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A01278	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.	Frith, John, 1503-1533, attributed name.; Tracy, Richard, d. 1569.	1540 (1540)	STC 11393; ESTC S109824	57,606	210

and when thou arte brought lowe haue pacience He that is pacient Prou. 14. is ruled with moche wysedome He that is impatient sheweth forthe his folyshenes In your pacience shall ye pocesse your soules Matt. 10. Roma 5. Afflyction bringeth forthe pacience pacience probation or triall probatiō hope and hope shall neuer be a shamed So Dauid 2. Re. 16. paciently suffered the persecution of his sonne and the curse of Semei Iob is a notable exāple of pacience The lord gaue the lorde hath taken away Abraham was pacient Gen. 12. when his wyfe was taken away and set in Pharaos house Chryste is the onely captayne and moste perfecte example of pacience So farre is it of that aduersities shuld noy or hurt vs that they are very profytable vnto vs. For the good the more they ar afflycted the more pacient they are knowynge that through moche trouble is the way of heauen for they knowe that by moch pacience they ar tried and proued as Peter sayth 1. Pet. 1. wherby the triall of our faythe maye be more preciouse then golde whiche perysheth and is tried by fier wherfore a proffe or triall helpeth to the increase of hope For when we consider that in no suche so great afflitions we are not forsaken we gather confidently that neuer after this shal we be forsaken we ought therfore pacientely to suffer those ylles which happen on vs in this worlde for if we be impacient we be not christians For as many as haue ben sythen the begynnynge of the worlde hytherto godly and christian men they haue al ben afflycted with manyfolde troubles But forbycause they haue ouercome thē with pacience their hope set and fyxed in god therfore they ar made safe as witnesseth the examples of the holy from the fyrste Abel vnto those ryghtuouse whiche in these days ar on lyue Wherfore it behoued euen Chryste hym self by the crosse to entre into life And this in all aduersities is gret comforte and of great strength to knowe that god requireth pacience and that myngled with ioy But mans reason perceyueth not that Colo. 1. but god teacheth it For our reason is therfore troubled vexed in persecution bycause it thinketh that we ar afflycted bycause god other hateth vs or dothe not regarde vs nother wyl helpe vs. These false opiniōs god plucketh from vs and teacheth vs that we ar afflycted not bycause he hateth vs but bycause he wyll other amende vs or when we be amended so to continue accordynge to that sayinge He correcteth the sonne whom he loueth Agayn I wyl not the deathe of a synner Ezech. 18. Agayne He hath concluded all vnder synne not to dystroye all but to haue mercye on all And this thynge engendereth gladnes in our myndes to knowe and fele that it pleaseth god to haue vs afflycted For we must be lyke the ymage of his sonne More ouer that in our affliction he wyl helpe vs and kepe vs and also comfort vs with the holy gost and set our conscience at peace and make vs be gladde in god so that we desire helpe of hym For he commaundeth that we shulde loke for helpe at his hande accordynge to this All they that tarye the Esai 49. shal not be confounded And god commaundeth lykewyse that we shuld aske helpe of hym Call on me in the daye of trouble and I wyll delyuer the and thou shalte gloryfie me Of this pacience and comfort god alonely is the auctour which also giueth pacience Psal 70. Psal 61. Hiere 29. For thou art my pacience o lord yet o my soule be vnder and subiecte to god for of hym is my pacience Thynke the thoughtes of peace that I maye gyue you the ende and pacience Rom. 15. The god of pacience and comforte c. This christian pacience hath certayne condycions wherby it is knowē to be the true pacience Fyrste it grudgeth not nother excuseth it selfe as though it shulde suffer vnworthily for his synnes wherfore he sitteth downe and holdeth his peace as Hieremie saythe Thren 3. He sytteth alone and speketh no worde for he hath laid a yocke vpon hym Secondely it casteth all carefulnes on god 1. Pet. 5. and committeth it selfe al hole to god that goddes wyl be done and not his Thyrdely it humbleth hym selfe and casteth of ryotte and the pleasure of the worlde Fourthly he is mery and redye to