Caluary, whervppon he was nayled both handes and 32 fete, and wounded to the harte with a sharpe spere, and [Sidenote: went down to hell; and rose again.] soo suffered deathe. And howe he fette out the soules of our forefathers forthe of hell. Howe he rose frome deathe to lyfe, and howe ofte he appered to his discyples and 36 other moo. And what myracles he wroughte afterwarde, and specyally what power he gaue to his dyscyples, that were noo clerkes, to teache and preche his faythe, and worke many myracles, and specyally whan they preached 40 before menne of dyuers nations and languages, and euerye [Sidenote: [Fol. 83_b_.]] man vnderstode in theyr own language, the whiche is a sygne that god wolde haue euery manne saued, and to knowe his lawes, the whiche was a myracle able to 44 conuerte all the infydeles, heretykes, and lollers in the worlde. 167. ¶ A meane to auoyde temptation. It is ofte-tymes seen, that the holyer that a man is, the [Sidenote: The holier a man is, the more he is tempted.] more he is tempted, and he that soo is, maye thanke god therof. For god of his goodnes and grace hath not gyuen to the dyuell auctoritie nor power to attempte any man 4 ferther and aboue that, that he that is so tempted, maye withstande. For sayncte Gregory sayth, _Non est timendum_ [Sidenote: Gregory.] (sic) _hostis, qui non potest vincere nisi volente_m. An enemye is not to be dradde, the whiche maye not ouercome, but if a 8 manne be wyllynge. And it is to presume, that he that is soo tempted, standeth in the state of grace. For sayncte Ambrose saythe, _Illos diabolus[34] vexare negligit, quos iure [Sidenote: Ambrose.] hæreditario se possidere sentit_. The dyuell despyseth to 12 vexe or trouble those, the whiche he felethe him-selfe to haue in possessyon by ryght inheritaunce. And if thou be so tempted, vexed, or troubled, I shall shewe vnto the [Sidenote: [Fol. 84.]] two verses, that if thou do therafter, thou shalte be eased 16 of thy temptacyon, and haue greatte thanke and laude of god and rewarde therfore; these be the verses. [Sidenote: Two useful verses.] _Hostis no_n _ledit, nisi cum te_m_ptatus obedit._ _Est leo si sedit, si stat quasi musca recedit._ 20