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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

wherby we yelde iustyce to god that seinge he hath soo promysed he wyl plucke vs out and delyuer vs for soo moche he is ryghtuouse and true Thou seest then that christian pacience hath euer hope annexed but that hope beholdeth no creatures but onely the word and promyse of god and holdeth hope agaynste hope as sayth Paule that is when al creatures fayle and shewe no helpe at all yet is there hope that god wyll helpe And thoughe he gyue vs not those thynges whiche we wolde or by that waye or meanes that we wyll yet gouerneth he so the ende throughe his wysedome and goodnesse that we perysshe not and that our prayers be not spente in vayne Paule teacheth the same in this gradation Tribulation bryngeth pacience when he commeth thither and teacheth vs that we ought to holde a sure hope in tyme of trouble and addeth a promyse Roma 4. Hope maketh vs neuer a shamed We muste therfore beleue that we are harde of god that god wyll helpe vs and that we are defended of god For so the psalmes commaunde vs to beleue and praye Psal 17. And in my trouble haue I cried to the lorde and to my god haue I called and he hath graciousely frome his holye temple harde my voyce Psal 80. In trouble thou hast called on me and I haue delyuered the I haue graciously herde the in the darkenes of trouble He hath cryed to me Psal 9● and I wyll here hym I am with hym in trouble I wyll delyuer hym and he shall glorifie me Of this matter we haue noo fewe ex-examples Chyldren prayed in the myddes of the fornace and they were harde and delyuered Danie 3. Daniel in the myddes of captiuitie praied and in the den of lions and he was preserued Daniel 9. Susan forsaken of all men prayed and she was harde Ionas 2. Esai 38. Ionas in the bealy of the fyshe prayed Hezechias syckened euen to the deathe he tourned his face to the wall and prayed to the lorde and the lord harde hym and was made hole 4. Re. 20. Luc. 22. Christ in the time of his tribulation and passiō praied sheding forth dropes of bloud Stephan in the myddes of theym that stoned hym Act. 7. prayed Whyle Peter was kepte in pryson Act. 12. there was prayer made of the congregation for hym Suche examples oughte to styrre vp our myndes and our faythe to praye more dyligently and with a more feruentnes For affliction and the great waylynges and sorowe of the afflycted are regarded of god soo moche that noo more acceptable sacrifice can be offered to god thē if ye offer a contrite and an humble harte whiche god neuer refuseth as sayth the prophete Psal 112. Who is lyke the lorde our god whiche dwelleth in the hyghe and yet regardeth and beholdeth lowe thinges Whom shall I loke on Esai 66. but on the poore and cōtrite in spirite and hym that feareth my worde The lorde is nyghe them Psal 36. whiche haue a troubled harte We are taught also that the lorde beholdeth and hereth the prayers and crye of synners of those synners whiche althoughe they haue committed neuer so filthy offences yet beleue that the lorde god is theyr god for his promyse made to Abraham that is whiche beleue that they haue god the father pacified in heauen for Iesus Christes sake and through this fayth call to god and are hard through this faythe theyr synnes commytted ar washed away And the praier of the afflycted gothe throughe to the trone of the grace of god This faythe is moche worthe to perswade the hart of the afflycted in temptation that his prayer is harde And for as moche as god is more redier to here then we to praye we ought surely to beleue that our prayers are not ydel but that they please god and are vndoubtedly harde as Sirach also doth warne vs Eccle. 18. Before thy prayer prepare thy soule and be not as a man that tempteth god that is lyfte vp thy mynde with a sure confidence that god wyl here the but not for thy worthynesse But fyrste bycause thou arte sure that god hath commanded vs to pray and for bycause god hath promysed graciously to here vs. Secōdly for bycause thou haste a forme and maner of prayer assygned of hym Wherfore we nede not to feare that our prayer shuld offend hym for god casteth of no manne that commeth vnto hym yea he calleth all men vnto hym whiche are troubled in hart Matth. 