with Chryst to abolisshe the bodye of syn so that here after we be no more bonde men vnto synne Once were we with great paynes perells anxt and heuines brought forthe into this worlde but this carnall birth bringeth not forth els then synners the chylderne of Adam iuged to eternall death dampnacion It is therfore necessarie that we be borne agene of the spirit froÌ„ aboue orels we maye not come into the kingdome of god This our tother spiritual birth and regeneracion bringeth forth iuste and faithfull euen the sonnes of god ordined and predestined vnto eternal lyfe and saluation But as in our naturall natiuyle before we be borne there are not els but sorows heuines anguisshe affliccioÌ„s paâ—ges and perels euen the image of deathe EueÌ„ so must it be with vs in this our spirituall regeneracion before we be fully regenerated of the holy goste as Chryst testifieth For he that shall be borne agene of the spirit must haue his olde man mortifyed be made a newe man dead froÌ„ syn and from this worlde trustinge nothinge to his own strength nor meritis attributinge nothinge to him selfe abnyinge him self renownâ—inge the worlde with all his pleasures onely to folowe Chryst. And thus doinge we incense and prouoke the worlde ageynst vs Whose hatered and wrath we must contemne And if the callinge of god requyreth it father and mother wyfe and childern howse and londis bodye and goodis all must be forsakeÌ„ rather then we shulde falbak from Chryst and frome the doctrine of his gospell All temporall and corporall tranquillite and quietnes commodities be they neuer so pleasaunt and greate all lucre and profite frendes kinsfolke muste be forsaken gladly for the trwths sake yea all things must be left rather then the trw religion worship and doctryne of Chryst shuld be forsakeÌ„ dissembled or râ—canted all things must be cast awaye for the verite aÌ„d glorye of Chryste Wherfore we muste be borne ageyn yf we will be saued we may not now lyue aftir the wille aÌ„d mynde of the flessh but the spirit of god must reigne and dwell in vs. Owr old maÌ„ with his coÌ„cupisceÌ„ses must be crucified in the worl de we must rune our course vnto the ende emonge vipers and sâ—orpions and emonge our â–ª most deadly and cruell enemies We which be regenerated of god may not loke for our paradise vpoÌ„ this sinfull erthe We may not loke here to lyue in peace tranquilyte securite in riches commodities and pleasures For this is not the chaunce and fortune of the very godly vpon this erthe but we must be excercised here with many affliccions calamities persecucions smyten thorowe with anguisshe henines and sorows right greuouse pressed downe with the crosse laid forthe opeÌ„ ageynst many pereles Which crosse is a very bitter herbe vnto the flesshe For the flesshe wolde gladly be at ease salf in reste with out sorowe payne trowble When calamities perels affliccious feare persecucioÌ„s arise and euen the image of terrible death is present then the flessh treÌ„bleth quaketh â—he staggereth flyethe bak falleth downe faynt and feble so impacient and angrye is she vnder the crosse For she had liefer dwell euer in hir olde skinne then to be renewed namely when she seeth them thus cruelly to be handled which embrace the gospel must be thus borne a newe Here here therfore it behoueth the consolacion exhortacioÌ„ of the scriptures whiche bolden and animate vs with the moste ferme aÌ„d present counforte confirminge our heriis so that euermore we may endure constaÌ„t in faith ferme in hope glewed vnto the gospell to perseuere in this stronge ieoperdouse bataile ageynst Satan the worlde and ageynst owr owne selues The first consolacion is That Cryst himselfe hathe also suffred FIrst of all we that be in trouble and heuynes for the trwâ—h must sette the example of Cryst before our eyes I mean not our bodely eyes fastened vpon any image forboden of God but before the eyes of our faithe seynge his passyon paynted and engrauen in his holy worde Paul thus exhortinge vs sayinge In pacience let vs runne in this bataill before