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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 the passion / and death of Christ doth open / and declare our since unto us and so doth take them away / but through ⟨image 100⟩his rising again are we justified and made free from all our since / if we believe.
That is the passyon / and deth of Chryst doth open / and declare oure synnes vnto vs and so doth take them awaye / but thorow ⟨image 100⟩hys rysinge agayne are we iustefyed and made fre from all oure synnes / yf we beleue.
How be it if we feel our unbelief that we can not be surely persuaded that these things are true / them is the next remedy to fall unto prayer for this also is in the hand of god nether is it given to every man but some have it more & some less for god distributeth all at his pleasure. Not withstanding there are certain means and small paths by the which a man may have as it were an entrance in to this faith / first turn thine eyes and behold the hearty love & bounteous kindness of christ which so tenderly loved the that he would take on him self all thy since / & lovingly embrace the to heel thy wounded conscience / if thou remember and think on this amity thy heart shall somewhat be refreshed and so shall thy trust in Christ be the more increased and stablished.
How be it yf we feale oure vnbelefe that we can not be surelye persuaded that these thinges are true / them is the next remedye to falle vnto prayer for this also is in the hand of god nether is it geuē to euerie man but some haue it more & some lesse for god distributeth all at his pleasure. Not withstondinge there are certayne meanes and smale pathes by the which a mā maye haue as it were an entraunce in to this faith / fyrst turne thine eyes and beholde the hartye loue & bounteous kindnes of chryst which so tenderlye loued the that he wold take on him self all thy synnes / & louynglye enbrace the to hele thy wounded conscience / yf thou remembre and thinke on thys amitye thy harte shall somwhate be refreshed and so shall thy trust in Chryst be the more encreased and stablysshed.