Of the preparation to the crosse, and to deathe and of the comforte vnder the crosse and death, two bokes very fruictefull for deuoute people to rede, translated from latyn to englysshe, by Rycharde Tracy.
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Of the preparation to the crosse, and to deathe and of the comforte vnder the crosse and death, two bokes very fruictefull for deuoute people to rede, translated from latyn to englysshe, by Rycharde Tracy.
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[Londini :: In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress. Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum,
Anno. M.D.XL. [1540]]
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Death -- Religious aspects -- Early works to 1800.
Consolation -- Early works to 1800.
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"Of the preparation to the crosse, and to deathe and of the comforte vnder the crosse and death, two bokes very fruictefull for deuoute people to rede, translated from latyn to englysshe, by Rycharde Tracy." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A01278.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2024.
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22 If the temptator saye, thou haste not kepte the lawe of god, wherfore thou arte accursed.
SAy thou: Christ, whiche was made a curse for vs, hath rede∣med vs from the curse of the lawe. Agayn, Euacuatyng, and taking awey the lawe of commaundmen∣tes set in decrees. Takynge away the handewrytynge agaynste vs, which is in decrees, and is contra∣ry to vs. For ye are not vnder the lawe, but vnder fauour, delyue∣red from synne. For the deathe of Christ hath delyuered vs from the lawe. For truely by Christes deth, we are now in conscience fre from the lawe, that is, from the wrothe
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of god, and euerlastynge deathe. For the lawe can not be fulfylled of nature, for it is spirytuall, as vndoubtedly the apostels decreed. The yocke that neither. &c. Again, who can gyue them such a minde? Whiche is impossible to men.