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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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So it felloweth that a christen whether he die or live is ever in better taking / such a blessed thing is it to be a christen and to believe in christ wherefore as Paul sayeth To live it is Christ to me / and to dye it is advantage / and in the .xiiij. to the Roma. he that liveth he liveth to god / and he that dyeth he dyeth to god / whether we live therefore or dye we are the lords.
So it feloweth that a chrysten whether he die or lyue is euer in better takyng / suche a blissed thyng is it to be a chrysten and to beleue in chryst wherfore as Paule saieth To lyue it is Chryst to me / and to dye it is auauntage / and in the .xiiij. to the Roma. he that lyueth he lyueth to god / and he that dyeth he dyeth to god / whether we lyue therfore or dye we are the lordes.
This sureness hath christ obtained for us because that he died and rose again / that he should be lord both of quick and deed which was a bill to make us sure• both in life & death as the prophet sayeth in the, ⟨image 74⟩xxij. psalm: If I walk in the midst of the shadow of death I will not fear evils because thou art with me. And if that this advantage of death do but little move us / it is a sign that our faith in Christ is very weak with us / for he that doth not well esteem the price and value of a good death / or else that death is good / he doth not yet believe but is over much letter by the old adam / and the wisdom of the flesh yet reining in him / we must therefore labour that we may be promoted to know and love this benefit of death. It is a great thing that death (which is to other the greatest evil) is made to us the greatest advantage / and except that Christ had gotten that for us / what great thing had he done by giving him self for us.
This surenesse hath christ obteyned for vs bycause that he died and rose agayn / that he shulde be lorde both of quykke and dede whiche was a bill to make vs sure• bothe in life & deth as the prophete sayeth in the,