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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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¶ The sext petition.
¶ The sext peticyon.
¶ And lead us not in to temptation.
¶ And leade vs not in to temptacyon.
WE are assaulted with three manners of temptation and vexation / the flesh / the world / & the devil. Therefore we desire the most dear father to endow us so with thy grace that we may withstand the desires of the flesh. Make that we resist and fight against this super fluyte of meat / drink / sleep / sloth / and idleness. Make that we may bring him in to bondage and subjection / with fasting / temperate diet / clothing / sleep / rest / watch & labour / so that he may be mete / and apt to good works. Make that with Christ we may fasten on the cross and mortify his evil desires to lechery / all his affections and instigations: so that we never consent or follow any his temptations. ☞ Make that if by chance we look on a well made or fair man or woman / or any other beautiful image or creature / that they be not to us a cause of temptation: But that the rather of them we may take occasion to love chastity / and to praise the in thy creatures. Make that when we hear any glad or pleasant thing / or feel any sweet thing that we seek not therein our delight and pleasure / but thy praise and glory. Keep us