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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

hot burnynge fyer and out of thy handes O kynge So thou muste commytte all the matter to god whether thou be predestinate or no do not curiously serche out the maieste of god Prou. 25. lest thou be opprest of his glory In trouble and deth it semeth to manye that god is a slepe and vtterly forsaketh them as Christe cryeth God yea my god why haste thou forsaken me So the gospel setteth forthe to vs an example of them to whome it seemed Marc. 5. that Christe slepte in the shyppe But nowe Christe deathe beinge ouercome hath promysed he wyll be to vs a sauiour as it is in Mat. xi Come to me al you that labour be bordened Matth. 11. and I wyll refreshe you Luce. 12. Agayne Feare not lyttell flocke for it hath pleased your father to gyue to you a kyngdome Therefore by such examples of the gospell weake men oughte to be encouraged to whō it semeth that Christe is a slepe that be of inconstante and wauerynge mindes whiche doubte whether god be mercifull to them and whether god be in them They ought to be monished that they trust constantly to Christe that although Christ seme to them to be a slepe yet lette them continewe and the lorde wil reuenge and delyuer theym out of all theyr euylles soner than it can be spoken Esai sayth Esai 54. for a lyttel season at a pynche I haue forsaken the and in greatte mercies I wyl gather the together 1. Reg Iob. 13 cap. 5. The lord leadeth downe to hell and bryngeth from thense ageyne yea althoughe he kyl yet I wyll truste in hym He dothe wounde and giueth remedy he smyteth and his handes shall make hole ¶ They that be dienge muste be exhorted to forgyue Cap. xiii Matth. 6. BICAVSE god commandeth Forgyue and it shal be forgiuen you and putteth thervnto a condition He that dothe not forgyue his brother to hym god doth forgyue nothynge and if god do not forgyue synnes we can not be saued Luc. 16. Marc. 11. Forgyue and it shal be forgyuen you And when you shall stande prayinge forgyue if you haue any thynge agenst any man that your father also may forgiue you Matt. 5. When thou offrest thy gift at the aultare fyrst reconsile thy selfe to thy brother Matt. 18. If you wyl not forgyue eche of you your brothers fautes that with al your hartes your father wyll not forgyue you Colo. 3. If any man haue a quarel ageinst his brother as Christ hath forgyuen you so do you forgyue So in the prayer of the lorde we desyre forgyuenesse to be done to vs as we forgyue them whiche be our detters that is that we forgyue them of whom in any thinge we haue ben hurte eyther in dede to be wrongefully handeled or elles in worde to be shamefully intreated And to theym that be at the poynte of deathe this shoulde be mynded If they at any tyme haue hurte or endamaged theyr neighbour or taken any thynge frome hym by extortion or robberye or haue defamed any man Here also they muste doo as Christe dyd on the crosse lette them praye for all theyr ennemies and forgyue them theyr wronges with all theyr hartes And if any thynge of theyrs be taken awaye by thefte lette them not requier it agayn with violēce If they haue takē away any thing of a nother mannes let them yelde it agayne if they may or let them labour that it maye be restored nor let thē kepe secrete any thyng but confesse theyr faute be sorye that they haue offended and desyre forgyuenesse If for lacke of ryches they be not able to make satisfaction it shall be suffycyente that they forgyue other whiche haue harmed them other in body or goodes If they forgyue theym with all theyr harte god wyll forgiue them the wrōg done to other As Christe teacheth Matth. 6. If you forgyue men theyr offences your heuenly father shall forgyue you ¶ Suche as be diynge shulde be admonished that they receiue the Sacrament of Christes body and bloud Ca. xiiii IT IS a great token of the inestimable loue of god and of his abundant mercy towarde vs that in his supper he wolde shoulde be wytnessed that Christe dothe deliuer and gyue hym selfe to vs and dothe ioyne vs to hym as his mēbres that we maye knowe that the lorde loueth vs hath respecte to vs and saueth vs. Forthermore in this supper we here Christ spekynge to vs fedynge vs with his body proferyng vs that we shuld drynke his bloud for eternall lyfe where he saythe Take eate you Matt. 26. Marc. 14. Luc. 22. 