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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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¶Notwithstanding the ungodly shall not live out half their days. Cap. viii.
¶Notwithstandyng the vngodly shall not liue out halfe theyr dayes. Cap. viii.
AS holy scripture witnesseth in all places. In the psalm. ⟨image 84⟩The deceitful shall not live out half their days. Also Job,1 In the time which is not his, he shall make an end. And, The fear of the lord, prolongeth the life. the years of the wicked be short. For the godly be ever ready, watching when the lord shall come, whether it be in the first watch, or in the fourth, they in the mean time, follow their calling, as long as the lord will, nothing determining for them self, nothing caring for their life, whether it shall end on the morrow, or .x. years after: for they have lived all their time, although they dye young:2 As the wise man saith, Though the righteous be overtaken with death, yet shall he be in rest. The ungodly do appoint unto them selves long time, as he which said in ⟨image 85⟩Luke:3 My soul, thou hast much goods laid up in store for many years. They do so, and live so, as they should live a long season: but in the middle of their life, being void of faith, they be taken away, in the day which they did not look for, and the hour which they did not know.