vs hauinge respecte vnto the goyd of our faythe and fiuissher of our bataill euen Iesu Chryst which beholdinge the ioye set forth before him suffred the crosse all shame despysed and set a parte and is sitteÌ„ downe on the right hande of the seat royall of god CoÌ„sider and loke well vpon him for it was he that sustayned and suffred so to be ageyn sayd that you shulde not faynte and be feble mynded Here we see Chryst the sone of god euen the powr of god to suffer for vs how he wold for our sakis be humbled and deiected vnder all men euen vnto the death of the crosse to exalt vs into the most highe dignitie and to lifte vs vp into the glorye celestiall And therfore did god exalt him into so highe glorye If Chryst therfore our lorde hathe sufferd for vs so many so great obprobries calamyties ignominyes reuylinges shames iniuries sorowes and euen the moste bitter and ignominiouse death what delicate softlings be we if ayen for his sake we refuse thorowe lyke affliccions to go to him bi the same waye For verely we be called vnto the same pathe peter thus affirminge Chryst to be â—courged and afflicted for vs leauinge vs an example to folowe his steapes euen to suffer affliccions also in this worlde The worlde hated Chryst and no doute but it will neuer loue his members but with the same bitter hatered persecute vs which be Chrystes floke The worlde loueth his owne And because we be not the worldis but chosen out of it therfore dothe the worlde hate vs. Let vs not forgete these wordes of owr sauiour Chryst. The seruant is not beter then his master If they haue persecuted me they shal persecute you also Wherfore and if there be no persecucion at any tyme in Englond so is there nether Chryste nor any of his members This therfore is vnto vs all the most greateste counfort That if we suffer with Chryst for his names glorye sewer and certayn be we that god loueth vs aÌ„d hath chosen vs to be his sonnes aÌ„d ayers of the celestiall kingedom and that he hathe put vs a parte from this sinfull dampnable worlde that we shuld not be daÌ„pned with the wyked but glorifyed with Christe Thus did Paul sende his sone Timothe to the Thessalonions to counfort and coÌ„firme them in faith exhortinge theÌ„ to constancye in their affliccions and persecucions which theyr owne countrymen and kynsfolke brought vpon them thus wrytinge to them Your selues knowe it that we be ordined vnto this vse For wheÌ„ we were with yon we tolde you before in our sermons that we and you shuld suffer trouble and persecucion Also when Paul and Baruabas came to listram Iconiun and to Antioch to confirme the brethern they exhorted them to perseuere in faith and not to be plukt from
possesse thorowe our faith in onely Chryst. We thirste intirely to heare the pure gospell frely faithfully preached whereby we obtayne rightwysenes saluacion when eueÌ„ the aungels desier to beholde vnder stande those thing is whiche are preched in the gospel of chryst And for this our godly desyre SataÌ„ roreth is wode with vs stereth vp his impes the popishe bishops preistes thus tyraÌ„nously to haÌ„dle honâ—e vs froÌ„ place to place But if we wolde li ue so viciously so prowdly so prodigiâ—usely so prophanely in al maner of idolatry sinne wikednes approuinge their pesteleÌ„t popishe doctrine winke at their leche rouse licencyouse liuinge and rebuke not their open whoredoÌ„ ypocrisy dampnable doctrine with their infinite fraudes wher bye they seduce bothe princes and theyr subiectis then were we at peace with theÌ„ and Satan with his serpeÌ„tyne seade wolde fauour exalt defend vs. But becau se we desyer a chrysten lyfe and a purer doctryne in owr clergy wherby we almeÌ„ might knowe the benefit of Chrystes pas sion and false religion might be knowen and estiewed therefor this Satanike spirit of the spiritalty can not abyde vs. We haue thorowe our lordis grace and helpe forsaken his Satanike fraternite and synagoge and casten of his daÌ„pnable yoke and sayd him adiew therfore hathe he stered vp this hatered enuye and persecucioÌ„ of the pharise is ageynst vs. Nether is this any newe thinge For it is the wont crafte and deceytfull deuelry of the olde serpent now most fyercely excercesed whetted whyles he seith his kyngedom almost at an ende and his heuey iugemeÌ„t at hand manis wikednes beinge al moste at the rypiste and higheste But let vs be stronge mynded constant in our lorde god knowinge that this vnclene spyrite of the spiritualty shall be compellled to auoyde and geue place to the finger of god And euen nowe beginneth the fynger of god to worke with vs and to stretche forth his almighty arme For it is the most sing lare inestimable be nefit of god that there is nowe to counfort vs in our persecucion sprongen vp â— geuen the moste clere confortable lyght of the gospell Wherby we knowe the prince of Derkenes we espye and may auoid his craftye fraudeleÌ„t seduccions and preuâ—y enginnes And herof is it that he roreth and his impes the clergye wepe for anger and fight so cruelly and grinne ageynste vs and gods anoynted with his worde for this cause they threaten they persecute they faget they preson they bur ne tc here we muste arme our soulis with the worde of god leste in this bataill we shrynke and fall here muste we fyght manfully in faithe in our master Christe and so haue we in him and for his sake the victorye of these owr spirituall enemies But verely this may we not do onlesse we be continually counforted confirmed with the ferme euerlastinge worde of god For all things that be wryten are wryten for our doctryne that thorowe pacience and consolacion of the scriptures we myght haue hope There be yet many of vs whiche haue not herde the gospell opeÌ„ly and frely preched which bere good zele therto but yet are they but tender weake and not waxen so stronge braunches in the vyne yarde of Chryst as some whother be which must with great diligeÌ„ ce cure and studye be planted watered roted with continuall readinge teachinge till they be stronge and constant Satan is olde and subtyle and knowth whiche parte of Christes chirche is weakest with what kynd of tentacioÌ„ he may sonest ouerthrowe vs where he seeth vs most weake there with moste violeÌ„ce and craft he fyercely inuadeth The worlde is full of slaunders and exaÌ„ples of the most sinfull abominable lyuinge withe the prouocacyoÌ„s vnto almaner myscheif vice pluckinges froÌ„ godlines vertewe The fleshe is faynt aÌ„d febleferefull aÌ„d vnstedfaste prone vnto desperacion But assone as we be tempted ether of SataÌ„ or of the worlde or of our flesshe so ferefull and feble let vsflye vnto the worde of god knowinge it vnderstaÌ„ding it fermely that it is the mercifull will most beste counsell of god eueÌ„ the most certayn testimonye of his graciouse diuine beneuoleÌ„ce towerde vs so to excercyse to proue our faith pacieÌ„ce hope loue c. that al these sharpe assawtes of our enemyes shall be turned into our saluacioÌ„ Let vs euer haue it before our eyes for whoÌ„ we suffer for what gospel we be thus persecuted remeÌ„bring his fatherly promise so ful of coÌ„solacion so oft promised vs in Chryst. And theÌ„ shal we fynde a mighty and present counfort For it is decreed in the immutable eternal counsell of god that whoÌ„ god hathe foresene chosen in Christe the same hathe he predestined to be made lyke the image of his sonne that he might be the firste begoten emonge his many brethern Nowe we see and fele the benigne aÌ„d merciful will of god towerde vs sending vs tribulacioÌ„s and castinge vs vnder his crosse not to leese vs but to proue aÌ„d trye vs aÌ„d to declare vs to be his very owne sonnes As ye knowe it Chryst by the crosse to haue had entred into his glorye euen so the feithful of Chryst hath god ordined by his moste beste and inscrutable counsell first to trye and proue theÌ„ by the crosse then at laste to glorifye theÌ„ God now calleth vs by his gospell to make vs iuste aÌ„d salfe and to seperat aÌ„d call vs froÌ„ this sinful worlde ouerwhelmed with syn that we might be made the vessells of glo rye For whoso beleue not the gospell of Chryst thei