¶Notwithstandyng the vngodly shall not liue out halfe theyr dayes. Cap. viii.
AS holy scripture witnesseth in all places. In the psalm.
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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The deceytefull shall not liue out halfe theyr days. Also Iob,* 1.1 In the tyme whiche is not his, he shall make an ende. And, The feare of the lorde, prolongeth the lyfe. the yeres of the wycked be short. For ye godly be euer redy, watchyng whē the lorde shall come, whether it be in the first watche, or in the fourth, they in the meane tyme, folowe theyr callynge, as long as the lord wyll, nothynge determyninge for them selfe, nothynge carynge for theyr lyfe, whether it shall ende on the morowe, or .x. yeres after: for they haue lyued all theyr tyme, al∣thoughe they dye yonge:* 1.2 As the wyse manne saythe, Thoughe the rightuouse be ouertakē with deth, yet shall he be in rest. The vngod∣ly do appoynte vnto them selues longe tyme, as he whiche sayde in
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Luke:* 1.3 My soule, thou hast moch goodes layde vp in store for many yeres. They do so, and lyue so, as they shuld liue a long season: but in the myddel of theyr lyfe, beyng voyde of faythe, they be taken a∣waye, in the daye whiche they dyd not loke for, and the houre whiche they dyd not knowe.* 1.4 So the foo∣lyshe virgins, beinge vnredye, in the myddell of theyr dayes, were called away. So for the most part alwayes, the iudgemente of god dothe catche the vngodly, care∣lesse, negligent, and not watching. So in Daniel,* 1.5 Balthasar the kīg was slayne in the nyght of his en∣nemies. Also in the gospell, The tumultuous seruauntes, the So∣domytes, and they whiche were in the tyme of the flodde. the vngod∣ly deathe dothe alwaye fynde vn∣redy:
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but all the godly tary vntyll theyr full tyme, that is, they be e∣uer redy.
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* 1.1
Psal. 54. Iob. 16.
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* 1.2
Sap. 4.
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* 1.3
Luce. 12.
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* 1.4
Matt. 25.
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* 1.5
Daniel. 5.