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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 Speak nothing of the everlasting and heavenly goods which the blessed have in the clear sight of god. Or at the lest if I touch them / it is in the faith / by the means whereof we may only obtain them. But this seventh image is Jesus Christ king of glory / rising from death even as he was the seventh image of evils / suffering / dying / and being buried / here may we see the high and chief joy of our hart / and goods permanent and stable Here is none evils at all / for Christ ones raised from death / dyeth no more / death hath no more power over him.
I Speake nothyng of the euerlastyng and heuynly goodes whiche the blyssed haue in the clere syght of god. Or at the lest yf I touche theyme / it is in the fayth / by the meanes wherof we may onely obteine theyme. But this seuenth ymage is Iesus Chryst kyng of glorye / rysing frō deth euin as he was the seuenth ymage of euylles / sufferyng / dying / and beyng buryed / here may we se the hyghe and chief ioy of oure hart / and goodes parmanent and stable Here is none euylles at all / for Crist ones reysed from deth / dyeth no more / deth hath no more power ouer hym.
This is the chimney of charity / the fire of god in Zion. As Isaiah as sayeth christ is borne for us / and not that only but also given unto us. Wherefore his resurrection is mine / yea and all things which he wrought thorough his resurrection. And as the apostle unto the Romans .viij. most copiously glorieth saying how shall he not with him give us all things? what wrought he by his resurrection truly he destroyed sin and raised righteousness confirmed death and restored life / overcame ⟨image 89⟩hell and brought everlasting glory. These things are inestimable and such as mans understanding scarce can believe to be given unto him: No more then Jacob which (amazed even as though he had wakened out of a great sleep when he herd say that his son Joseph did reign in Egypt) could not believe it until they rehearsing all did show him the wains that were sent from Joseph. So truly it had bin very hard to believe that such great benefits had bin by Jesus Christ given to us which were unworthy except that by many words / by many ways and apperinges he had showed him self to his disciples.