A16576:55
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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The greatest and most special whereof we are, by the cross, occasioned to call to mind, as ⟨p. 37⟩did the brethren of Joseph their evil fact against him, when 1the cross once came upon them. And so by it we come to the surest steppe to get health for our souls: that is, we are driven to know our since, original and actual, by gods justice declared in the cross.
The greatest and moste speciall wherof we are, by ye crosse, occasyoned to call to mynde, as ⟨p. 37⟩dyd the brethrē of Ioseph their euil facte agaynste hym, whan 1the crosse once came vpon them. And so by it we come to the suerest steppe to get health for our soules: that is, we are dryuen to knowe our synnes, originall and actual, by gods iustice declared in the crosse.
- 1Gene. 4•.
Secondly, the end, wherefore 1god declareth his justice against our sin original and actual, & would have us by his cross to consider the same, and to call to mind our former evil deeds: The end hereof (I say) is this: namely, that we may lament, be sorry, sigh and pray for pardon, to the intent that so doing, we might obtain and have the same, by the means of faith in the me rites of Jesus Christ, his dear son: and that we being humbled, ⟨p. 38⟩because of the evil y• dwelleth in us, might also become thankful for gods goodness, living in continual vigilancy & warns, and suppressing the evil, which lieth in us, that it brig not forth fruit unto death at any time.