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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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¶The goodness of god is not to be despised, or lightly regarded before afflictions. whereby god will punish and give warning. Capi. xiiii.
¶The goodnesse of god is not to be despised, or lyghtly regarded before afflyctions. whirby god wyl punishe and gyue warnynge. Capi. xiiii.
GOD THEREFORE giveth warning and monition before, that men should repent, and so repenting, should believe and receive grace: and they which will not believe, should be without excuse, and suffer punishment justly.1 So Noah in his time did ⟨image 49⟩admonish men an hundred years. And Loth did warn the Sodomites.2 Also Egypt was in peril to perish, then Moses was sent. It was showed before by the prophets, that the .x. tribes should be carried to Babylon, Jerusalem should be overthrown by the Chaldees, and the people brought to captivity. Jeremiah was sent, which preached forty years.3 Nabugodonosor was made a frayde in his dream. So Christ did bewail and show before the destruction of Jerusalem. The place of repentance with god is before the sentence given: but not so, if it be written: the foolish virgins did ask oil in vain, when the gates were shut up. Esau mourned to late, when Jacob had gotten the blessing. So the psalm, ⟨image 50⟩Seek the lord while he may be found. King Balthasar did not seek the lord, nor did not find him: but Nabugodonosor did seek him, and did find him. Also the unfaithful ministers bounden both hand and foot, were cast out into outward darkness. When the wroth of the lord is consummate or at the full, the godly be punished with the wicked. The judgment of god, when he is angry, is given upon all, as well good as ill,