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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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That is to say / I do not only believe that the holy ghost is very god with the father & the Son. But also that no man can come to the father by Christ / by his life / passion / death & what so ever who spoken of christ or obtain any of these things / without the work of this spirit with the which spirit I desire the father & the son / to touch me and all faithful to stir me up / to call / to draw / and by Christ and in christ to quicken me to make me holy and spiritual and so to bring me to the father / for it is he / which with the father / by christ & in christ worketh and quickeneth all things.
That is to sey / I do not onely beleue that the holy goost is verey god with the father & the sonne. But also that no man can come to the father by ceist / by his lyfe / passiō / deth & what so euer who spokē of christ or opteyne any of these thinges / without the worke of this sprete with the whiche sprece I desire the father & the son / to touch me and all faithfull to sturre me vp / to call / to drawe / and by Chryst and in christ to quycken me to make me holy and spirituall and so to brynge me to the father / for it is he / whiche with the father / bi christ & in christ workith and quyckenyth all thinges.
I believe that in all the we •ide / be hit never so great / there is but one commune christen church which is none other thing but the congregation & communion of holy men that is of righteous & faithful men on the earth And that this church by this holy spirit is gathered & maintained. Thorough whom also it is governed and increased daily by the sacraments and word of god.
I beleue that in all the we •ide / be hit neuer so greate / there is but one comune christen church whiche is none other thing but the cōgregacyon & cōmunyon of holy men that is of ryghtuous & faithfull men on the erth And that this churche by this holy sprete is gathered & maintened. Thorough whome also it is gouerned and encreased dayly by the sacramentes and worde of god.