Believest thou verily that thou mayest not be saved but by Christ's [death and His] passion ? He answereth : Yea.
Then thank Him thereof ever, while thy soul is in thy body, and put all thy trust in His passion and in His death only, having trust in none other thing. To this death commit thee fully.[1] In His death wrap all thyself fully; and if it come to thy mind, or by thine enemy it be put into thy mind, that God will deem thee, say thus:
Lord, I put the death of Our Lord Jesu Christ between me and mine evil deeds, between me and the judgment; otherwise will I not strive with Thee.
If He say: Thou hast deserved damnation; say thou again: The death of our Lord Jesu Christ I put between me and mine evil merits, and the merits of His worthy passion I offer for merits I should have had, and alas I have not. Say also: Lord, put the death of my Lord Jesu Christ between me and Thy righteousness.
Then let him say this thrice. In manus tuas, Domine, etc. Into thine hands. Lord, I commit my soul. And let the covent[2] say the same. And if he may not speak, let the covent — or they that stand about — say thus: In manus tuas, Domine, commendamus spiritum Eius, etc. into Thine hands, Lord, we commend his soul. And thus he dieth surely; and he shall not die everlastingly.
But though these interrogations above said be competent