suffer yet more heuyer and more greuouse ylles ¶ Socour in affliction muste be asked of god Capi. ix VVE MVSTE loke for helpe in al afflyctions for god promyseth his helpe sayenge I am with you feare ye not I wyll strengthe you Agayne Ioh. 15. Without me ye are able to doo nothynge But when he is presente we are able to doo all thynges throughe hym And if he be with vs Roma 8. who shall be agaynste vs Of what daunger shall we be aferde of he hath promysed trewely to be with vs vntyll the ende of the worlde and vndoubtedly he wyll be Let vs cal therfore on his helpe he is trewe and is redy to al them that call on hym in truthe Iudit 6. Iudith desyrynge helpe of god sayd Helpe me thy handemaiden Hest 14. which haue none other helpe but the lorde Giue vs helpe from the holy place or elles Psal 19. he sendeth helpe from his holy place and from Sion wil he defende the. Psal 69. O god gyue hede towarde my helpe and hast to helpe me o lorde Blessed is that man whose helpe is of the. Psal 83. Psal 107. Helpe vs from tribulation For vayn is the helthe of man Psal 120. My helpe is of the lorde whiche made heauen and erthe In tyme of tribulation we oughte from aboue to loke for the helpe of god but the maner tyme and kynde of helpe is vnknowen vnto vs that fayth and hope may haue place which sticketh to those thynges whiche are not sene nor harde Do not therfore in tyme of trouble runne without thy selfe but tary within thy selfe and tary the strength of the lorde He wyll come if thou departe not he wyl strengthe the if thou seke none other strengthe For he commeth not to them that flee but to them that tarye boldelye Tribulation must not be ouercome with flight but with constancye and stycking in the faythe of the name of god Also the helpe of the lorde is ouer them that onely put theyr confydence and truste in god he is redy with all his angelles when al other thynges forsake theym he hath a respect to his in afflyction continually He kepeth them and comforteth them 3. Re. 17. To Helias when he was fled and was hungry he sent a rauē which brought him bread Agayne 2. Re. 19. he sente hym bread water by his aungell He was with the elder Tobie Tobi. 5. Hest 9. and at length heled hym of his blyndenes He turned the waylinge of the Iewes in to ioye

as many as dyd beleue were preserued Philipp 1. So Paule desyreth to be loused and to be with Christ And in an other place Whether we lyue or dye we be the lordes Therfore the hande of the lorde receyueth the soules of suche as be faythfull and they rest quietly in the hande and word of god vntyl the day of iudgement come For they be in peace and entred in to rest Tourne my soule in to thy rest For they be in pleasure in ioy Sap. 3. Hebre. 4. Psal 114. in blessednes in suertie in Christ and with Christ in comforte ¶ The body is buried but it shall ryse agayne in the laste daye Cap. xi IT IS the onely comfort of the godly to holde suerly in all aduersitie this article of our faythe that is to saye the resurrection of the flesshe the whiche oughte to comforte the ryghtuouse bycause through the grace of god they shal be reuiued and reysed vp as well the body as the soule the soules to iustice the bodyes to glorye This hope the wycked haue not For theyr bodyes shall be the more punished and ouerthrowen downe to the grounde althoughe they haue semed here to be mighty but their bodyes shal be reysed vp and quickened by the worde of god to whō all thynges obeye Of whose promyse the very emptye and dry bones shall be partakers Ezec. 37. This saith the ruler the lorde of these bones Beholde I doo brynge into you a spirite and you shal be quickned and I wil put vpō you sinnowes and I wyll reyse vp fleshe vppon you and I wyll couer you with a skynne and I wyll put in you a spirite and you shal lyue and you shall well knowe that I am the lorde Iob. 19. Thou shalte reyse vp my skynne which this flesshe beareth And I do knowe that my redemer dothe lyue and at the last he shall reyse me vp of dust and shal compasse my body about with skynne and in my fleshe I shall se god ¶ Veryly the holye scripture declareth that the resurrection of the deade shall be for that the bodye for his nature and power shall be made perfyte in the knowledge of the lorde The glorye of the soule redoundeth into the reformed body In the meane tyme the sowle lacketh not the knowlege of god