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Davids harp full of most delectable harmony, newly stringed and set in tuneDauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune
Davids harp full of most delectable harmony, newly stringed and set in tune by Theodore BasilDauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune by Theadore Basille
printed for Joha, 1542
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Ye shall be sad, but your sadness shall be turned into joy. In the world ye shall have affliction and trouble, but be on a good comfort, for I have overcome the world. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for righteousness sake, for unto them belongeth the king dome of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you & persecute you, 1& speak every evil word against you, lying for my sake. Rejoice & be merry, for great is your reward in heaven. S. Peter also saith, dear 2lye beloved marvel not, when ye be proved by fire, which thing is done to try you, as though some strange & new thing chanced unto you, but rather rejoice in that ye are partakers of the passions and troubles of Christ, that when his glory shall appear, ye may also be ⟨image 29⟩merry & rejoice. If ye be reviled for the name of Christ, blessed are ye, for the spirit, which is the spirit of glory & of God, resteth upon you Hereto pertaineth the saying of 3S. Paul, this is a true saying, if we be dead with him, we shall live with him also. If we suffer together we shall also reign with him. If we deny him, he also shall deny us. If we be unfaithful, yet abideth he faithful, he can not deny him self.
Ye shall be sad, but your sadnes shalbe turned into ioye. In the world ye shal haue affliccion and trouble, but be on a good cōforte, for I haue ouercome the world. Blessed are they yt suffer persecucion for righteousnes sake, for vnto them belongeth the kynge dome of heauē. Blyssed are ye, whē mē shal reuile you & persecute you, 1& speake euery euell worde agaynst you, lyenge for my sake. Reioyce & be mery, for great is your rewarde in heauē. S. Peter also sayth, dere 2lye beloued meruayle not, whan ye be proued by fyre, whiche thynge is done to trye you, as thoughe some straunge & newe thynge chaunsed vnto you, but rather reioyse ī that ye are partakers of the passiōs and troubles of Christe, that whan his glory shall appeare, ye maye also be