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A comfortable epistle, too God's faithful people in EnglandA comfortable epistle, too Goddes faythfull people in Englande
A comfortable epistle, too God's faithful people in England wherein is declared the cause of taking away the true Christen religion from them, & how it may be recovered and obtained again, newly made by Thomas Becon.A comfortable epistle, too Goddes faythfull people in Englande wherein is declared the cause of takynge awaye the true Christen religion from them, & howe it maye be recouered and obtayned agayne, newly made by Thomas Becon.
printed by J. Lambrecht?, 1554
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ The. vii. Chapter.
MOre•er / forasmuch as we are con passed 1abou•e with daily troubles / and stand in continual danger / both of the devil and of his times the papists▪ not being able of our selves too withstand their tyr•y / and to […] our selves out of their hands / it shall be […] ▪ that we without ceasing flee unto God with mo•e hearty prayers / pouring out with tears before the throne of his divine […] ▪ our […] ▪ so•owes / miseries […] and troubles / most humbly […] his […] goodness too have […] on us / to keep us from all evil / t• […] us from our enemies / both bodily and ghostly / to preserve us from idolatry / […] / superstition / hypocrisy ⟨image 15⟩and from all false religion / and too kep• us in his fear / faith: love / and perfect obedience of his most holy law and blessed ordinances / to give us his heavenly spirit for too renew our hearts / and to send his holy Angels to py•che their tents about us / and to defend us from all evil and wickedness / as it is written / The Angel of the 2