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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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¶Whose prayers are hard of god.
¶Whose preyars are hard of god.
1¶THE desire of the pore, god hereth. The prayer of him that meek neth him self, penetrateth & goeth through the clouds.2 He hath regarded the prayer of the meek, and hath not despised their prayers. The lord is nigh all them,3 that cry unto him in truth. Such worshippers god requireth, which worship him in spirit.4 The righteous have cried, and the lord hath hard them, and he hath delivered them from all their trouble.5 From the ends of the world have I called to thee, when my hart was dismayed, and in a rock hast thou exalted me.6 To the lord have I cried in my trouble, and he hath graciously hard me.7 He beholdeth ⟨image 25⟩the lowly and broken in spirit, and such as fear his word. Parts of true prayer, are the promise, faith, the affect, to desire in the name of Christ, and thanks giving.