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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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¶There be diverse crafts of the devil, whereby he tempteth, and where one craft profiteth nothing, he addeth many other. Ca. xv.
¶There be dyuerse craftes of the dyuell, wherby he tempteth, and where one crafte profyteth nothynge, he addeth many other. Ca. xv.
THE devil hath not one grin, snare, or deceit, but diverse. For he goeth about to deceive fasters and solitary people or cloisterers, by one policy, and other which be conversant in the multitude and common people, by an other craft: but against all the assaults of the devil, there is none so sure and ready a remedy at hand, as the continual meditation of ⟨image 53⟩scripture:1 as Christ did overcome all the assaults of the devil by the only meditation and recital of the scriptures. For that is the only commodity and profit, the continual meditation of scripture both by day and night. and so Paul saith,2 Take you the hats of health, the sword of the spirit, which is the word of god, whereby we defend all his fiery darts and weapons, and utterly extinguish them. Wherefore it is best remedy in the beginning of all temptation, to check the devil in the mouth, that it becometh not us to do that, which he stirreth and suggesteth us to do, specially, because god prohibiteth and forbiddeth it to be done. that, he can not by any means suffer: nor he will not be smitten down ⟨image 54⟩nor driven away with one stroke or twain, but he will come again as often.3