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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8 If thou be tempted of fornication and adultery,

SAye thou, It is wrytten: He which cleaueth to an harlot, is made one body with her. This is the wyll of god, your sanctificati∣on, that ye absteyne from fornica∣tion. Nother horemaysters, nor

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adulterers shal inherite the king∣dome of god. Sodom and Gomer shewe manyfestly, how moch god punisheth that synne. Also of the same synne, there are other pey∣nes, execution, induration, and the contempte of god. Also Dina the doughter of Lya, for whose whoredome were the Sichimites kylled. Agayne, the commaunde∣ment is, thou shalt not commytte adultery. Let there be no harlotte of the doughters of Israell: no∣ther horemaisters of the sonnes of Israell. but thou wylt say, Howe can I auoyde this yll? with pray∣er to god, to gyue the continencie. Also by the word of god and auoy¦dyng it, as sayth Paule. Flee for∣nication. Ioseph is an example, whiche fled bycause he wolde not be kendelyd with the fylthye loue

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of the wyfe of a nother.

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