and of his Christe For he is with Christe and hath in hym eternall lyfe and moste lyuely and blessed knowlege Ioh. 17. But the perfyt blessednes is not vntyll the bodyes be borne agayne Danie 12. Many which slepe in the duste of the erthe shall ryse agayne some into eternall lyfe some into shame The deade shall ryse agayne and they shall be reysed vp Esai 26. that be in graues Thy deade shall lyue lorde and they whiche dye in me shal ryse again Your bones shall blossome as the grasse Esai 66. Therfore we beleue that there shall be a resurrection of this fleshe by goddes power and that the deade shal be quickened ageyn by the spirite of Chryste Whiche shall quicken your mortall bodies throughe his spirite Rom. 6. dwellynge in you The fyrste ground of this article is that Christe is rysen If Christe be preached 1. Cor. 15. that he hath rysen from deathe howe can some of you saye that there shall be no resurrection If Christe hath rysen we shall also ryse Christe the fyrste begotten of the deade hath sufficiently declared his resurrection What so euer was in Christe the heade the same shall be in his membres and we ought to beleue that we shall suerly atteyne that whiche our heade nowe dothe obteyne accordynge to the measure of our fayth The fruites of Christes resurrection is our resurrection and wakynge for if god hath reysed vp our lorde Iesu he shall also reyse vp vs through him So Paule 1. Cor. 15. through the hole chapter 1. Thes 4. And the deade in Christe shall ryse Ioh. 5. Do not meruel for bycause the houre shall come that all such as be in theyr graues shal here his voyce and shal come forthe c. Also thy brother shall ryse Cap. 11. Martha answered I knowe that he shall ryse in the laste day ¶ In the panges of deathe and in all temtations the remedies be to be lerned of the sufferaunce of Christ Ca. xii THE example of lyuynge and dienge is set forth before our eies in Christes lyfe and passyon for so sayth Peter 1. Pet. 2. Christe is afflicted for vs leauynge vs an example that we shuld folowe his steppes But howe can we folowe his steppes Here thou If thou receyue thy crosse on the as Chryste techeth the. How can that be Matt. 10. saiest thou Beholde take an example If thou be punished with sickenes reken with thy selfe howe it is not to be compared with Chrystes crowne of thorne and his nayles If thou be restrayned of thy desyres and lustes remembre Christ led hyther and thyther If pryde styrre thy mynde remembre Christ nayled on the crosse betwene two theues Wherof Esai saythe Esai 53. And we haue sene hym and there was no fayernesse in hym and we haue desyred the despysynge of all men If thou brenne in lechery or any other yll desyre remembre howe Christes tender flesshe was all to torne with strypes thrist through and al to broken Wherof the scripture sayth Psal 21. They haue nombered all my bones If thou be vexed with enuy or desyer of reuenging thinke with thy selfe that Christe dyd preye to his father for theym whiche crucified and scorned him Whiche when he was reuyled did not reuyle ageyne 1. Pet. 2. Esai 53. As a shepe led to be slaine If sinne troubleth the caste thy selfe vpon Christe beleue all his to be thyne and that by his worke thou arte saued If thou loke so onely in Christe thou shalt haue peace and thou shalt reioyce that god is thy god And although thy synne be great yet the grace of god is moche greatter Therfore saye Althoughe I alone hadde commytted all the synnes of the worlde they were vtterlye none if I maye obteyne the grace of god throughe Christe God suffereth his to fall yea and that sometymes greuousely as Dauid and Peter that they myghte ryse and thanke god more feruently Therfore no synner shulde despeire seinge that so great men haue synned so greuously and by the grace of god haue repented and amended theyr lyuynge If Sathan do tempte the of predestination whether thou be amongest them whiche be ordeyned to the kyngedome of heauen be deafe takynge example of Christe whiche hanging on the crosse sayde nothynge at all to this when they sayde He hath trusted in god let him deliuer him if he wyll So Daniel Danie 3 When the kyng of Babylon sayd And what god is he that maye delyuer you oute of my handes They aunswered we ought not of this matter to answere the. Beholde our god whom we worshyppe maye delyuer vs frome this fornace of

