Although the body die yet they shall liue.
40
The Godly and iust people haue,
most cōsort though with paine & griefe:
They suffer death & lie in graue,
and seeme forsaken sanz reliefe.
41
They are as sheep which men ordaine,
to death and slaughter to be put:
As silly guiltles Lambes are slaine,
when Butchers knife their throates doe cut.
42
For we which liue shall giuen bee,
to death for Iesus Christ his sake:
If they doe not dispaire in thee,
noe feare of death can cause thē quake.
43
But rest assured they shall passe,
through death to life eternally:
Who aske for mercy and for grace,
and vnto God for faith doe cry.
44
They suffer both his hand and Rod,
and when he strikes, are patient:
They put their hope and trust in God,
who comforts thē with hearts content.
45
Their death is good, & of great price,
they also know through Christ his passiō
Death's ouer come, in wond'rous wise,
and soe, receaue they consolation.
46
If any touch't in latest paines,
of dierfull death, this faith hould fast:
In mid'st of death, his life attaines,
and shall haue lasting life at last.
47
The Christians surely doe belieue,
that whē they seeme to be most dead:
That then, they most of all doe liue,
and soe with ioy lift vp their head.
FINIS.
