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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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Father the hour is come / glorify thy Son / that thy Son may glorify thee, As thou gavest him power of every flesh to the entente that all that thou gavest him he might give the everlasting life. And this is everlasting life that they know only thee for the true god and whom thou sendest Jesus Christ. I have glorified the in earth. I have performed the work which thou gavest me to do. And new glorify ⟨image 17⟩thou me Father with thy self / with the glory which I had before this world was made of the I have published thy name of the men / whom thou gavest me of the world. They were thine / and thou gavest them to me / and they kept my word. Now they know that all that thou gavest me come from thee. For the words which thou gavest me I have them / & they toke them / and knew verily that they came from thee / and they believed that thou sentest me. For them I ask / for the world I ask not / but for them which thou gavest me because they be thine and all mine be thine / and thine mine / and I am glorified in them. And I am now no longer in to world: But they be in the world still. For I come to the / holy Father save them for thy names sake whom thou haste given me / that they may be one as we be one. When I was with them in the world I did keep them in thy name, Whom thou gavest me I kept and none of them perished / but only the son of perdition that the scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to thee / and these I speak in the world that they may have my joy replenished ⟨image 18⟩in them. I gave them thy word / and the world hated them because they be not of the world: like as I am not of the world. I asked not that thou shouldest take them away out of the world: but that thou keep them from the wicked. They be not of the world / like as I am not of the world. Make them holy in thy trueth. Like as thou hast sent me in to the world / so have I seem them in to the world / and for them I do sanctify my self / that they also may be sanctified in the trueth. And I pray not only for them / but also for them that shall believe in me through their preachings: so that all they may be one. Like as thou (father) art in me and I in the / that they also may be in us / that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory / which thou hast given me / I gave it them that they might be one:
FAther the houre is come / glorifye thy sone / that thy sone maye glorifye the, As thou gauest hym power of euery flesshe to the entente that all that thou gauest hī he myght gyue the euerlastynge lyfe. And this is euerlastyng lyfe that they knowe onely the for the true god and whome thou sendest Iesu Chryste. I haue glorifyed the in earthe. I haue perfourmed the worke whiche thou gauest me to do. And new glorifye ⟨image 17⟩thou me Father with thy selfe / wyth the glory whiche I had before this worlde was made of the I haue publysshed thy name of the men / whome thou gauest me of the worlde. They were thyne / and thou gauest them to me / and they kepte my worde. Nowe they knowe that all that thou gauest me come from the. For the wordes which thou gauest me I haue them / & they toke them / and knew verily that they came from the / and they beleued that thou sentest me. For them I aske / for the worlde I aske not / but for theym whiche thou gauest me because they be thyne and all myne be thyne / and thyne myne / and I am glorifyed in them. And I am nowe no longer in to worlde: But they be in the worlde styll. For I come to the / holy Father saue theym for thy names sake whome thou haste gyuen me / that they maye be one as we be one. When I was with thē in the worlde I dyd kepe thē in thy name, Whome thou gauest me I kepte and none of them peryshed / but onely the sone of perdicyon that the scrypture myght be fulfylled. But nowe I come to the / and these I speke in the world that they may haue my ioy replenyshed ⟨image 18⟩in them. I gaue them thy worde / and the world hated them bycause they be not of the worlde: lyke as I am not of the worlde. I asked not that thou shuldest take thē away out of the worlde: but that thou kepe them from the wycked. They be not of the worlde / lyke as I am not of the worlde. Make thē holy in thy trueth. Lyke as thou hast sent me in to the worlde / so haue I seme thē in to the worlde / and for thē I do sanctifye my selfe / that they also may be sanctifyed in the trueth. And I pray not only for them / but also for them that shall beleue in me through theyr preachynges: so that all they maye be one. Lyke as thou (father) arte in me and I in the / that they also maye be in vs / that the worlde may beleue that thou hast sent me. And the glorye / whiche thou hast gyuen me / I gaue it thē that they myght be one:
like as we be one / I in them / and thou in me / that they may be made perfect in one / and that the world may know that thou hast sent me / and loved them as thou loved me. Father / they whom thou haste given me / I will that where I be / they may also be with me that they may see my glory / which thou gavest me / ⟨image 18⟩for thou hast loved me before the making of the world. Just father / the world knoweth thee not: but I know the & these know that thou hast sent me / & I have made known unto them thy name / and I will make it known to the intent / that the love wherewith thou lovest me might be in them and I in them.
