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[ 1143] Men to be prepared for Crosses, Afflictions, Troubles, &c.

IN or about the year 1626, A book formerly printed and entituled; A pre∣para••••on to the Crosse of Christ, composed by Iohn Frith, Martyr, was brought to the M••rket in Cambridge, in the belly of a Fish, and that a little before the Commencement time, when by reason of the confluence of much People, no∣tice might be given to all places of the Land,* 1.1 which (as a late Reverend Di∣vine observed) could in his apprehension be construed for no lesse then an Hea∣venly warning, and to have this voice with it, England prepare for the Crosse; A great work of God it was to be sure, and a fair warning to us of this Nation be∣fore the sad dayes of trouble came, had but Men made good use of it; but, surdo narratur, No Man prepar'd for the Crosse; since which time here hath been enough of the Crosse, Crosse-doing, and Crosse-dealing one with another, and much ado hath been about pulling down and defacing material▪ Crosses, (such as in themselves were but Civill,* 1.2 not Religious marks, as that Princely Iob defin'd them) when they should rather have been busied in pulling down the old Man out of their hearts, and so made way for spiritual Crosses, and been prepared for the worst of times that could be.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Jer. Dyke ••ast-Serm. at Westm.
• * 1.2

  K. Charles 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉.