HERE BEGINNETH THE TWO AND SEVENTIETH CHAPTER
That a worker in this work should not deem nor think of
another worker as he feeleth in
himself.
LO! hereby mayest thou see that he that may not come for to see and feel the
perfection of this work but by long travail, and yet is it but seldom, may
lightly be deceived if he speak, think, and deem other men as he feeleth in
himself, that they may not come to it but seldom, and that not without great
travail. And on the same manner may he be deceived that may have it when he
will, if he deem all other thereafter; saying that they may have it when they
will. Let be this: nay, surely he may not think thus. For peradventure, when it
liketh unto God, that those that may not at the first time have it
but seldom, and that not without great travail, sithen after they shall have it
when they will, as oft as them liketh. Ensample of this we have of Moses, that
first but seldom, and not without great travail, in the mount might not see the
manner of the Ark: and sithen after, as oft as by him liked, saw it in the
Veil.