src="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@16779@16779-h@images@pilcrow.png" alt="pilcrow" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}img"/> To all people be thou subgette for thy maysters sake / thyn owne wyll forsake it / and loue it in no wyse.

And euer kepe the from synne / for fere of hym aboue. Amen.

Here folowen the seuen degrees of obedyence.

The fyrste is to do that is cõmaûded of thy souereyne without grutchynge.

The seconde is to make none excepcyon / neyther of the tyme / neyther of the dede that is to be done.

The thyrde is to be gladde & cherefull in thy herte to do suche dedes cõmaûded without ony cõpulcyon / settynge a side all beestly condycyons.

The fourth is to be quycke in suche dede doynge & leuynge all other occupacyons for that tyme or ony maner of excuse.

The fyfthe is to do suche thynges with all thy myght and power / thynkynge that thy rewarde shall be grete.

The sixte is to do them also with al mekenesse bothe in spyryte and gesture.

The seuenth is to contynuye suche obedyence for the ende of thy lyf / euer folowynge thy mayster Ihesu cryste / that was moost obedyent for thy synne vnto deth Amen.

The seuen degrees of pacyence thou mayst beholde here.

To euyll done to the or aduersyte / make no resystence. Do no euyll for euyll / ne gyue an euyl answere. Loue thyn enmye / & do good for euyl to hym in recompence. Grutche not ayenst aduersyte / but take it as swete as encence. Accõpt it for best medycyne / and be gladde in thy payne. Thanke god therfore / & loke for more with all benyuolence. And whan thou hast no grutchynge in these / thenne meyst thou be fayne.

The .xv. degrees of charyte.

These make parfyte charyte after Poules epystle. Be pacyente contynuelly for ony aduersyte. Lyberall to the nedy / & do good for euyll. Of other mênes welfare. enuye not ne be heuy Lette not by thy crokednesse good werkes to multeplye. Swelle not inwarde by malyce yf thy nyghbour prospere. Loue to be in lowe degree / & loth to be hye. To labour for other as thyself do thy vtter deuour. Be not moued for ony cause to vêgeaûce or to yre. Thynke none euyll to another for ony prouocacyon. Ioye thou not in wyckednesse but sorowe y^u rather. Be gladde in trought & ryghtwysnesse & hate dyssymulacyon. For suche ryght bere aduersyte or ony trybulacõn. To y^t the chirche techeth the put ful credulyte. That god hath promysed trust it well without defalcatyon. In hope abydynge his rewarde and euerlastynge glorye. Amen.

A lytell Instruccõn for them that shall entre in to religyon / drawen out of the longe rule of sayⁿt Iherom that he wrote to saynt Eustochiû &c.

Oue god aboue all thynge / & thy neyghbour as thyself. In these two is fulfylled all y^e lawe & cõmaûdementes of god & parfyte charyte w^tout whiche can noman or woman be relygyous & come to heuen / & the whiche had among