❧ OF THE PREPARATION TO THE CROSSE and to Deathe and of the comforte vnder the crosse and deathe two bokes very fruictefull for deuoute people to rede translated from latyn to englysshe by Rycharde Tracy 1534 TO THE RYGHT HONORABLE AND HIS syngular good lorde and mayster Lord Thomas Crumwel Lorde Priuy seale Rycharde Tracy desyreth and wysheth bodely prosperous helth and to the soule eternall lyfe and felycitie WHEN I consider the weake frailtie of man and howe naturallye we be subiecte to many troubles aduersities and temptations as well of the body as of the soule and also when I call to my remembraunce the wordes of Christe spoken to his elect Ioh. 16. That in this world they shulde suffer persecution and oppression and lykewyse the sayinge of the apostel Paule 2. Tim. 3. That al they whiche wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesu muste suffer persecution I thynke surely that euery chrysten man dothe expect Christes promises and constantly beleueth that the scriptures shal be fulfilled and founde true Wherfore seing there is no euasion nor meane to escape the aduersities temptations and crosse whiche god shal laye on the shulders of his electe and nature is so inconstant frayl and weake that of our own myght and power we are not able to resyste nor can not wyllyngely and paciently susteyne and beare such aduersities and crosse it behoueth euery christen man to serch out and prouide some godly consolation and remedy to comforte and make stronge his mynde that he may paciently suffer all tribulation all temptation al aduersitie which god shal sende to hym alwaye reknowlegynge that there is no power but of god and that god wyl not send to his electe any suche crosse but therwith he wyll also gyue grace and meane paciently to suffer the same so that he shall not be found disobediēt to the good wyl of god Of the cōfortes agaynst the crosse of tribulation one in especiall of late I founde Not a yere paste it pleased God to sende me some aduerse tribulations whiche were to stronge for Nature to suffer and beare pacientely but my chaunce was so good throughe the mercifull prouydence of god that in my troubles this lyttel boke was sent me from a frende whiche when I had red ouer and delyberately perused it animated made me strōg not onely paciētly to suffer al mine aduersities but also for theym to gyue god ryghte hartye thankes that it wolde please hym of his abundante mercy and goodnesse to remembre me his miserable creature with his so ernest a token and moste sure pledge of his godly fauour and loue accordynge to his promyse Hebr. 12. which is whom the lord loueth hym he chasteneth yea and he scourgeth euery sonne that he receyueth For in the readynge of this boke I receyued suche consolation and cōfort that I thought it moste necessary yea and expedient seinge I haue by experyence felte what good fruyte commeth therof to translate the same in to englyshe and so to put it forthe in printe that it myghte be the more common and that many chaunsynge to fall into lyke crosse of aduersitie maye be partakers and optein like consolation as I haue receiued therby And I haue dedicated this boke to you my synguler good lorde master for as moche as I euydently perceyue that you are endewed not onely with godly knowledge and doctryne but also haue a right feruēt zeale good mynd and desyre to set forth all suche thynge as may be for the vtilitie helpe and comforte of the hole congregation and churche of this realme Therfore with al humilitie I desyre your accustomed benignitie to accept this the firste fruite and labour of me your pore seruant which am and shall be euer redy and glad with al diligēce to do you the seruice that I can dayly pray almyghty god to preserue you in longe lyfe welth honour and prosperitie Amen ❧ THE PREPARATION TO THE crosse and howe it muste be paciently borne FOR as moche as Christe commandeth vs to denye ourselues and to folowe hym and suffer the crosse he commaundeth vs also to prepare vs to suffer the crosse paciently sayinge Matth. 16. If any man wyll come after me let hym denye hym selfe and take vp my crosse and folowe me And who so euer doth not beare my crosse and folowe me can not be my discyple Soo councelleth the wise man saying Eccle. 