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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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¶The godly know the time of dying to be determined of god. Cap. vii.
¶The godlye knowe the tyme of dyinge to be determyned of god. Cap. vii.
UNTO the godly this is a great comfort, that they know that death is not in the power of tyrants, nor put in the hand of any creature, lest they should be troubled, over much careful for death: but that they may dye as children, when pleaseth the lord. ⟨image 82⟩For so writeth Ecclesiastes:1 All thing hath time: and all things under heaven, have their convenient season: A time is of birth, and a time of death.2 and so Job. Thou haste appointed to him a a time, which he shall not pass. Also the psalm:3 Thou hast limited a time, which they shall not over pass.4 Behold, thou hast put my days to a certain number. And so Christ doth comfort his. One hear shall not fall from your head without the will of your father.5 Also, My hour is not yet come.6 So the mother of Samuel, God doth kill and revive again. And, The years of life, be of the lord. As he promised to Hezekiah:7