An exhortation to the carrying of Christs cross with a true and brief confutation…An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion…

Name: An exhortation to the carrying of Christs cross with a true and brief confutation…
Author: John Bradford

An exhortation to the carrying of Christs cross with a true and brief confutation of false and papistical doctrine.An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse wyth a true and brefe confutacion of false and papisticall doctryne.

John Bradford 1510?–1555Wesel? : H. Singleton?, 1555?

155, [3] p. · 19k words · STC 3480.5 · ESTC S109265

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¶ The holy sprite of God▪ which is his earnest pledge, given to… › Chapter 1: The. 1. Chapter.¶ The holye sprite of God▪ whiche is his earneste pledge, geuen to… › Chapter 1: The. 1. Chapter.

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First therefore, my dearly beloved in the lord, I beseech you to consider, that though ye be in the world, yet you are not of the world: ¹you are not of them, which look for their portion in this life, ²whose captain is the god of this world: even Satan, who now ³ruffleth it apace, as he were wood, because his time on earth is not ⁴long.

FIrst therefore, my dearlye beloued in the lorde, I beseche you to consyder, that thoughe ye be in ye worlde, yet you are not of ye world: ¹you are not of them, whych looke for theyr porcion in thys lyfe, ²whose captayne is ye god of thys world: euen Satan, who nowe ³rufleth it apace, as he wer wood, because hys tyme on earth is not ⁴

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