2. Sonne whan thou doest come to the seruice of god stande in righteousenes and feare and prepare thy soule to suffer temptation but bycause there be dyuers crosses ne lest a man paraduenture shuld take a straunge crosse which perteyneth not to hym that is to say shulde feine to him selfe newe turmentes as prescript dayes of fastynge vowed chastitie shurtes of heare disgysed garmentes and such other trifles which god hath not commaunded therfore Christ hath put to this terme sciliceth his owne whiche is as moche to saye that euery man study to mortifie his owne fleshe the synne whiche reygneth in him beinge euer redy to suffer what soo euer god dothe sende hym ¶ What the crosse is Cap. i. A CROSSE is euery affliction and tribulation or euery aduersitie and heuines sent by god to euery kynde of lyuynge throughe faythe and the word of god when that euery thyng doth not prospere euen as a man wold haue it whiche in some place is called lernynge or correction and temptation a rodde and a staffe Wherfore it is a folishe and an heuy crosse whiche we by our owne presumption do take vpon vs not commaunded of god as the priestes of Ball and all hypocrites do take vppon them But that is the trewe crosse whiche god doth lay vpon vs whiche when it is layed vpon vs we suffer paciently euery body in his vocation and kynd of lyuinge as to gette our breade with the sweate of our countenance and women to bring forthe theyr chyldren in peynes to suffer paciently the good wil of the lord to mortifie our mortall membres vppon the erthe to be euer busily occupied in the commaundementes of the lord and for the word of god to suffer al scornes and mockes lyes persecutions and not to feare the moste cruell ye euen the most shameful death Therfore to suffer a crosse is nothing els then to suffer pacientely what so euer come to vs by the godly and beneuolent wyll of the lorde ¶ Two kyndes of crosses Cap. ii THERE BE two kyndes of crosses the oone a straunge crosse the other our owne the one of the faythefull the other of the wycked for the vnfeythful be punished that they may be an example of theyr owne iniquytie and that they be perpetually condemned but the feythful be punished that they maye be made stronge and that the lorde be gloryfied in them So strange punishementes be a warninge to put the faythful in mynde of the good wyll of the lorde For the lorde doth punyshe some in this lyfe that he may prouoke

suche as maye be made hole to repentaunce as the scripture saythe Prou. 19. When the mocker or scorner is punyshed the vnlerned is made wyser Gen. 8. So the angell dydde shewe Abraham what shulde become of the Sodomites that he myght teache his chyldren the iugement of god Also Christe saith Luc. 13. that all shal peryshe as they were kylled of Pylate if that they doo not repente ¶ Howe the feythfull be tempted Capi. iii. THe faythful be tempted with a natural and spiritual temtation an outward an inward that is of the fleshe of the worlde and of the dyuell For the crosse signifieth as wel the inward temtation as the outwarde Of the fyrste speketh the apostell 1. Cor. 10. Let no temptation take you excepte the naturall temptation that is euery persecution whiche maye happen in this worlde whiche dothe not hurte the lyfe but rather prouoketh to the blessed lyfe but the spirituall or inwarde temptation is the inwarde feare of synne and deathe it is the afflyction or temptation of the conscience such temtations be mooste greuouse and where god is not they brynge the tempted to deathe eternal Of the whiche Paule to the Hebrewes saythe It is impossible that they Hebre. 6. whiche ones be enlyghtened and haue tasted the good word of god and the vertue of the worlde to come if they slyde and fall agayn to be renued by repentaunce as Demas Hymeneus and Philetus professynge the faythe dyd fall from it and that is synne to deathe synne in the holy gooste synne of vnbelefe synne of spirituall pryde Wherfore Christ dyd commande vs to pray Luc. 11. Let vs not be led into temptation They that beleue do synne but they fal not vtterly away so that they consent not to the fleshe the world and the deuil but by the grace of god they be preserued and go awaye hauinge victory and triumphe ¶ The crosse is of god onely Cap. iiii FYRSTE we muste consider that in all our afflictions no calamitie or pensiuenes falleth on vs by fortune or chaunce but by the appoynted councell of god by his wyll and sufferaunce as witnesseth holy scripture Exod. 20. Feare not for god commeth not but for to trie vs. Deut. 13. The lord your god trieth you to make it knowen whether ye loue or not Iob. 9. The lorde hath giuen the lorde hath taken awaye The lorde kylleth 1. Samu. 2. and gyueth life agayne he bryngeth euen to hell and backe agayne Prouer. 