The.xi. chapter. Of.iiii. kyndes of temptacions, and therein both the partes of that kinde of tribulacion that

NOwe in the next vearses folowing, ye Prophet briefly comprehendeth foure kyndes of temptacion, and therein al the tribulaciō that we shall nowe speake of, and also some part of that which we haue spoken of before, and therfore I shal peraduenture, except any farther thing fal in our way, wt the treating of those.ii. vearses finishe & ende al our matter. The Prophet sayth in ye psalme S[…]uto circumdabit te veritas eius, non timebis a timore nocturno. A sagitta volante in die a negotio perambulante in tenebris ab incursu et demonio meridiano. The trueth of God shall compasse the aboute wyth a pauice, thou shalt not be afraid of the nightes feare, nor of the arrowe flying in the daie, nor of the busines walking about in darkenesses, nor of the incursion or inuasion of the deuill in the mydde daye.

Firste Cosin in these wordes: The trouthe of GOD shall coumpasse the aboute wyth a pauice: The Prophet for the cumforte of euery good man in al temptacion and in all tribulacion beside those other thinges that he saide before, that the shoulders of god shal shadowe them, and that also they should sytte vnder hys wynge, here sayeth he farther. The trouth of GOD shall compasse thee with a pauice, that is to witte, that as god hath faithfully promised to protecte and defend those that fai[…]hfully wyll dwel in the tru[…]t of his helpe, so wil he truely performe it, & thou y• such one art, wil ye […]routh of his promise defend not wyth a litle rounde buckler that scant can couer ye head, but wyth a long large pauice that couereth all alonge the bodye, made as Sainte Barnard saieth, brode aboue with the godhead, and narowe beneath wyth the manhead, so yt this pauice is our sauiour Christe him selfe: and yet is this pauice not lyke other pauices of thys world, which are not made but in such wyse as while they defende one parte, the man may be wounded vpō another: but this pauice is such, that as the Prophet sayeth. it shall round aboute enclose and compasse the, so that thyne enemye shall hurte thy soule on no syde. For, Scuto (saith he) circundabit te veritas eius: wyth a pauice shall hys truethe enuirone and compasse the rounde aboute, and than continently folowyng, to the entent yt we should see yt it is not without necessite that the pauice of god should cūpasse vs about vpō euery syde. He sheweth in what wyse we be by the deuil with traynes and assaultes by iiii. kyndes of tēptacions & tribulacions enuyroned on vpō euery side: against al which cumpasse of tēptacions and tribulaciōs, that round cumpassing pauice of Goddes trueth, shall in suche wyse defende vs and kepe vs safe, that we shal nede to dreade none of them all.