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A famous and godly history containing the lives a[nd] acts of three renowned reformers…A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers…
A famous and godly history containing the lives a[nd] acts of three renowned reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martin Luther, John Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaration of Martin Luther's faith before the Emperor Charles the fifth, and the illustre estates of the empire of Germany, with an oration of his death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melanchthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.A famous and godly history contaynyng the lyues a[nd] actes of three renowmed reformers of the Christia[n] Church, Martine Luther, Iohn Ecolampadius, and Huldericke Zuinglius. The declaracion of Martin Luthers faythe before the Emperoure Charles the fyft, and the illustre estates of the empyre of Germanye, with an oration of hys death, all set forth in Latin by Philip Melancthon, Wolfgangus Faber, Capito. Simon Grineus, [and] Oswald Miconus, newly Englished by Henry Bennet Callesian.
London: printed by John Awdely, 1561London: printed by Iohn Awdely, 1561
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My heavenly father, eternal & merciful God, thou hast manifested unto me thy dear Son our Lord Jesus Christ. I have taught him, I have known him, I love him as my life, my health, and my redemption, whom the wicked persecuted, maligned, and with injury affected. Draw my soul to thee. After this he said this that ensueth, thrice.
My heauenly father, eternal & mercyful God, thou hast manyfested vnto me thy deare Sonne our Lord Iesus Christe. I haue taught hym, I haue knowen hym, I loue hym as my life, my health, and my redempcion, whō the wycked persecuted, maligned, and wyth iniury affected. Draw my soule to thee. After thys he sayde thys that ensueth, thryse.
I commend my Spirit into thy hands, thou hast redeemed me God of truth. God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that all those ⟨image 45⟩that believe in him, should have life everlasting. John. 3.
I commende my Spirite into thy handes, thou hast redemed me God of truth. God so loued ye worlde, that he gaue his ouelye Sonne, that all those ⟨image 45⟩that beleue in hym, shoulde haue lyfe euerlastyng. Iohn. 3.
Having repeated often times his1 prayers, he was called to God, to the eternal School, and perpetual joys, in the which he enjoyeth the society of the father, the Son, and the holy Ghost, all the Prophets & Apostles.