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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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Book 1 › Chapter 1: ¶What the cross is. Cap. i.Book 1 › Chapter 1: ¶What the crosse is. Cap. i.
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¶What the cross is. Cap. i.
¶What the crosse is. Cap. i.
A CROSS is every affliction and tribulation, or every adversity and heaviness sent by ⟨image 6⟩god, to every kind of living, through faith, and the word of god: when that every thing doth not prosper, even as a man would have it: which in some place is called learning, or correction, and temptation, a rod, and a staff. Wherefore it is a foolish and an heavy cross, which we by our own presumption do take upon us not commanded of god, as the priests of Ball, and all hypocrites do take upon them. But that is the true cross, which god doth lay upon us, which when it is laid upon us, we suffer patiently, every body in his vocation and kind of living, as to get our bread with the sweat of our countenance, and women to bring forth their children in pains, to suffer patiently the good will of the lord, ⟨image 7⟩to mortify our mortal members upon the earth, to be ever busily occupied in the commandments of the lord, and for the word of god, to suffer all scorns, and mocks, lies, persecutions, and not to fear the most cruel, yea even the most shameful death. Therefore to suffer a cross, is nothing else, then to suffer patiently, what so ever come to us, by the godly and benevolent will of the lord.
A CROSSE is euery affliction and tribulation, or euery aduersitie and heuines sent by ⟨image 6⟩