1. Cor. 11. this is my body whiche for you is gyuen Do you this in my remembraunce Lykewise after he hadde supped takyng the cuppe he said This cuppe is the newe testament in my bloude whiche is shedde for the remission of your synnes Do you this as oft as you shal drinke it in the remembrance of me Good brother thynke that these wordes be spoken to the. prynte them most depely in thy mynde for when he speaketh to all he speaketh also to the to the to the I say they profit All thynges whiche Christe hath suffered shall profite the no lesse then they do helpe Peter Paule This sacramente is veryly bothe commanded instituted of Christ him selfe for the remyssion of our synnes and eternall lyfe For the promyse soundeth soo the whiche he that receyueth by fayth and beleueth that whiche he saith Gyuen for you and Shed out for you hath and obteyneth without doubte remission of his synnes ¶ Diuerse consolations that the life and tyme of affliction is shorte Cap. xv IT IS a greate comforte that affliction shall not endure continually Roma 8. The afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory whiche shall be shewed vppon vs. The eie hath not sene Esai 64. nor the eare hath not harde c. the ioyes that god hath prepared for his electe 1. Cor. 2. Through many troubles we must enter into the kyngedome of god Acto 14. Our trouble whiche is but temporall and lyght worketh an excedynge and an eternall weyght of glory vnto vs whiche loke not on the thynges that are sene but on them whiche are not seene The soules of them Apoc. 6. whiche were kylled cryed out vnder the aulter to whom it was answered that they shulde reste yet a lyttell tyme. As a lyttell mynute of an houre vntyl the wroth be passed by Esai 26. Also Christ in the gospel calleth the time of afflyction Ioh. 16. Esai 54 A lyttell tyme. A lyttell whyle you shall not seme In dystresse for a lyttell season I haue forsaken the but in eternall mercies I haue gathered the togeder ¶ The comfort of wydowes Orphans THOV wylte saye I am now a wydowe and haue no man which careth for me here Dauid whiche saythe Psal 145. To the fatherlesse and wydowe thou shalte be a

creature Ezec. 18. He wyl not the death of a synner but the helth of al men So he calleth al to him whiche be burdened Matt. 11. Luc. 19. So he receyued to hym zache Maudelyn Peter Matthei the woman of Cananee Matth. 5. Matt. 27. So he receyued to fauour the thefe Also he apered after his resurrection to Mary Maudelyne out of whom he had expelled seuē dyuelles Matth. 16. He admytteth and receiueth Thomas the harde beleuer He conuerteth Saul beyng a persecutour moste greuouse Acto 9. Brefely he refuseth no man he receyueth all that repente with a fatherlye mynde He sheweth mercye he taketh the repentaunte to his sonne Therfore he commandeth to pray Matth. 6. Let thy kyngdome come forgyue vs our trespases Ioh. 16. Also what so euer ye pray the father in my name it shall be gyuen you Aske Matth. 7. and it shal be gyuen you knocke and it shall be opened vnto you ¶ Sentences out of holy scripture to styrce vp a desyre to dye VVE are strangers before the 1. Par. 30. as were all our fathers Our days be as it were a shadowe vpō the erth and here is none abiding ¶ The lyfe of man is a warfare vpon the erthe and his days Iob. 7. as the dayes of a hired seruaunt ¶ A man borne of a woman Iob. 14. lyuynge a short tyme is replenished with moche mysery He commeth forth lyke a flower and goth away lyke a shadowe and neuer remayneth in one estate ¶ What man is he that lyueth Psal 88. shall not se deathe Psal 89. ¶ Our yeres passen awaye as a cop webbe the dayes of our age be three score and ten or in the chefest foure score yeres and the mooste part of these is labour and peyne Psal 101. ¶ My dayes be wasted as a shadowe and I am dryed vp as the grasse Psal 144. ¶ A man is made lyke to vanitie his days passe away as a shadow Eccle. 