shall contine we the vessels of shame and of his wrathe vnto euerlasting daÌ„pnacioÌ„ For this our graciouse vocacioÌ„ let vs incessantly geue god thaÌ„kis coÌ„mitting our selues gladly to his plesure willingly geuing our selues ouer into his haÌ„dis to fasshion vs bi his crosse to excercise whet hewe square and polisshe vs at his benigne will to make vs lyke his sone our sauiour If we will be iustifyed of him be must blot out take away quench out and pardone all our synnes If we will haue him to geue vs a beter lyfe then is this present he must nedis take vs awaye and delyuer vs out of this worlde and lyfe replenisshed with all mischeif mysery and synne Which thinge is very harde and â–ª sharpe vnto our fleshely nature fithe we be from our yeughth euen from our birthe euyll corrupt and prone to syn ageynst gods will This olde man must dye in vs that we might be a newe creature in Chryste of which thinge Baptisme is the signe sacrament and figure For into Christes death be we baptised to dye with him and to ryse with him aftir owr synnes be buryed in his woundes so to walke in a newe lyfe to glorifye our father in heuen This our olde man is crucifyed
lesse valewe sithe he hath geueÌ„ vs so riche a treasure Who coÌ„sideringe these inestimable benefit is can be careful heuye false herted hopelesse If many worldis were ageynst vs all the wiked spirites of helleet lose to deuou â—e vs yet is there no perell towerd vs if Chryst be on our parte Thorowe Cryst haue we peace For this his derely beloued sones sake god our father loueth vs. For the preciouse blodis sake of his own innoceÌ„t sone we obtayn remissioÌ„ of al our synnes also victory agenst deathe sataÌ„ For where as synne hath no dominioÌ„ there bere deathe no rule there hath Satan lost his powr What theÌ„ shuld we feare shulde we feare this temporall deathe No. For that is nowe to vs but a sleape reste For Christe hathe so ouercomeâ—â—t that vnto vs whiche be his faithful death is become an ingresse vnto saluacion and lyfe eternall For Christe hath abolesshed and destroyed the body of syn to thenâ—eÌ„t we shuld be led into lyfe Wherfore let vs with constant faith cleaue vnto our lorde Chryst besechinge our father in heueÌ„ for Chrystes sake to augment our faithe Which thinge if we do it so be we salfe without all feare and perell sewer enoughe ageynst all stormye tempestes If our synnes feare and trouble vs let vs sette vp ageynst them the inuincible innoceÌ„cye and infinite rightwysenes of our Lorde Iesus Chryst geuen vs of his father to be our rightwysenes Which once done our sinnes a non vanisshe awaye as dothe waxe ageynst the fyer For Chryst verely is by an holy othe coÌ„stituted of the father to be an euerlastinge kinge preiste whiche for our synnes offred vp him selfe the very sacrifice of our reconciliacion aÌ„d expiacion by the shedinge of his preciouse blode and sitteth on the right hande of the diuine highe maiestye there makinge intercession for vs he beinge our lorde almyghtye all thinges subiecte vnto him bothe aungels and powres celestial at his bek i. Pet. iij. If death feareth vs. Let vs remember Chryst to be our lyfe It is he that once dyed for our synnes and is rysen ayen neuer more to dye It is he that hathe swallowd vp death and hath casten it vnder his fote for euer If aftir this lyfe there were no nother then might we worthely sorowe and feare then were we the moste miserable of all creatures But for asmiche as our lyfe heginneth aftir this is here ended let vs be layd downe in bodye to sleap in the ferme hope of our resurreccion and be neuer afraide to dye Christ our head is rysen we being his bodye and meÌ„bers muste folowe our head Which said I am the resurreccion which is lyfe Who so beleue in me he shall lyue yea although he were dead And all that beleue in me shall neuer dye We verely knowe and beleue the resurreccion of our bodyes and to haue lyfe eternal promised in Chryst and for christes sake And therfore our faith cannot be frustrated For he that beleueth in criste hath lyfe eternall