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…

When he hath tried high chill dren from amongst them (as now he beginneth) and by suffering, hath made us like to his Christ, and by being overcome to overcome in deed to our eternal comfort: then will he, if not otherwise, ¹come himself in the clouds. I mean our dear lord, whom we confess, preach and believe on. He will come (I say) with the blast of a tromp and shout of an Archangel, and so shall we be caught up in the clouds to mete him in the air: The angels ²gathering together y• wicked wretches (which now walter and wa ⟨p. 30⟩low as the world and wind bloweth) to be tied in bundles, and cast into the fire, which burneth for ever most painfully. There and then shall they see, who hath the victory, they or we.

Whan he hath tryed hye chil dren from amongst thē (as now he begynneth) ano by sufferyng, hath made vs like to his Christ, and by beyng ouercome to ouercome in dede to oure eternal comfort: thē wil he, if not otherwise, ¹come hymselfe in the clowdes. I meane our deare lord, whō we confesse, preache and beleue on. He wyl come (I saye) wyth the blast of a trōpe and showte of an Archangel, and so shall we bee caught vp in the clowds to mete hym in the ayer: The aungels ga ²theryng together y• wicked wretches (which now walter and wa ⟨p. 30⟩lowe as the worlde and wynde bloweth) to be tyed in bondels, and cast into the fier, which burneth for euer most paynfullye. There and then shal they se, who hath the victorye, they or we.

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