And if God maketh the rich man poor, he doth well: For he seeth that if he should have riches 1he would be to proud and forget God and himself to, with poverty therefore and adflicciō will he nurture his children so to teach them his ways, lest in abundance and wealth they run after their own ways and lusts. For 2tribulation and adversity are the fire and salt that purge & preserve us from stinking & not destroy us, but they teach us to put our trust in God and not in our selves nor in no creatures, they draw us from transitory things to fasten us sure to God, and because we should not be condemned with the world, he plucketh 3us with his Cross from the world. Into the which troublous state of the cross, when married couples be cast of GOD, then have they the most present consolations out of scriptures to comfort them, and to cause them to rejoice in their affliction, as are the holy Psalms of David, we have also the godly ensamples of the dear beloved faithful servants of God as were Job, Abraham, Jacob. &c. Item the words 4of Christ. Who so will serve me, let him daily take his cross upon him and follow me. And in John, and Paul is full of comfort in his epistles ⟨image 88⟩specially. Hebrews x. When any of the 5married persons be tempted or troubled with sickness or any other fortune, then should the to there, comfort him or her with these comfortable ensamples, Psalms and sentences of gods 6spirit of all consolation, one suffering with the tother, for so shall the affliction and Cross be the easylyer borne, and love mutual the more increased. True love showeth her self most clearly in trouble and sickness. And if the one grudge at the tother's sickness, he doth against Gods will. And if he rejoiceth at her, or she at his affliction, it is a token of little love except his rejoice be in the Lord, so to conform him to the similitude of his Son Christ, that he might be like him in glory.
And yf God maketh the ritch man poore, he doth well: For he seeth that if he shuld haue ritches 1he would be to proud and forget God and himselfe to, with pouerte therfore and adflicciō wyll he nourtour his chyldren so to teach them his wayes, lest in abundaunce and wealth they runne after theyr owne wayes and lustes. For 2tribulacion and aduersite are the fyer and salte that purge & preserue vs from stynkynge & not destroye vs, but they teache vs to put our trust in God and not in oure selues nor in no creatures, they draw vs from transitory thinges to fasten vs sure to God, and because we shoulde not be condemned wyth the worlde, he plucketh 3vs wyth his Crosse from the worlde. Into the which troublouse state of the crosse, whan maryed cowples be cast of GOD, then haue they the moost present cōsolacions out of s•riptures to conforte them, and to cause them to reioyce in theyr affliccion, as are the holy Psalmes of Dauid, we haue also the godly ensamples of the deare beloued faythefull seruauntes of God as were Iob, Abraham, Iacob. &c. Item the wordes 4of Christ. Who so wyll serue me, let him dayely take his crosse vpon hym and folow me. And in Ihon, and Paule is full of conforte in hys epistles ⟨image 88⟩specially. Hebreus x. Whan ony of the 5maryed personnes be tempted or troubled wyth syckenes or any other fortune, then shulde the to ther, conforte hym or her wythe these confortable ensamples, Psalmes and sentences of gods 6spirite of all consolacion, one suffryng wyth the tother, for so shall the affliccion and Crosse be the easylyer borne, and loue mutuall the more encreased. Trewe loue sheweth her selfe moost clearely in trouble and syckenes. And yf the one grudge at the tothers syckenes, he doth agaynst Gods wyll. And if he reioycethe at her, or she at hys affliccion, it is a token of lytle loue excepte hys reioyce be in the Lorde, so to conforme hym to the similitude of hys sonne Christ, that he myght be lyke hym in glory.
- 1Affliction teach to know godAfflicciō tech to know god
- 2Tribulation is fire and salt.Tribulatiō is fyer and salte.
- 3i. Cor. xi.
- 4Math. xvi Joan. xvi.Math. xvi Ioan. xvi.
- 5H•. xi. xii. xiii
- 6SicknessSyckne•