3. Refuse not the chastising of god neyther grudge thou when he correcteth the. For whom god loueth he correcteth and yet delyteth noo lesse then the father in the chylde Psal 65. for thou hast proued vs o god and haste tryed vs as the syluer is tryed by fyer Thou hast ledde vs into a snare thou hast laden our backes ful of troubles thou haste appoynted mē to be heades ouer vs we haue passed thorow fier and water and yet hast thou refreshed vs. Psal 118. It is for my welthe that thou haste broughte me vnder to lerne thy ryghteousenesse Psal 20. Blessed is that man which is vnder the loue and nurture of the lorde Hiere 31. Thou haste stryken me and I haue repented thou hast chastened me lorde and I am taughte as one vnder age wylde and vntamed Threno 3 Whoo can say that any thynge can be done without the lordes commaundemente From the mouthe of the hyghest gothe there not good and yll By which saying the prophet rebuketh the wycked whiche denie that afflictions happen by the councell and prouydence of god Suche also rebuketh Sophon Sopho. 1. I shall viset men drowned in theyr dregges whiche say in theyr hartes The lorde wyll not doo bothe good yll Matth. 10. Are not two sparowes solde for a farthynge and yet not one of them falleth on the erthe without the wil of your father Roma 11. Al thynges are of hym by hym and in hym 1. Cor. 11. While we iudged we are punished of the lord lest we shuld with the world be condemned ¶ It is vndoubtedly noo smalle comforte to be assured that the crosse is of god and that we are chastened of god and not of the dyuell or els of any wycked man which vtterly can haue no power vpon vs not so moch as to moue one heare of our hed besyde the wyll of the lorde without the sufferaunce of god as Chryste hym selfe comforteth vs saying Matth. 10. Euen the heares of your headde are all nombred As thoughe he shoulde saye if god be carefull for the sparowes how moche more shal he be carefull for you whiche are his people and shepe of his pasture that nothyng happen rashely vnto you without his beneuolente wyll Seinge also that the dyuell had no power vpon swyne moch lesse vppon them that are godly whom he can not hurt at al. Matth. 9. for so the euāgelistes wryte that the diuelles prayed Christe and sayde If thou caste vs forthe Marc. 5. suffer vs to enter into the herde of swyne And he sayde vnto them Goo ye They haue then no power vppon the holye no trewely not on the swyne excepte that god shall suffer them no they dare not nor can not any thynge agaynst them but by the sufferaunce of god for god alone bindeth this dragon and he alone louseth him as Christ saith No man can enter into the house of a stronge man Marc. 3. and spoyle him of his vessell and treasure oneles he fyrste bynde the stronge man For the dyuel is chayned bound so strayghtly that he may do nothynge before that god appoynt hym Iob. 1. as it is written in Iob. The lorde sayde to Satan Lo al that he hath are in thy hande but extende not thy hande vppon hym Satan dothe nothynge but that that god suffereth and wyll Also all the godly as the sonnes of god are euer in goddes presence For whome the lorde euer careth for tenderynge them nuryshyng them kepynge and defendynge them from all yll what greatter comfort then can there be of faith as a sure rocke then that the godly ar well assured and know them selues euermore set before the lordes eyes and to be kept vnder his hande Can mysery oppresse the can the crosse can sinne can deth can hell Be assured that thou art in the presence of god they shall not preuayle the lorde careth for the the lordes eye is dyrected towarde the. whom then shalt thou feare if by faythe thou be made the sonne of god God careth for the yea and sendeth his aungelles to kepe and defend the according to the wytnes of Dauid Psal 90. He hath commaunde his aungels of the to kepe the in all thy wayes The aungell of the lorde shall be sente abrode among al them that feare hym and shal delyuer them And if god giue lybertie to the diuell to tempte vs let vs surelye beleue that with