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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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¶In tribulation we must pray. Cap. vii.
¶In tribulation we muste praye. Cap. vii.
HERE are we taught, what a christen man must do in temptation, when he seeth him self forsaken of all men, that is, to pray, and not to cease to pray, but to pray in faith, mistrusting nothing,1 for he that mistrusteth, is like the rage of the see, which is carried with the wind, and tossed and driven with violence. Which thing also Christ warned us of,2 saying. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation. So like wise Solomon: Son,3 in thy sickness despise ⟨image 20⟩not thy self, but pray to the lord, and he shall heal thee. Thereto god hath also commanded, that we should in tribulation call on him: yea and calleth that invocation or crying on him, a sacrifice, the true and most accepted honour. For so saith the psalm.4 Call to me in the day of thy trouble. And he addeth promises, And I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour me And he said before in the psalm, that he regarded not the oblations of beasts and such other works, but that he delighteth in this sacrifice. if that we call on him in trouble, and believe, that he will help us: and when we are holpen, to give thanks, and preach his benefit. And so like wise he calleth the hope,5