shed theron / for my sinnes / and beleue stedefastly that
the mercyfull trueth of god shall forgeue the sinnes
of all that repent for his deeth sake and neuer thinke on them
moare then it seruith me and I not it and doeth me the same
seruice as yf I red the testament in a boke / or as iff the
preacher preached it vnto me. And in like maner if I make a
crosse in my forehed / in a remembraunce that god hath promised
assistence vnto al that beleue in him / for his sake that died
on the crosse / then doeth the crosse serue me and I not it. And in like maner if I beare on me or loke vppon a crosse of what
soeuer mater it be / or make a crosse vppon me / in
remembraunce that whosoeuer wilbe christes disciple must sofre
a crosse of aduersite
tribulacions and persecucion / so doeth the crosse
serue me and I not it. And this was the vse of the crosse once /
and for this cause it was
at the begynnynge set vpp in the churches.
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