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water_n	let_v	put_v	sugar_n	8,514	5	10.9277	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16576	An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne.	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1555 (1555)	STC 3480.5; ESTC S109265	40,298	158

y t meanes conforme and make them lyke to Chryste that as they bee lyke in sufferyng so they may be partakers in reygning In punishinge hys churche in the world he doth thereby geue euen a demonstracyon of hys iudgement whych shall come on al men whan the Godlye shall there fynd rest though now thei be afflicted and the wicked now wallowyng in wealth shall bee wrapped in woe and smarte In punishinge the professours of hys gospel on earth he doeth by the same set forth the malyce of Satan agaynst the gospell hys people for the more confirmyng of theyr fayth and y e gospel to be godes worde in dede thē to be gods people For els y e deuil woulde let them alone In punishynge the louers of hys trueth more then others whyche care not for it he thereby putteth them in mynde how they haue not had in pryce as they shoulde haue had the rule of his worde and gospel Before such trial and experience by trouble perchaūce thei thought thei had beleued had had faith which now theise was but a lyppe fayth a mocte fayth or an opinion All why che thynges we see ar occasions for us to take better hede by meanes of the crosse Therefore thirdly let vs se the crosse to be commodious for vs to learne goddes wisedome and what is mans follyshnes gods dyspleasure at synne howe the elect desire to be wyth God and their conformitie with Chryste the general iudgemente the mas lyce of Satan hatred of synne the gospel to be gods word and how it is much to be estemed c. thus much for thys Howe wyl I brefelye shewe you the crosse to bee profytable for vs to learne and beholde better the prouydence presence and power of god that al these may be coupled together as in a cheie to hange aboute oure nectes I meane gods iustice mercy wysdome power presence and prouydence Whan all thynges be in rest and men be not in trouble thē ar they forgetfull of god cōmonly and attribute to muche to theyr owne wysedomes policies prouisions diligence as thoughe they were the procurers of their own fortune and the workers of their own wealth But whan the crosse cōmeth and that in suche sorte as theyr wyttes policies and frendes can not helpe then though y e wicted dyspayre and runne from god to theyr avowryes saynctes and vnlawfull meanes yet doe the godly therin behold the presēce prouydence and power of god For the scripture teacheth that al thynges wel and woo shoulde be consydered as gods worke al though Satan the deuil be the instrumente by whom god worketh iustly and mercifully Justly to the wycked and mercyfulli to the godly as by y e ensaumples of wicked Saul and godli Job we may easely see gods woorke by Satan hys instrumente in them both The children of god therfore which before forgate god in prosperitie are now in aduersytie awaked to see god and his worke and nomore to hange on theyr owne forecastes power frends wysedome ryches c. But lerne to commit themselues vnto gods prouydence and power wherby they are so preserued and gouerned and very often euen miraculously deliuered y ● y ● veri wicked can not but see gods prouidence presence and power in the crosse and afflyccyon of hys chyldren As these hys chyldren I meane to their ioy doe fele it therby lernyng to know god to be y e gouernour of al thinges Be it is that geueth peace he it is y ● sendeth war he geueth plenty and pouer tye he setteth vp and casteth down he bryngeth to death and after geueth lyfe his presence is euery where hys prouydence is wythin and without hys power is the pillour wherby the godly stande and to it they leene as to a thyng no lesse able to set vp then to cast downe Whyche thynge full wel the Apostle saw in hys affliccions and therfore reioysed greatly in them that eminentia virtutis dei gods power might singularly be sene therein Concernynge thys I myghte bryng forth innumerable ensamples of the afflyccyon of Gods children both in the old and new testament wherein we maye se how they felt gods presence prouydence and power plentifully But I wyll omitte ensaumples because euery one of vs y e haue bene or be in trouble can not but by the same the rather remember gods presence whyche we feele by hys hand vpon vs presently hys prouidence whiche leaueth vs not vncared for wythout any of oure owne prouision his power whych both preserueth vs from many other euils that els would come vpō vs and also maketh vs able to be are more then we thought we could haue done So very oftē doth he deliuer vs by suche meanes as haue bene thought most folysh and litle to be regarded And therfore we shake of our slepe of securitie and forgettinge of god our truste and shyffte in our owne policie our hangynge on men and on our own power So that the crosse you se is commodious fourthly for vs to se gods presence prouydence and power and our owne negligēce forgetfulnesse of God securyte loue trust and confidence in our selues and in thynges of thys lyfe to be cut of as the other ar to be taken hold vpon And this shal suffice for the commodities that come by the crosse where through we may be in loue with it for the commodities sake whych at length we shal fynde though presentli in sense we fele them not No castigacion or punishement is swete or ioyous for the present time but greuous neuer the les afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet frute of rightuousnesse vnto them whyche are exercised therin As we see in medicynes the more wholsome they be the more vnpleasaunte often tymes is the taiste As in purgacions pilles and such like bitter thīgs Yet vpon the phisicians worde we wil gladly drynke them for the profit whych cōmeth of thē And dearely beloued although to lose lyfe goodes or frendes for gods gospels sake seme a bitter and sower thynge Yet seeing our phisician whych can not lye Iesus Chryst I meane telleth vs that it is veri wholsome how so euer it be toothsome let vs with good chere take y e cuppe at hys hande and drynke it merely If the cup seme vnpleasaunt and the drynke to bytter let vs put some suger therin euē a pece of that whych Moses caste into the bytter water and made it pleasaunt I meane an vnce or quantitie of Chrystes afflicciōs and crosse whych he suffred for vs. If we cal these to mynd and cast of them into our cuppe consyderyng what he was what he suffred of whom for whom to what ende and what came ther of surely we cannot lothe oure medicine but wynke and drynke it lustely Iustely therfore drynke y e cup. mes where he promysed to geue abread euen hys fleshe in institutyng the sacrament of the aulter as