11. Come to me all ye that labour and are laden and I shall refresshe you Mary Magdalyn was a synner whiche afterwarde she beganne to washe Christes fete with her teares she harde of Chryste Luc. 7. Thy synnes are forgiuen the. Also the thefe in his extreme sufferynge went to ioye Lyke wyse of zach Matth. Peter Matth. 9. For he came not to calle the ryghtuouse but synners He came to seke the loste shepe and loste dram or grote Luc. 18. He hath promysed to them that repente remission of synnes and receyueth them in to his fauour as the prodigal sonne If we confesse our synnes he is feythefull and ryghtuouse to forgyue vs our synnes 1. Ioh. 1. and to clense vs from al iniquitie Psal 31. I haue said I wyll confesse agaynste my selfe my vnryghtuousenes and thou haste forgyuen the wyckednes of my synne Also if the wycked shal repent from all his synnes Ezech. 18. which he hath done and shall kepe al my preceptes and wyll kepe iudgement and iustice he shal lyue and shall not dye ¶ Of prayer and the maner of prayer in tribulation ¶ PRAYER is the desyre of the harte for any thynge to be required of god it is the pensyfe syghe of godlye myndes whiche calle on the name of the lorde We are commaunded to praye Matt. 16. 1. Tes 5. Colo. 4. watch and pray Also Aske and ye shal haue Aske and it shal be gyuen you also Praye contynually Agayne Be busy in prayer and watche in it Luc. 18. For god dothe not onely suffer vs to praye but also commaundeth as he hath commaunded vs not to kyll not to committe adultery Wherfore lyke as they sinne that kyll or robbe euen so do they that neuer praye ¶ Whos 's preyars are hard of god Eccle. 9. ¶ THE desyre of the pore god hereth The praier of him that meke neth him selfe penetrateth goth throughe the cloudes Psal 101. He hath regarded the praier of the meke and hath not despysed theyr prayers The lorde is nyghe all them Psal 144. Ioh. 4. that crye vnto hym in truthe Suche worshyppers god requireth whiche worshyp hym in spiryte Psal 33. The ryghtuouse haue cryed and the lorde hath hard them and he hath delyuered them from al theyr truble Psal 60. From the endes of the worlde haue I called to the whē my hart was dysmaied and in a rocke hast

102. He wyll not styll be angry he wyll not continually threten vs. He hath begonne Hosie 6. and wyll make vs safe he shall stryke and make vs hole Hos 144. The lorde lyfteth vp al them that fal and plucketh vp all those whiche are broised Esai 49. Can the woman forgette her babe that she haue not compassion of the chylde of her wombe And if she be forgetfull yet wyll not I forget the. Matt. 16. So Christ comforteth his The womanne when she bryngeth forthe Esai 46. whiche are borne of my wombe whiche are borne of my bealy euen to the old age I my selfe wyll carie euen to the hoore heares I haue done it and I wyll beare I wyl cary and make safe Mich. 4. Morne and be busy o doughter of Sion as a woman traueylinge for nowe thou shalte go forthe from the citie and shalt dwell in a region and shalte come euen to Babilon there shalt thou be delyuered there shall the lorde redeme the. Iob. 33. Teachynge them he instructeth with lernyng to pluck a man from those thinges which he hath done and to delyuer hym frome pryde Gen. 22. So Abraham was tempted to be tried that his faith mought be made noble and manifest he tempted hym and setteth forthe before vs suche example to folowe when he tempteth and trieth our faythe Iob. 1.2 So Iob was temted of the lorde that his faythe mought be made more clere So Dauid 2. Par. 13. Tobi. 2. so Manasses on euery side vexed repēted Also Tobias was therfore made blynde to gyue example of pacience to his after cōmers Likewise Iudith we ought to be myndfull howe our fathers were tempted to be tried Matth. 15. Soo it happened in the woman of Chanaan Matth. 