The solace of the soul against the bitter storms of sickness and death greatly…The solace of the soule agaynst the bytter stormes of sycknes and deathe greatly…

And that y• shouldest doubt nothing, but that God will abide by his promises, he hath bond him self unto the with a certain peculiar covenant and sign put unto thy body.¹ For when he being greatly desirous of thy health sent his son in to the world to offer him self unto the death for thy sake, he dead make and strike up a bargain of grace before y• christ, in whom he hath promised, if thou wilt believe and be Baptised, that he will give the everlasting life freely, and never ⟨image 9⟩forsake thee, yea that he will be thy father,² and crown the with grace and mercy: thy baptism is a sign of this covenant. Now is it necessary for thee, that thou cleavest with tooth and nail to the promises, which are added to this sign. For God hath given this sign, that thou shouldest nothing doubt of the grace or favour that he hath promised, nor yet of his faith concerning the faithful performance of the same: thou art baptised to dye with Christ, as Paul saith,³ that his death should be thy death, and that he should purify all things for thy sake, yea thou hast put him on in baptism, that thou shouldest be whole in him, and he in thee.

And that y• shuldest doubt nothyng, but that God wyll abyde by hys promises, he hath bonde him selfe vnto the wyth a certen peculiar couenaunte and sygne put vnto thy body.¹ For when he being gratly desyrous of thy health sente hys sonne in to the worlde to offer hym selfe vnto the deathe for thy sake, he ded make and stryke vp a bargē of grace before y• christ, in whō he hath promysed, yf thou wylte beleue and be Baptysed, that he wyll gyue the euerlastynge lyfe frelye, and neuer ⟨image 9⟩forsake the, yea that he wyll be thy father,