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This Ioseph séeing dead, the bodie thence did craue, ch 
And tooke it forthwith from the crosse, and laid it in his 
graue, 
Downe thence he went to hell, in vsing there his will, ie cee 
His power' I meane, his slained corps in tumb remain- 
ing still. 
From death to life againe, the third day this did rise, Christes 
resurrec- 
And séene on earth to his elect, times oft in sundrie wise: tion. 
And after into heauen, ascend he did in sight, Christes 
i ascension. 
And sitteth on the right hand there, of God the father of 
might. 
Where for vs wretches all, his father he doth pray, 
To haue respect vnto his death, and put our sinnes away : 
From thence with sounded trump, which noise all flesh Christ shall 
shall dread, indge. 
He shall returne with glorie againe, to iudge the quicke 
and dead. 
Then eka that voice be heard, Come, come, ye good to The Tudges 
mée, 
Hence, hence to hell you workers euill, where paine shall 
even bee : 
This is that louing Christ, whom I my Sauiour call, 
And onely put my trust in him, and in none else at all. 
In God the holy Ghost, I firmely do belieue, a ae 
Which from the father and the sonne a blessed? life doth 
giue, 
Which by the Prophets spake, which doth all comfort send, 
Which I do trust shall be my guide, when this my life shall 
ende. 
A holy catholike Church, on earth I graunt there is, ee 
And those which frame their liues by that, shall neuer do® Church. 
amis: 
The head whereof is Christ, his word the chiefest post: 
Preseruer of this temple great, is God the holy Ghost. 
1! soule. 1577. 2 proceeding. 1577. 3 speede. 1577- 
