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An exhortation to the carrying of Christs cross with a true and brief confutation…An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion…
An exhortation to the carrying of Christs cross with a true and brief confutation of false and papistical doctrine.An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne.
Wesel? : H. Singleton?, 1555?
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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.
The. 14. Chapter
¶ The knitting up of the matter and conclusion or peroration, with the authors desire and prayer, for the persecuted brethren.
¶ The knittynge vp of the mater and conclusyon or peroracion, wyth the autors desier and prayer, for the persecuted brethren.
And thus much, my good brethren and sisters in our dear Lord and saviour Jesus Christ, I thought good to write unto you for your comfort in these trouble some days, and for the confirmation of the trueth, that ye have already received. From the which if you for fear of man, ⟨p. 150⟩loss of goods, friends or life, do swerve or depart: you depart and swerve from Christ, and so snare your self in Satan's sophistry, to your utter subversion. Therefore, as Peter saith, watch 1and be sober: for as a roaring lion, he seeketh to devour you. But be ye strong in faith: that is, stagger 2not, waver not in gods promises and be assured that they pertain unto you, that god is your God, that he is with you in trouble, & will deliver you and glorify 3you.