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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 also in the time of hunger, pestilence, and war, be punished, and dye with the wicked. Cap. ix.
¶The godly also in the tyme of hunger, pestilence, and warre, be punyshed, and dye with the wycked. Cap. ix.
IT IS true, that the godly be punished with the ungodly, where the wroth of god is consū mate. For the judgement of god, when he is angry, is given upon all, both good and bad: but the godly conceive a hope of felicity and favour.1 He shall not withdraw his mercy for ever. And so they, that be punished, suffer judgment, and at the last shall obtain mercy. For the godly do know, that god doth punish sinners, which do repent in this life, as he punished David, that he might humble them, instruct them in learning, ⟨image 86⟩and make them more ware and circumspect. And although they dye in the time of hunger, pestilence, or war with the wicked, yet they know it to be done by the good will of god. And because they know that they ones shall die: Therefore they offer them selves to the good will of god, which doth all things after the counsel of his will.2 And they know, that they have a time appointed to dye, and they desire to be dissolved in the time of dying appointed by god, and to be with Christ. Otherwise, Neither pestilence, hunger, nor war can hurt the godly, except the appointed time of death, ordained of god, be present. For god can well deliver his, as he did in times paste deliver Loth, Noah, Daniel, Jeremiah, and other: as