9. And to the womanne laborynge with the issue of bloud by whiche examples we are taughte and cōfirmed to be plucked from god by no temptations by no oppressions by no chastisynges be they neuer so great but the more that god tempteth vs chasteneth and repelleth so moche the more let vs crye to hym tyll he gracyously here vs. It is therfore noo ¶ The godly are the fyrst that are afflicted and they are afflicted of god to theyr good and welthe Cap. vi Hiere 25. et 49. LO IN the citie in whiche my name is called vpon begin I to punisshe and shall ye be as innocentes and without punyshemente Ezechi 9. The lorde commaunded them that distroyed Hierusalem to begyn at his sainctuarye 1. Pet. 4. The tyme is now that iugement must begyn at the house of god If the iudgement of god begynne at the godly what ende taryeth theym whiche beleue not the gospell of god but the godly when they are punished they ar punished of god to theyr welthe and good as the epistell wrytten to the Hebrewes dothe clerely testifie Hebre. 12. Whome the lord loueth him he correcteth and he beateth euery chylde whom he receyueth if ye suffer chastisynge god offereth hym selfe vnto you as to his sonnes What sonne is he whom the father chasteth not If ye be withoute chastesynge whose partakers ar al the sonnes then are ye seruauntes and noo sonnes at al. So Salomon Prou. 3. The chasteninge of god thou shalt not refuse and neyther grudge thou when he shal correct the for whom the lord loueth hym he correcteth and delyteth hym selfe as the father in the sonne Apoc. 3. Whom so euer I loue I rebuke and chaste The godly therfore ar chastened of the mercifull god to theyr welth and good and those whiche are moste corrected are moste loued of god As Tobias was chastned for his profyte Tobi. 2. Gen. 37. Ioseph throughe the oppressiō of his brethern was made ruler of Egypt Exod. 1. By reason of the tyranny of Pharao the chyldren of Israell encreased and were made innumerable Num. 21. The people hurt of serpentes cried So he afflicteth the holy bicause they shuld not be in securite without al feare but that theyr repentance shal increase theyr faith be confyrmed when they fele them selues to be holpe Although we knowe that no man is scourged of god without his deseruyng Roma 3. For euery man is a lier and a sinner and no fleshe shall be iustified before the face of god Gen. 6. For all fleshe hath corrupted his way Wherfore al fleshe is punished and yet we knowe that not alway the godly are punished for synnes but somtyme to proue the fayth of the afflicted As Iob Dauid and many other or to declare and make manifest the maiestie of his name Soo he punysshed the Israelites in Egypt by Pharao that he might be glorified in Pharao and make his name clere in all the worlde Ioh. 9. So of the manne borne blynde from his natiuytie nother this man hath synned nor his parentes but that the workes of god moughte be manyfeste in hym And when god doth afflicte his people for theyr synnes he dothe not therfore afflycte them that by theyr afflictiōs they shuld satisfie for theyr synnes For the passion and sufferynge of Iesus Christe only is the raunsome and expiation of our synnes But therfore he afflicteth that by affliction he maye dryue synners to repentaunce For repentaunce or penance cometh fyrste by the knowlege of synne and then by faythe that our synne is forgyuen vs for goddes promise sake and of faith burgeth forthe the callinge on the name of god ¶ In tribulation we muste praye Cap. vii HERE are we taughte what a chrysten man muste doo in temptation whenne he seeth hym selfe forsaken of al men that is to praye and not to ceasse to praye but to praye in feyth mystrusting nothinge Ia. 1. for he that mystrusteth is lyke the raige of the see whiche is caried with the wynde and tossed and dryuen with vyolence Whiche thinge also Chryste warned vs of Matt. 16. sayinge Watche and praye that ye entre not into temptation So lyke wyse Salomon Sonne Eccle. 38. in thy syckenesse despyse not thy selfe but pray to the lorde and he shal heale the. Therto god hath also commaunded that we shulde in tribulation call on hym yea and calleth that inuocation or crying on hym a sacrifice the true and mooste accepted honour For so saythe the psalm Psal 49. Call to me in the day of thy trouble And he addeth promyses And I wyll delyuer the and thou shalt honour me And he sayde before in the psalm that he regarded not the oblatiōs of beastes and such other workes but that he delyteth in this sacrifice if that we cal on hym in trouble and beleue that he wyll helpe vs and when we are holpen to gyue thankes and preache his benefyte And soo lyke wyse he calleth the hope Psal 4. wherby we tary his helpe in affliction sacrifice Sacrifice you the sacrifice of iustice and hope ye in the lord as though he shulde say that hope is a sacrifice

lorde shal be theyr defender for god bothe wyll and is able to cherysshe myne to nouryshe and defende them Exod. 22. Psal 36. For he is the father of the fatherles and widowes I forget thynges behynde my backe Philipp 3. and indeuour my selfe to those thynges that are before my face Agayne 1. Cor. 7. They whiche haue wiues let them be as though they had none and they that wepe as thoughe they wepte not We muste be dylygente that we leaue our wife and children wel instruct and taughte in the feare of god For the feare of god is better and more preciouse then a chest full of golde and syluer 14 If thou be tempted of condemnation that thou arte condemned of god SAy thou Roma 3. That is no condemnation to them which are graffed in Christe that is synne canne not dampne them be it neuer soo moche in them for they are made one body throughe fayth For the synne whiche they haue is forgiuen them and is not imputed vnto them for Chrystes sake in whō we are graffed whiche is the hed and we the membres Ioh. 3. He that beleueth in the sonne hath euerlastyng lyfe Rom. 10. Psal 36. Al they which beleue in hym shal not be confounded Whē the rightuouse falleth he shal not be broysed for the lorde setteth his hande vnderneth hym Prou. 24. The rightuouse falleth seuē tymes in a day 15 If the dyuell saye thou arte a synner and arte not graffed in Christe CHRISTE CAME into the worlde to make safe synners For the deathe of Chryste hath satisfied for all synnes 1. Tim. 1. through his strokes Esai 53. are we all made safe For he hath borne our synnes in his body 1. Pet. 2. Ephe. 1. by whom we haue redemption throughe his bloude I came not to calle the ryghtuouse but synners They whiche are hole 1. Ioan. 2. nede not the phisition And if any doo synne we haue an aduocate and spokesman to the father Iesus Christ The godly haue synne also but god imputeth it not Psal 31. The sayntes do euer pray Forgyue vs our trespaces If we confesse 1. Ioh. 1. that we haue synnes he is faithful and ryghtuouse to forgyue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all iniquytie We haue many exaumples Marye Magdalyn also Paule was a blasphemor of the thiefe whiche went from extreame punishement to ioye of zacharie Matth. and Peter 16 If he continue and saye but thy synnes passe the sonde of the see AS FAR as the east differeth from the west Psal 104. so far of hath he made that our synnes are from vs. Esai 1. If thy synnes be as redde as scarlet yet shall they be as whyte as snowe and if they be as red as purple yet shall they be as whyte as woll Psal 31. I haue sayde I wyl confesse my vnryghtuousnes agaynst me and thou haste forgyuen the wyckednesse of my synne 2. Re. 12. I haue synned lorde Esai 38. c. And the lord hath taken thy synne frome the. Thou haste caste all my synnes behynde thy backe Miche 7. And he hath throwen al our synnes in the bottome of the sees Ezech. 18. If the wycked shall repente c. For god hath promysed remission of sinnes to them that repent 17 If he saye suche promyses are made to the godly thou arte an apostata and a loste man Luc. 15. AND the prodigall sonne was loste and an apostata yet he founde grace ▪ so great is the loue of god towarde vs he wyl saue al them that wyll knowlege theym selues He hath so great care euen for the leaste that are loste in the syght of the worlde Examples ar Dauid Peter and the thefe and also Paule God sometyme suffereth his sayntes to erre for a season but he calleth again at length He bryngeth theym in to dyuerse troubles that they maye knowe hym He yeldeth theym vp sometymes into the handes of Satan and his membres that they maye knowe howe moche easyer it is to serue hym then the prynce of this worlde The confession of the prodigall chylde is greate Luc. 15. Father I haue synned agaynste heauen and agaynste the. So Dauid Psal 50. Esai 64. I haue done yll agaynste the. Lo all oure rightuousnes are as a blody cloth of a woman Luc. 1. This mekenesse god beholdeth he is moued with mercye as the father of the prodygall chylde Rom. 5. We are therfore receyued without all our meryte or deseruynge for we are yet ennemies 18 But god hereth no synners nor strayers awaye SAy thou It is truthe god hereth not synners which repent not whiche sorowe not nor are borne agayne by faythe those are the vngodly and hypocrites whiche praye not to god and if they praye yet praye they not in fayth Then shall they call on me Prouer. 