These be crystes owne wordes whiche is the verite and may not lye What nowe can death to vs in his moste furye Uerely nothinge els then for a litle tyme separat our bodies from our soulis so sende owr soulis out of this miserable synfull lyfe combred with all calamites vnto that moste blessed felicite Our bodyes cannot be so vtterly destroyd but they shalbe once restored gloriously vnto our soulis Nether may they slaye our soulis for thei be immortall Thei can not take our bodyes nor soulis out of the haÌ„dis of god Whiche if we be kept in the haÌ„dis of god as in the bosome of our most louing father if we abyde in Cryst Chryste in vs sewerly we shall lyue for euer Chryst thus affirminge My shepe he are my voice I knowe them thei folow me and I geue them euerlastynge lyfe Nether shall they be lost nor noman shall pluk them out of my handis Wherfore let the wiked haithen vnbeleuers be afraid tormeÌ„ted and be with out hope at the syght of dethe which knowe not god in Chryst whiche when they knowe not Chryst to be their very rightwysenes their lyfe their onely sauiour nor beleue not in him thei must nedis abide perisshe in their sinnes in deathe and in eternall dampnacion But we ought not to feare nor to be heauye and tormented in mynde as do thei which haue no hope for we se a beter lyfe aftir this abydinge vs. Whiche the ignorant vnbeleuers in Chryste know not And albeit here for a tyme we passe forthe laid agaynst many perells molested and whetted with diuerse and many greuouse affliccioÌ„s yet at last all the laboriouse myseries of this lyfe passed ouer the glorye of the sonnes of god shall be shewed and declared vpon vs euen as we here vpon erthe haue ben in hope salfe and blessed Nowe we wepe and be heuye but the daye of our gladnes is not farre of in the whiche our Lorde God shall wype awaye the teares from the chekis of vs that beleue in him and shall happely change our heuynes into an infinite perpetuall ioye then to singe this triumphe Death is swallowed vp into victorye Oh deth where is thy stinge Oh hell where is thy victorye Oh syn where is now thy myght ThaÌ„kes be to our God and father which hath geuen vs the victory by our Lorde Iesus Chryste i. Corin. xv If the feare of dampnacion and perpetuall death shulde vexe vs then let vs remember our selues to haue ben baptyzed into Chryst ingraffed into his death owr synnes buryed in his woundes and rysen with him into glorye and lyfe And so is there no condempnacion as saynt Paul sayth vnto them whiche are thus by faith ingraffed into Iesu cryste which walke not after the flesshe but aftir the spyrite In this our swete and plentuouse vynestok yf we as lyuely faithfull braunches abyd by constant faithe our sinnes are neuer more imputed vnto vs. By this faithe we be made the sonnes of god and the ayers of eternall lyfe euen the felowe ayers with Christe If we haue Chryst in vs by faith we fele him preseÌ„t in our hertes so feare we no condempnacion For Chryst is our lyfe and our sauinge helthe eternall dwellinge in vs ageynst whom nether hell nor death nor synne can preuaile Let vs thefore abyde by constant faith in our sauiour Chryst walkinge in him roted aÌ„d framed vpon him perseueringe in faithe coÌ„stantly cleauinge to him committing our selues hole vnto his goodnes mercye and let vs with hert mouth and lyfe testifye and declare our faith obedience and thankfulnes vnto him for his inestimable ryches of his gospell now geuen vs. What can I more saye We haue our celestiall father our father I say of an infinite clemencie goodnes and mercye which can no lesse forget vs then any erthely father his owne derely
