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Certain prayers and godly meditations very needful for every ChristenCerteine prayers and godly meditacyons very nedefull for euery Christen
Emprented at Malborow i.e. Antwerp : The year of our Lorde et M.CCCCC.XXXviii. per me Joannem Philoponon i.e. H. Peetersen van Mideelburch?, 1538Emprented at Malborow i.e. Antwerp : The yeare of our Lorde et M.CCCCC.XXXviii. per me Joannem Philoponon i.e. H. Peetersen van Mideelburch?, 1538
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I put no confidence in any creature whether it be in heaven or in earth. But I put my sure trust only in one god which can not be seen with mans eye / which cannot be comprehended with mans wit / which made heaven & earth / and alone ruleth all creatures, To him holy I submit my self. Nothing fearing / nor regarding the malice of the devil / & his fellows / for my god is above them all. Nether would ⟨image 32⟩I put the less confidence in god / though all men did forsake me and persecute me.
I put no cōfidence in any creature whether it be in heuen or in erthe. But I put my suer trust onely in one god whiche can not be sene with mannes eye / whiche cannot be cōprehendend with mannes witte / whiche made heuē & erth / and alone ruleth all creatures, To hym hoelly I submytte my sylfe. Nothing fearyng / nor regardyng the malice of the deuell / & his felawes / for my god is aboue theym all. Nether wolde ⟨image 32⟩I put thelesse cōfidence in god / though all men did forsake me and persecute me.
Nether will I trust him the less / because I am wretched and poor / because I am rude and unlearned / because I am despised and lack possessions.
Nether will I trust hym thelesse / bycause I am wretched and poore / bycause I am rude and vnlerned / bycause I am dispised and lacke possessions.
Nether yet the less because I am a sinner for this my faith doth far pass / all things (as it is necessary & ought to do) what soever either be / or be not / both since and virtues & to be short / all things. So that she doth purely & holy fix her self in God only / as the first commandment teacheth and compelleth me.