lyke as we be one / I in them / and thou in me / that they may be made perfyte in one / and that the worlde may know that thou hast sent me / and loued them as thou loued me. Father / they whome thou haste gyuen me / I wyll that where I be / they maye also be with me that they maye se my glorye / whiche thou gauest me / ⟨image 18⟩for thou hast loued me before the makinge of the worlde. Iuste father / the worlde knoweth the not: but I know the & these know that thou hast sent me / & I haue made knowen vnto them thy name / and I wyll make it knowen to the entent / that the loue wherwith thou louest me myght be in thē and I in them.
Thou our God art gentle & true patient & with mercy ordering all things. For if we sin / we be thine knowing thy greatness / & if we sin not / we know that with the we be reckoned. For to know thee is perfect and consummate righteousness / and to know thy justice and virtue is the rote of immortality. So be it.
THou our God arte gentyll & true pacyent & with mercy orderyng al thynges. For yf we synne / we be thyne knowinge thy greatnes / & yf we synne not / we knowe that with the we be rekened. For to know the is perfyt and consumate ryghtwysnes / and to knowe thy iustice and vertue is the rote of immortalite. So be it.
Job (his head clipped) falling flat on the ground worshipped god saying. Naked I entered out of my mothers won be ⟨image 19⟩/ and naked I shall return. The lord hath given the goods / and the lord hath taken them away. As it pleased the lord so it is done. Blessed be the name of the lord. So be it.
IOb (his heade clypped) fallynge flatte on the grounde worshipped god sayenge. Naked I entred out of my mothers wō be ⟨image 19⟩/ and naked I shall retourne. The lorde hath gyuen the goodes / and the lorde hath taken them away. As it pleased the lorde so it is done. Blyssed be the name of the lorde. So be it.
Thou art just lord / and all thy judgements are true / and all thy ways mercy truth and justice. And now lord remember me / and take not vengeance of my since / nor think not on my offences / nor the since of my parents. Because we have not obeyed thy precepts therefore thou haste delivered us up in to these evils / in to confusion and reproach an to be a fable to all people and the gentles. And now lord great be thy judgements / for we have not done according to that precepts / & we have not walked purely before thee. And now lord: according to thy pleasure do with me & chiefly receive my spirit in peace / for it is better for me to dye then to live
THou arte iuste lorde / and all thy iudgementes are true / and all thy wayes mercy truth and iustyce. And now lorde remembre me / and take not vengeaunce of my synnes / nor thynke not on my offences / nor the synnes of my parentes. Because we haue not obcyed thy preceptes therfore thou haste delyuered vs vp in to these euylles / in to confusyon and reproche an to be a fable to all people and the gentles. And now lorde great be thy iudgementes / for we haue not done accordynge to that preceptes / & we haue not walked purely before the. And now lorde: accordynge to thy pleasure do with me & cheyfly receyue my spirite in peace / for it is better for me to dye then to lyue
Heal me good lord / and I shall be healed / save me & I shall be saved / for my praise art thou. Be not thou a fear unto me my hope art thou in the day of affliction / let them be confounded that preserve me / and let not me be con founded / let them fear / and let not me fear put on them the day of affliction / and with double trouble / trouble them.
HEale me good lorde / and I shall be healed / saue me & I shall be saued / for my prayse arte thou. Be not thou a feare vnto me my hope arte thou in the day of afliccyon / let them be confounded that perserue me / and let not me be cō founded / let them feare / and let not me feare put on them the day of afflyccyon / and with double trouble / trouble them.
