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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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But because my frailty is great / strength me with a principal spirit that no troubles or afflictions may separate me from Christ / that no fear may cause me to renay thee and that no pains may make me slide from thee. My strength is not sufficient to resist / and fight with that old serpent / and to prevail against him.
But because my frayltye is greate / strēght me wyth a pryncypall sprete that no troubles or afflyctions maye seperate me from Chryst / that no feare may cause me to renye the and that no paynes maye make me slyde from the. My strength is not suffycyent to resyst / and fyght wyth that olde serpent / and to preuayle agenst hym.
Peter hath taught me how great our infirmity is / he saw the with his bodily eyes (Lord Jesus) & was most familiarly conversant with thee: he tasted of thy glory in the mountain / when thou wast transfigured: ⟨image 123⟩he hard the fathers voice: he saw thy manifold and wondrous works / ye and through thy power did him self many miracles. He walked on his feet upon the waters / and hard daily thy mighty and sweet words: he thought him self most fervent and hot in the faith and said that he was ready to go with the both in to prison & unto very death. And when thou toldest him that he should deny the he believed thee not the trusted in his own strength / and trusted more unto him self being but a man / then unto the being very god. But when the handmaiden said unto him. Thou art of the same company / he was afraid by and by and denied it.
Peter hath taught me how greate oure infirmitye is / he sawe the with his bodely yies (Lorde Iesu) & was most familiarlye conuersaunt wyth the: he tasted of thy glorye in the mountayne / whē thou wast trāsfigured: ⟨image 123⟩he harde the fathers voyce: he sawe thy manifold and wondrous workes / yee and thorow thy power dyd hym selfe many miracles. He walked on his fete vppon the waters / and harde daylye thy mightye and swete wordes: he thought hym selfe most feruent and hote in the faith and sayde that he was readye to go with the both in to preson & vnto verye deeth. And when thou toldest hym that he shuld denye the he beleued the not the trusted in his awne strength / and trusted more vnto hym selfe beynge but a man / then vnto the beynge verye god. But when the handmayden sayde vnto hym. Thou arte of the same cōpanye / he was afrayde by and by and denyed it.