after
For ghostly death is departynge of synne
Betwene God, and mannes soule within
For ryght as the soule is lyfe of the body
Ryght so the lyfe of the soule is God almyghty
And as the body is without any doubte
Deade as stone, when mannes soule is out
So is the soule of man deade also
When almyghtye God departeth there fro
For where synne is, the deuyll is of hell
And where synne is, God wyll nat dwell
For deedly synne, and the deuyll, and he
In one place, may nat togyther be
And when mannes soule, is bounde with synne
God is thence, and the deuyll dwelleth therin
Than is the soule deade, before God in dede
Whyle synne and the soule, dwelleth in one stede.