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A fruitful treatise and full of heavenly consolation against the fear of death Whereunto…A frutefull treatise and ful of heauenly consolation against the feare of death Wherunto…
A fruitful treatise and full of heavenly consolation against the fear of death Whereunto are annexed certain sweet meditations of the kingdom of Christ, of life everlasting, and of the blessed state & felicity of the same. Gathered by that holy martyr of God, John Bradford.A frutefull treatise and ful of heauenly consolation against the feare of death Wherunto are annexed certeine sweet meditations of the kingdom of Christ, of life euerlasting, and of the blessed state & felicitie of the same. Gathered by that holy marter of God, Iohn Bradford.
London : Perused corrected & augmented according to the original, & imprinted in Fletestrete near to saint Dunstons Churche by William Powell, ca. 1564London : Perused corrected & augmented according to the originall, & imprinted in Fletestrete neere to saint Dunstons Churche by William Powell, ca. 1564
¶ A treatise against the fear of death.¶ A treatise agaynst the feare of death.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Lo, thus thou hearest how my ⟨image 19⟩Son prayeth for thee. Mark now what my Apostle Paul sayeth: we know (sayeth he) that 1our Saviour Christs prayers were heard. Also this is a true saying that Jesus Christ came 2into the world to save sinners. Hearken what he sayeth to the Jailer: believe in the Lord Jesus & 3thou shalt be saved: For he by his own self, hath made purgation for our sins. To him (saith 4Peter) beareth all the prophets witness, that whosoever believeth in his name shall receive remission of their sins. Believe man, pray, Lord help mine unbelief, lord 5increase my faith, ask and thou shalt have. Hearken what s. John saith. If we confess our sins, 6God is righteous to forgive us all our iniquities, and the blood of ⟨image 20⟩our lord Jesus Christ shall wash us from our sins. For if we sin, we have an advocate (sayeth he) with the father, Jesus christ the 7righteous, and he is the propitiation for our sins, Hearken what Christ is called: Call his name Jesus, saith the Angel, for he shall 8save his people from their sins: So that where abundance of sin 9is, there is abundance of grace. Say therefore, who shall lay any thing to my charge? It is god that absolveth me, who then shall condemn 10