not shyne vpon vs nether did the sonne of the trwe vnderstandinge of the scriptures spring vnto vs. We weried our selues in the way of wykednes walkinge as it were in an hard wilderâ—es but the way of the Lorde we knew it not What did our pryde and highe lokis pro fit vs what gote we by our bragginge bosted forthe ryches As a shade we and a runner on poste all these thing is be passed awaye neuer to come agene In our owne mischeif be we consumed These are the wordes of the dampned in hell Whiche haue persecuted vs nowe lyuinge perpetually with Chryste Thus do the god for our sakes arme him selfe to punisshe our persewers to be auenged of his enimies These thinges shall sewerly come vpoÌ„ them Wherfore let them rage and bewode as dogges into their own destruccion Thei thinke here to raigne and rule to saue and to slaye to change and transpose what they liste for euer and to excercyse their tyrannye and their lustes but oh wretched mortall men ye be gretely deceyued full nighe in the twinklinge of an eye is your soden fall and heuey dethe at hande when ye leste thinke there vpon albeit you readinge this monicioÌ„ will laughe swetely therat kindlinge and encrea singe your cruell mischeif agenst vs. But he that sitteth in heuen laugheth you to skorne Oh miserable feble madde men oh folisshe oh blinde beastes oh mischenouse tyrannouse fyercenes of miserable creatures ageyust their owne almightye maker whose powr is almighty aÌ„d euerlastinge vnable to be resisted It is he that throith downe your prowd lokis All the powr and enforcements of the worlde ageynst vs and Chryste are but vayne and frultrate for our capitall enymye Satan is ouercomen God hathe geuen vs his owne most stronge weapens ageynst all his enginnes openinge vnto vs his holy scriptures where in we fynde redye all maner of strengthe redy wayes and howe to resiste and to ouercome him eueÌ„ the sewer verite to coÌ„fute all his lyes and the sharpe swerde and sewer bukler of faithe constantly to put of his falshed and to wype it cleane awaye Let vs not therfore nowe crysten brethern be to sewer idle and sloughisshe in owr giftis receyued but praye incessantly god to encrease in vs faithe in Cryste Let vs abyde in the faithe of his gospell cleuinge vnto it ernestly And so be we with out perell in all salfgard and sewertye Faith glueth vs and Chryste togither neuer to be diuelled And if we haue Cryste so can there no thinge hurte vs nether synne nor deathe nor hell nor yet Satan nor all his ministers in the worlde The fifte consolacion is The rewarde and ende of the faithfull in Chryste is lyfe euerlastinge FYftly let vs be conforted and confirmed in our hertis whiles yet we lyue in our persecucion For that there abydeth vs the moste inestimable most ioyfull felicite promised vs of god if we constantly contine we and perseuer vnder this our crosse vnto the ende for a transitory light payne we be sewer of an euerlastinge ferme ioye What paynes what trauels and perels do the marchant man take bothe by sea and Londe to gather and get him but transitorye and sone lost goodes And shall we ether with feare be deiected or for a lytle paynes taking be repelled from that inestimable ioy aÌ„d felicite which as no man can take it from vs so shall we enioye them euerlastinge Owr tresure for whiche we trauell and are sewer to obtayur it no mortall eye ha ue sene it no care may heare it nor hert may comprehende it whiche treasure god hathe prepared for vs that loue him And as for the affliccions and persecucions of this tyme saith Paul thei be not to be coÌ„pared as worthei the glorye which shall be openly geuen vs here aftir For the transitory lyghtnes or easynes of our gre uouse afflliccions aboue measure bringeth forth vnto vs the euerlasting waighty glorye whylis we beholde not things sene but thing is not yet sene For the thinges sene are transitorye but the things not sene are eternall Nowe if the worlde take so greate paynes and labours puttinge it selfe into so great perels sufferinge aÌ„d trauellinge from place to place for transitorye shadews euen ryches shortely to be loste and lefte in whose gettinge men be oftentymes caste behynde and their hope frustrated and if they be goten thei be but for a litle tyme kept possessed and that with grete care inquietnes â–ª trouble and feare and at laste loste and forsaken with miche more heuynes sorowe and affliccion of mynde what chrysteÌ„ faithfull will not constantly with