The First Step to Conversion

and that it goes the same for the rich / and the powerful / as for the poor: how we all equally / live and hover in the four elements: and that the poor man's morsel tastes just as good to him (in his toil) / as the rich man's in his care: that we all live in one breath: and that the rich man has no other advantage than a delicacy and lust of the eyes / (otherwise it goes for the one as for the other) for which delicacy and lust of the eyes the human being squanders such a great blessedness / and brings himself into such great eternal restlessness.

In such contemplation / man shall (in his heart and mind) discover (especially if he depicts his end for himself throughout) that he shall obtain a heartfelt attraction and longing (for the mercy of God) / and his committed sins shall begin to repent him / that he has spent his days so poorly / and has not taken care nor contemplated how he here (in this world) stands in a field (in growth)