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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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¶We ought to be patient in affliction, not to be angry, nor to speak evil of god. Cap. viii.
¶We oughte to be pacient in affliction, not to be angry, nor to speake yuell of god. Cap. viii.
PATIENCE, is to feel and consider, that god doth scourge ⟨image 28⟩us, to call us to repentance, and therefore gladly to suffer the hand of god, and to have a confidence, that god will forgive us, and that he will deliver us. Of this patience to godward, springeth forth patience toward men. For when the heart is at peace with god, it tarrieth help of him, and utterly setteth aside lust to avenge. Thus patience can never be, but when by faith we are assured, that we please god, and that at length it shall come to pass, that we shall be saved. Christen patience therefore, is the comfort and joy of the hart in afflictions, to whom there is annexed hope. For faith presently receiveth reconciliation and forgiveness of sin, & a promise of the end. Hope tarrieth and looketh for the end to come, as saith Isaiah ⟨image 28⟩In silence and hope shall be your strength.1 For Hope hath his eye to the will of god, and knoweth, that god hath care on him. And it shall come to pass, that god will govern the ends according to his promise, although there appear no help at all, in any creatures, as it is spoken of Abraham. Against all hope, he believed in hope. that is, although in the hole compass of nature, there be no hope at all, yet beholding the word of god, felt inwardly, that that which god had promised, should come to pass. Who (as saith Paul) calleth those things which are not, as though they were? Therefore the mind is quiet in christen patience. For it considereth, that afflictions are not ill, nor are laid on us of god ⟨image 29⟩to our destruction. For he is well assured, that he is tempted through the good will of god, and exercised to repentance for his health. And for as much as the mind is fixed toward this will of god, he is not angry with god. For he knoweth, how this calamity or trouble cometh not by chance or fortune without a cause, but rather rejoiceth in affliction. that is it that Isaiah speaketh. In silence and hope shall be your strength. that is, be ye not angry in god or with god.