1. and I wyll not here theym Soo in the psalm Zacha. 7. They shall crye and I wil not here them But he graciously hereth the contrite and them that repente and are borne agayne by faythe in Christe Psal 50. A contryte and humble harte o god thou wylt not despise Iaco. 5. The busye prayer of the ryghtuous is moche worthe 19 But thou commest very late with thy contricion CONTRARY wyse answere thou Luce. 23. None commeth to late into the vyneyarde of the lorde as witnesseth the hystory of the thefe whiche was full of wycked dedes and yet sayde to Iesus Remembre me lord when thou shalt come into thy kyngedome And Iesus sayde vnto hym Trewelye I say vnto the this daye c. 20 But he hadde a stronge faythe in god whiche thou lackest ANSVVERE Therefore pray I with the apostels Luc. 17. O lorde increase faythe within vs helpe our vnbelefe 21 What if all holy scripture be false for they were men which spake it and wrote it SAy thou contrary Moyses the prophetes and apostelles were truely men but yet they neyther spake nor wrote with the spirite of man but with the spyrite of god they set not forthe theyr owne doinges but those thynges whiche eyther they sawe with theyr eyes or receyued of the lorde So sayde the lorde to Moyses Exod. 4. Who hath made the mouthe of man Or who hath made the dome and the deffe the seinge and the blynde not I Goo forthe then and I wyll be in thy mouthe and wyll teache the what thou shalt speake Say not I am a chylde Hiere 1. for thou shalte go to all those to wome I wyll sende the to thou shalt speake al that that I shall commaundethe Luce. 21. He gyueth the apostelles both mouth and wysedome Agayne Ye are not whiche speake but the spirite of your father So Paule Rom. 15. I dare not speke any thyng which Christ hath not wroughte by me 1. Pet. 4. 1. Ioh. 1. If any man speake let hym speke as the wordes of

in a ryche reste ¶ Baptisme is a comforte in the poynte of deathe Cap. vi SVCHE as be at the poynte of deathe ought to take comforte and be stronge in that they know they carye with them bothe letter and token which is baptime wher by theyr death is incorporate with the deathe of Christ and that it is not theyr deathe but the deathe of Christe Wherfore let them suerly truste that they shall ouercome as the deathe of Christ hath ouercome For baptime is a sure token of the passynge ouer from deathe to lyfe And as we knowe suerlie that Christe passed through death to lyfe So let vs not doubte but that we shal suerly passe throughe deathe to lyfe Christe hath ouercome synne and death Let vs nothynge doubte but that we shall ouercome synne deathe Synne shal not beare rule ouer you Rom. 6. a Figure of this thynge was the passynge ouer the see whiche was the passynge ouer from deathe to lyfe So in baptime we receiue a token of deathe that by death of the body we myght trust suerly to come to the trewe lyfe In baptime Pharao with all his hoste dyd lye vnder foote to vs that is throughe fayth in the worde of promyse we haue escaped the tyrannye of the prynce of darkenesse with all vyces so that the lorde wyll not impute them to vs nor they can not take awaye from vs the entree or goinge in to the kyngdome of heuen But yet not withstandynge synne dwellyng in our fleshe doth not reste in the meane tyme to assaulte vs that is vncleane affections whiche muste be put awaye with dayly mortifieng of the fleshly desyres vntyll our baptime be fully cōplete and finished in deth So greately the hope of all chrysten men dothe stande in baptime and so beginneth from death that deathe to vs is wynnyng that is an entraunce to lyfe Roma 6. Be you ignorant that all we whiche be baptised into Christe Iesu are baptised into his deathe For we be buried together with hym by baptime in to deathe that as Christe was reised vp from the deade by the glory of his father euen soo we also shuld walke in a newe lyfe Colo. 2. You be buried to geder with him through baptime in whom you are also rysen agayne with him Gala. 3. Who so euer of you be baptised in Christe haue put