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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 for a godly life.
A prayer for a godlye lyfe.
IT greatly grieveth us (O merciful father and ever lasting God) that we through the grievous & continual assaults of our enemies are not able to pas over our years of this world with such purity of ⟨p. xc⟩life, as we ought, and as thou requirest of us. Verily we are on every part so besieged and compas, sed round about of our adversaries, that scarcely at any time we can be free from their pestiferous and deadly darts, nor yet have so much respite as once to breath toward true godliness. Oh most loving Lord, thou art our father, and we thy children, convenient therefore is it that we thy children represent and openly declare in our conversation the manners of the our father. Thou art good, gentle, loving, charitable, merciful, patient, long suffering, holy, righteous, faithful. &c. It therefore becometh us thy children in our living to practise goodness, gentleness, love, charity, mercy, patience longsuffering, holiness, ryghteousenes, fayeth. et ce.
IT greatly greueth vs (O merciful father and euer lastynge God) that wee thorowe the greuous & continual assaultes of our ennemies are not able to pas ouer our yeres of thys world wyth such purytye of ⟨p. xc⟩lyfe, as we ought, and as thou requirest of vs. Uerely we are on euery part so beseged and compas, sed round about of our aduersaries, that scarcely at any time we can be fre from their pestiferous and deadly darts, nor yet haue so muche respyte as once to breath towarde true godlynesse. Oh mooste louinge Lorde, thou arte oure father, and we thy chyldren, conuenient therfore is it that we thy children represent and openli declare in our conuersacyon the māners of the our father. Thou arte good, gentel, louynge, charitable, mercyfull, pacyente, longe sufferyng, holy, righteous, faithfull. &c. It therefore becommeth vs thy chyldren in oure lyuing to practyse goodnesse, gentlenesse, loue, charytye, mercye, pacyence longesufferyng, holynes, ryghteousenes, fayeth. et ce.