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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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¶ Consolation for troubled consciences.¶ Consolacyon for troubled consciences.
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¶ Consolation for troubled consciences.
¶ Consolacyon for troubled consciences.
The apostle Paul in the .xv. to the Romans (going about to describe the comforts of Christen) saith Whatsoever things are written a fore time are written for our learning that we thorough patience and comfort of the scripture should have hope whereby he teacheth plainly that we must seek our comfort out of the holy scripture.
THappostel Paule in the .xv. to the Romayns (goynge about to describe the cōfortes of Christen) sayth Whatsoeuer thinges are wryten a fore tyme are wryten for oure lerning that we thorough pacyence and comfort of the scripture shuld haue hope wherby he teacheth pleynly that we must seke oure comfort out of the holy scripture.
Now doth his scripture use .ij. figures of comfort / setting forth and declaring unto us .ij. images of evil and good things mixed in a dew and most wholesome temperature. As the wise Ecclesiastic saith. In the day of evils remember good things and in the day of good things remember evil things. Well knoweth the holy ghost that every thing is of such value and power to a man / as his mind & opinion is in it. For that which in his opinion vile & of no reputation / he casteth but little love unto it / if it chance to him and little regardeth if it fall from him, Therefore his labour is to pluck and call away a man from this mind and opinion of this worldly possessions. This done: now are all things indifferent / how be it sith this calling away is chiefly done by the word of God (whereby the opinion is revocate from the thing which presently is desired / to the thing which is absent & not desired) of very right we shall have comfort of nothing but scripture / which in the day of evils calleth us to look for goodness which other is present or to come / and in the day of goodness to look for