s of his sorrow should not
swallow him up." And therefore, when God sendeth the tempest, he
will that the shipmen shall get them to their tackling and do the
best they can for themselves, that the sea eat them not up. For
help ourselves as well as we can, he can make his plague as sore
and as long-lasting as he himself please.

And as he will that we do for ourselves, so will he that we do for
our neigbour too. And he will that we shall in this world have pity
on each other and not be _sine affectione,_ for which the apostle
rebuketh them that lack their tender affection here. So of charity
we should be sorry too for the pain of those upon whom, for
necessary cause, we ourselves be driven to put it. And whosoever
saith that for pity of his neighbour's soul he will have no pity of
his body, let him be sure that, as St. John saith, "He that loveth
not his neighbour whom he seeth, loveth but little God, whom he
seeth not," so he who hath no pity on the pain that he seeth his
neighbour feel before him, pitieth little (whatsoever he say) the
pain of his soul that he seeth not.

Yet God sendeth us also such tribulation sometimes because it is
his pleasure to have us pray unto him for help. And therefore, the
scripture telleth that, when St. Peter was in prison, the whole
church without intermission prayed incessantly for him, and at
their fervent prayer God by miracle delivered him. When the
disciples in the tempest stood in fear of drowning, they prayed
unto Christ and said, "Save us, Lord, we perish," and then at their
prayer he shortly ceased the tempest. And now see we proved often
that in sore weather or sickness by general processions God giveth
gracious help. And many a man in his great pain and sickness, by
calling upon God is marvellously made whole. This is the goodness
of God who, because in wealth we remember him not, but forget to
pray to him, sendeth us sorrow and sickness to force us to draw
toward him, and compelleth us to call upon him and pray for release
of our pain. When we learn thereby to know him and to pray to him,
we take a good occasion to fall afterward into further grace.

XVIII

VINCENT: Verily, good uncle, with this good answer I am well
content.

ANTHONY: Yea, cousin, but many men are there with whom God is not
content! For they abuse this great high goodness of his, whom
neither fair treating nor hard handling can cause to remember their
maker. But in wealth they are wanton and forg