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Of the preparation to the cross, and to death and of the comfort under…Of the preparation to the crosse, and to deathe and of the comforte vnder…
Of the preparation to the cross, and to death and of the comfort under the cross and death, two books very fruitful for devout people to read, translated from latin to english, by Richard Tracy.Of the preparation to the crosse, and to deathe and of the comforte vnder the crosse and death, two bokes very fruictefull for deuoute people to rede, translated from latyn to englysshe, by Rycharde Tracy.
Londini : In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno. M.D.XL. 1540Londini : In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno. M.D.XL. 1540
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¶Howe the faithful be tempted. Capi. iii.
¶Howe the feythfull be tempted. Capi. iii.
The faithful be tempted with a natural and spiritual temptation, an outward & an inward, that is of the flesh, of the world, and of the devil. For the cross signifieth as well the inward temptation as the outward. Of the first speaketh the apostle,1 Let no temptation take you, except the natural temptation, that is every persecution, which may happen in this world, which doth not hurt the life, but rather provoketh to the blessed life: but the spiritual or inward temptation, is the inward fear of sin and death, it is the affliction or temptation of the conscience, such temptations be most grievous, and where god is not, they bring the ⟨image 8⟩tempted to death eternal. Of the which Paul to the Hebrews saith: It is impossible that they,2 which ones be enlightened, and have tasted the good word of god and the virtue of the world to come, if they slide and fall again, to be renewed by repentance: as Demas, Hymeneus, and Philetus, professing the faith, did fall from it. and that is sin to death, sin in the holy ghost, sin of unbelief, sin of spiritual pride. Wherefore Christ did command us to pray,3 Let us not be led into temptation. They that believe, do sin, but they fall not utterly away: so that they consent not to the flesh, the world, and the devil, but by the grace of god they be preserved and go away, having victory and triumph.