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 21, 2024.
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7 If thou be tempted of securytie to be without feare.
SAy thou, Watche ye, for ye knowe not the houre. He that studyeth, let hym take hede he fall not. Adam stode not in paradise. The people of Israell, as often∣tymes as they were made fat, and increased to a multitude, so often∣tymes fell they backewarde, and forgatte theyr lorde god. Dauid, when he was at reste, and sittyng at home without resistēce, he was made an adulterer and a murthe∣rer, and nombred the peple in his great fury. So Nabugodonosor counteth hym selfe happye. The
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ryche man in the gospell promy∣synge hym selfe ease and rest, dyd here. O fole. &c. Ezechias in try∣bulation continued ryghtuouse. in prosperitie he was ouercome of vayne glory. For the lord forsoke hym, and his harte was auanced. and therfore is securitie reproued. for throughe it, is neglected the commaundement of god. Christe sayde before, that the housholder being absent, and al were aslepe, came the ennemie & sowed cokell.