IT was never ordained without the singular providence of God / that the multitude of Christen should learn be heart the ten commandments / the Credo / and the Paternoster. For truly he that understandeth these / hath the pith of all those things / which holy scripture doth contain or what so ever may be taught necessary unto the Christen / and that purely and copiously / besides that so briefly & clearly / that no man can complain or excuse him self justly / sith that (which is required to the blessed life) is nether over tedious / nor yet so hard but it may be performed. Three things there are necessary to be known to obtain eternal life.
IT was neuer ordeyned without the singular prouidence of God / that the multitude of Christē shulde lerne be herte the tenne commaundementes / the Credo / and the Paternoster. For truely he that vnderstondeth these / hath the pythe af all those thynges / whiche holy scripture doth conteyne or what so euer may be taught necessary vnto the Christen / and that purely and copyously / bysides that so briefly & clerely / that no man can complayne or excuse hym sylfe iustely / syth that (whiche is required to the blyssed lyfe) is nether ouer tedious / nor yet so harde but it may be perfourmed. Three thinges there are necessary to be knowen to obteyne eternall lyfe.
¶The first is that thou know what is expedient to be done / and what to be undone. The second / when thou perceivest that thou of thy noun strength canst nether do / nether yet avoid that / which thou art bound to do / or to eschew / that then thou know of whom to seek / find and receive this strength. The third is / how thou shouldest seek / and obtain it. ⟨image 20⟩And hereunto I will give the an ensample to the intent that thou mayst the more evidently perceive it. A man which is diseased with any manner of sickness / first enquireth with what kind of sickness he is infect / and then considereth he what strength he hath what he is able to do and what he can not do them searcheth he for a me dicyne to lay to his decease so that by this means he may get his health / and that he may afterward be able to do and leave undone all things as the hole. Finally when he hath found this medicine he wilt take it & use it. Likewise the commandments of God do teach a man to know his infirmity that he may understand and seal what he can do & what he can not / what he can leave & what he can not so that he may knowledge himself a vicious person & a sinner. After he hath knoweleged him self / so that then he may learn by faith where to find remedy & grace whereby he may be restored & justified and so may be able to fulfil the commandments. For faith plainly declareth god and his mercy showed & given in Christ. But the pater noster doth teache how we should desire faith / and obtain this bounteous ⟨image 21⟩favour as in a well ordered meek and faithful prayer which getteth all these things so that fulfilling the commandments of god we may be saved and made blessed. Wherefore (as I have said) in these three consisteth the hole scripture.
¶The fyrst is that thou knowe whate is expedient to be done / and whate to be vndone. The seconde / when thou perceauest that thou of thy nowne strenght canst nether do / nether yet auoyde that / whiche thou art bounde to do / or to eschewe / that then thou knowe of whome to seke / fynde and receyue this streyngth. The thyrde is / howe thou shuldest seke / and obteyne it. ⟨image 20⟩And herunto I wyll gyue the an ensample to thintent that thou mayst the more euydently perceaue it. A man whiche is diseased with any maner of sykenesse / fyrst enquireth with what kinde of syckenesse he is infect / and then cōsydereth he what streyngth he hath what he is able to do and what he can not do them sercheth he for a me dicyne to ley to his decease so that by this meanes he may get his helth / and that he may afterward be able to do and leaue vndone all thynges as the hole. Finally when he hath founde this medecine he wilt take it & vse it. Lykewise the cōmaundementes of God do teache a man to knowe his infirmyte that he maye vnderstonde and seale what he can do & what he can not / what he can leaue & wath he cā not so that he may knowledge hīsylf a vicious ꝑson & a sinner. After he hath knoweleged him sylf / so that thē he may lerne by faith where to finde remedy & grace wherby he may be restored & iustified and so may be abyll to fulfill the cōmaundementes. For fayth plainly declareth god and his mercy shewed & gyuen in Christ. But the pater noster doth teache howe we shulde desyre fayth / and obteyne this bounteous