the moste paynes perels and afflliccions aÌ„d euen with many sharpe deathes sufferinge con tend and aspire withe the moste assewered hope vnto his eternall ioyes and felicite promised and reposed for him in heuen euen to be made the sonne and ayere of god there to lyne for euer and euer Sewerly all the affliccions heuynesses and persecucions here are very light and litle to vs if we well ponder owr felicite and blessed ioyouse state shortely to come The Lorde mought illumyn the eyes of owr vnderstandynge that we might lerne what is the hope of our vocacion and what be the ryches of the glorye of the heretage of the faithfull So be it Nowe moste dere brethern do I warne and warne you yet ageyne to beware and estiewe the leauyn of hipocritis that is their false erroâ— use dampnable doctryues And let vs not curse aÌ„d caste our aduersaries into hell pitte but let vs rather pytie their miserable blindnes remembringe in what a dampnable state they stande tormented in mynde bownd For I remember the woundis of my sauiour whiche is wounded for myne infirmities What sinne is so vnto death whiche by Crystis deathe may not be forgeuen When I therfore remember so effec tuouse and so mighty a medicyne there can no sinfull sykenes make me afraide And therfore he erred sinned greuously whiche said Greater is my iniquitie then godis mercye maye forgeue it But that man as he was non of crystis members so did not crystis meritis and his satisfac cion pertaine vnto him But I shall with confidence in faith call them my merits my rightwysenes my reconciliacion and my satisfaccion with my faith fermely to setholde vpon them euen as thei were my nowne good But yet do I chalenge and receyue them oute of the bowells brest of my Lorde euen those things whiche I haue not of my selfe For his holy bodie dropeth oute yea it floweth forth mercye and forgeuenes nether waÌ„teth there any holes wherbye thei may flowforth aboun dantly and iucessantly For with the eyes of mi faithe in continuall rememberance I see his haÌ„dis and feet digged thorowe and a speare pearsinge his syde Thorow these swete holes I souke me houâ—y out of the rocke aÌ„d oyle out of the harde stonne Here I taste and fele oh my father howe swete is my Lorde Chryste Iesus To whoÌ„ with my father the holy goste be glorye prayse and thankis for euer aÌ„d euer So be it LEt vs dere brethern take it for great ioye as oft as we fall into son drye tentacious and troubles knowinge that it is for the tryoll of our faith and it bringeth forth pacience Unto good myndes regenerated of the spirit all perturbacions temptacions and affiliccions be good and profitable to excercise pacieÌ„ce encrease constancye and faith and to proue owr hope to kindle loue to nourâ—â—re vs in crystis religion For owr faith and all the giftes of god be encreased by this vse and excercyse Which thus encre ased are also by affliccion and the crosse defended Unto whiche pertaineth That our fathers all were vnder the clowde aÌ„d passed thorowe the sea and all were bapti sed into Moses in the clowde in the sea Wherby the apostle shewth in how great feare were the Israelits the sea lyinge before their eyes and their mortall enimies the Egipcians beinge at their heelis It was a fearefull syght to see them in this distresse passinge downe into the botome the sea the waters lyke heuey walles swellinge vp one echesyde lykely euer to ouerwhelme them But yet here were thei baptised into Moses scole him to be their teacher and scolemaster to take them for the from vnder the lawe that they and we also at laste myght be baptysed into Cryste to do him vpon vs perfitly enstructe and confirmed in the faith of his promises reueled and performed vnder the grace of the gospell So that by this baptisme euen the face of our perpetuall repentance we be taught and warned of our Crysten profession that is to take the crosse of Cryst vpon vs and to folowe him by paciently sufferinge into his perpetuall glorye So be it 1544 in September G. 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