7. ¶ The day of death is better then the daye of lyfe Heb. 13. ¶ We haue not here a dwellynge citie but we seke for one to come Iaco. 4. ¶ What is our lif it is a vapour aperynge a lyttell whyle and afterwarde vanisheth awaye 1. Pet. 1. ¶ All fleshe is as hey and all the glory of man as the flower of hey the hey is dryed vp and the flower falleth ¶ FINIS ¶ THE TABLE OF THE fyrste boke THE preparation to the Crosse howe it must be paciētly borne ¶ What the Crosse is Cap. 1. ¶ Two kindes of crosses Ca. 2. Howe the faithful be temted 3. ¶ The Crosse is of God onely Cap. 4. Crosse is the worke of the good wil of god 5. ¶ The godly are the fyrste that are afflycted of God to theyr good and welthe Cap. 6. ¶ In tribulation we muste pray Cap. 7. Of prayer and the maner therof in tribulatiō Whose prayers are harde of god The promyse of god Faythe To aske in the name of Iesu The affecte to desyre any thynge Thankes gyuynge ¶ We oughte to be patient in affliction not to be angry not to speake euyll of god Cap. 8. ¶ Soccur in affliction must be asked of god 9. ¶ Yet in affliction or syckenesse medycine and councell are not to be despised Ca. 10. In affliction no tyme may be apoynted to god nor way wherby we wolde be delyuered ca. 11. ¶ It is great comfort to them that be in affliction to remember that Christ was also temted and exercysed with yl as we be wont 12. ¶ It is great comfort in affliction that no mā cā hurt the faithfull except Christ wil. Ca. 13 ¶ The goodnes of god is not to be despysed or lightly regarded before afflictions wherby god wyll punishe gyue warning Ca. 14. ¶ There be dyuerse craftes of the dyuel wherby he tempteth and where one crafte profyteth nothynge he addeth many other Ca. 15. 1 ¶ If thou be tempted in pryde or vayenglory answere hym agayne 2 ¶ If thou be tempted in wrothe or anger 3 ¶ If thou be tempted in feastynge or glottony and dronkennesse 4 ¶ If thou be temted in auarice or couetousnes 5 ¶ If thou be tempted with hunger pouertie or carefulnes of lyuynge 6 ¶ If thou be tempted of idelnes 7 ¶ If thou be temted of securite 8 ¶ If thou be temted of fornication adultery 9 ¶ If thou be tēted with lying or light wordes 10 ¶ If thou be temted of confessyng the gospel or sufferynge persecution for the gospell 11 ¶ If thou be temted of the faythe of thy parentes as wherfore beleuefte thou not that whiche thy forefathers haue beleued 12 ¶ If thou be temted of strange religyon or of worshypping of saynctes or ymages or men 13 ¶ If thou must dye and leaue wyfe chyldren and thy dere frendes 14 ¶ If thou be tempted of condemnation that thou arte condemned of god 15 ¶ If the dyuel say thou art a synner and art not graffed in Christe ¶ If he continue and say but thy synnes passe 16 the sonde of the sea ¶ If he say suche promyses are made to the 17 godly but thou art an apostata and a lost man But god hereth no sinners nor straiers away 18 But thou comest very late with thy contricion 19 ¶ But he had a stronge faythe in god whiche 20 thou lackest ¶ What if all holy scripture be false for they 21 were men whiche spake it and wrote it ¶ If the temptator say thou hast not kepte the 22 lawe of god wherfore thou art accursed ¶ If he say thou must forsake the worlde 23 The table of the seconde boke VVHAT is deathe Cap. 1. ¶ What is the cause of deathe Ca. 2. ¶ Two maner of deathes Cap. 2. ¶ To the electe and faythfull eternall deathe by Christe is ouercome Cap. 3. ¶ Although the godly die yet they shal liue 4. ¶ The deathe of the godly is a slepe Cap. 5. Baptisme is a cōfort in the poynt of deathe 6. ¶ The godly knowe the tyme of dyinge to be determined of god Cap. 7. The vngodly lyue not out halfe theyr dayes 8. ¶ The godly also in the tyme of hunger pestilence and warre be punished and dye with the wycked ca. 9. ¶ To whom they that dye ought to commyt theyr spirite cap. 10. ¶ The body is buried but it shall ryse agayne in the laste daye ca. 11. ¶ In the panges of deathe and in all temptations the remedies be to be lerned of the sufferaunce of Christe cap. 12. ¶ The dieng must be exhorted to forgiue 13. ¶ Suche as be dienge shulde be admonysshed that they receyue the sacrament of Christes body and bloude ca. 14. ¶ Diuerse consolations that the life and tyme of affliction is but shorte ca. 15. ¶ The comfort of wydowes and Orphans ¶ The comfort of womē trauailing with child ¶ A comfort for them that lament the deade ¶ A consolation for theym whiche suffer for theyr offences ¶ Sentences out of holy scripture to styrre vp a desyre to dye ¶ FINIS ¶ LONDINI in aedibus Thomae Bertheleti typis impress Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum ANNO. M.D.XL