vpon you Christe 1. Pet. 3. Baptime is the promyse of a good conscience towardes god wherby we be sure that god is pleased with vs. It is therfore a token that we be delyuered from the dyuel and a sygne of our translation from the kyngdome of Satan in to the kynge of Christe that we be reconsyled vnto god it is a token whiche beareth wytnesse of the good wyll of god towardes vs. Therfore remember that thou arte baptysed that is that thou hast receyued remission of synnes that thou haste made a couenaunt with god that thou arte delyuered frome the dyuell deathe and synne reconsiled to god This is a great comforte agaynste deathe the dyuell and synne So the promyse made to Abrahā of the sede to come had ben sufficiente yet god dyd put therto circumcisiō that Abraham might haue a sure token of goddes goodnes towardes him that he was accepted of god So baptime is a token of goddes fauour and good wyll towardes vs throughe the worde of promyse wherevnto is knyt an ernest bargaine of a good conscience with god For fyrst god maketh promyse with vs that he wyl forgyue vs that faute and blemyshe whiche we haue drawen by originall synne from our forefathers that he wyl receyue vs into his fauour and that he wyll not onely forgyue vs our synnes but also not ley or inpute them to our charge We agayne do bynde our selues to god by lyke reason that we shall mortifie our fleshe all our lyfe tyme and purge out our olde leuen our concupiscence desyres and dispositions to do synne and vtterly to cast out all the dregges and to wrestel agaynste and vtterlye forsake the worlde the dyuell and al theyr pompes Therfore if thy conscience be troubled and vexed with the borden of synne thou mayst pray on this maner O lord god remembre thy promyse that thou haste made to vs thou haste promysed to vs in baptime remissyon of synnes and eternall lyfe when thou dyddeste saye Marc. 16. He that beleueth and is baptysed shall be saued nor do not make voyde thy couenaunt nor let not thy wordes be in vayne whiche haue passed thy mouthe Psal 89. Thou shalt performe that thou hast promysed thou cāst not deny thy selfe neyther our infirmitie or infidelitfe or any other thynge can make voyde thy feythfull promyse ¶ The godlye knowe the tyme of dyinge to be determyned of god Cap. vii VNTO the godlye this is a gret comfort that they know that deathe is not in the power of tyrantes nor put in the hande of any creature leste they shoulde be troubled ouer moche carefull for deathe but that they maye dye as chyldren when pleaseth the lorde For soo wryteth Ecclesiastes Eccle. 3. All thynge hath tyme and al thynges vnder heauen haue theyr conuenient season A tyme is of byrthe and a tyme of deathe Iob. 14. and so Iob. Thou haste appoynted to hym a a tyme whiche he shall not passe Also the psalme Psal 103. Thou hast lymitted a tyme whiche they shall not ouer passe Psal 38. Beholde thou hast put my dayes to a certayne nombre And so Christe doth comforte his One heare shal not fall from your heade without the wyll of your father Matt. 10. Also My houre is not yet come Ioh. 2. 1. Reg. 2. Esai 38. So the mother of Samuel God dothe kyll and reuiue agayne And The yeres of lyfe be of the lorde As he promysed to Ezechias 4. Re. 20. 2. Re. 7. Beholde I wyl adde vnto thy days .xv. yeres So. When thy dayes shall be ended For the corporal lyfe is determined of god with certayne lymyttes and with god is a certayne pointe and measure set to euery mannes lyfe and also to the same the yeres monthes oures and also the mynutes of houres And also the heares of your hedde be nombred Therfore if our heares be noumbred in the syght of god howe moche more ar the mynutes and artycles of our lyfe nombred before hym We can not therfore lyue any longer then the lorde hath appoynted We shal not dye althoughe we be in the greattest peryl and extreme ieoperdye before our houre Therfore it skylleth not what maner of death or with what instrument swerde fyer water sodeyne death or that thou be taken awaye by chaunce before the course of nature requireth it For god hath gyuen the houre the meane and that kynde of deathe Whiche doth not force whether thou dye of this death or that deathe of a lyttell wounde or a great of whom the tyme bothe of our lyfe and deathe is determined