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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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¶It is great comfort in affliction that no man can hurt the faithful, except Christ will. Cap. xiii.
¶It is great comfort in affliction that no man can hurte the faythfull, except Chryste wyll. Cap. xiii.
ALTHOUGH the world and the devil be never so furious ⟨image 45⟩and mad, yet the faithful can not be hurt.1 I will not fear a thousand people, compassing me about, because they stand under the wing of god. Also all the creatures can not hurt the faithful, except god will. The water did not hurt the Israelites: the fire did not hurt the three children, being in the furnace: the lions did nothing hurt Daniel: David plucked a bear out of the mouth of a lion, as the epistle to the Hebrews written, clearly witnesseth. If the faithful perish in battle, it is the good will of god. without whose will and sufferance, no adversity can come unto them. And he that hurteth one faithful, doth not hurt him but god. For god doth revenge the wrong done to the faithful, ⟨image 46⟩as it were done to him self. And if any adversity or heaviness, hang over the people of god, god regardeth and taketh that even as he him self were punished, and grieved: but the revenging thereof, is to be left to god. For god maketh him self defender of all believers:2 he doth take them, and carieth them upon his shoulders. Therefore god hath charge over the godly, whether they live or die. nor he doth not leave them in the middle of their trouble and cross, but then he is more near them, and can not forget his elect. He is the god of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,