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[The flour of godly prayers] [most worthy to be used in these our days…[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies…
[The flour of godly prayers] [most worthy to be used in these our days for the safeguard, health, and comfort of all degrees, and estates / newly made by Thomas Becon].[The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies for the sauegard, health, and comforte of all degrees, and estates / newlie made by Thomas Becon].
London: printed by John Day, 1550London: printed by Ihon Day, 1550
No title page in the transcription: set from the catalogue record.
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.
A prayer that we may have the fear of God before our eyes in all our doings.
A prayer that we maye haue the feare of God before our eyes in all our doings.
O Almighty and everlasting God,1 thy holy word teacheth us, that thou art not only a father, but also a Lord, not only a forgiver, but also a revenger, not only a saviour, but also a Judge. And as thou being a father, a forgiver a saviour dost pardon & show mercy, so thou being a Lord a revenger, a Judge punishest and condemnest. Neither doth thy holy scripture only set fourth unto us a gospel, which comforteth us, quickeneth us, showeth us merry tidings, forgiveth our sins ⟨p. lxxxiiii⟩quieteth our conscience, and brim geth unto us everlasting life, but also a law, which reproveth accuseth, condemneth us,2 woundeth and slayeth our conscience, yea and throweth us down headlong into the deep dungeon of hell. And as the Gospel lifteth us up, and maketh us merry with the hope of remission and forgiveness of our sins: so doth the law pluck us down and almost drive us unto desperation, for fear of the plagues and everlasting punishments, which thou haste prepared for them that despise thy holy ordinances, so that we may not only love thee as a father, a forgiver a saviour, but also fear thee as a Lord, a revenger a judge. Forasmuch therefore (O most gentle saviour and most righteous judge) as nothing doeth so mightily put away, sin, ⟨image 100⟩and maketh us to walk in the way of thy commandments,