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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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¶They that be dying, must be exhorted. to forgive. Cap. xiii.
¶They that be dienge, muste be exhorted. to forgyue. Cap. xiii.
1BECAUSE god commandeth, Forgive, and it shall be forgiven you. and putteth thereunto a condition, He that doth not forgive his brother, to him god doth forgive nothing: and if god do not forgive since, we can not be saved.2 Forgive, and it shall be forgiven you. And when you shall stand praying, forgive, if you have any thing against any man, that your father also may forgive you.3 When thou offerest thy gift at the altar, first reconcile thy self to thy brother.4 If you will not forgive each of you, your brothers ⟨image 94⟩faults, & that with all your hearts: your father will not forgive you.5 If any man have a quarrel against his brother, as Christ hath forgiven you, so do you forgive. So in the prayer of the lord, we desire forgiveness to be done to us, as we forgive them, which be our debtors: that is, that we forgive them, of whom in any thing we have ben hurt, either in deed, to be wrongfully handled, or else in word to be shamefully entreated. And to them that be at the point of death, this should be minded, If they at any time have hurt or endamaged their neighbour, or taken any thing from him by extortion or robbery, or have defamed any man. Here also they must do as Christ did on the cross, let them pray for all