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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.
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¶ A treatise against the fear of death.
¶ A treatise agaynst the feare of death.
BEING minded, through the help of God, for mine own comfort and encouraging of others, to speak something of Death (at whose doors though I have stand a great while, yet never so near, to mans judgement, as I do now) I think it most requisite to call & cry for thy help, Oh blessed saut our Jesus Christ, which hast destroyed death by thy death, & brought in place thereof, life and immortality, as by the gospel it appeareth: grant to me true & lively faith, wherethrough men pass from death to eternal life, ⟨image 3⟩that of practise and not of naked speculation, I may something write concerning death (which is dreadful out of thee & in it self) to the glory of thy holy name, to mine own comfort in thee, and to the edifying of all them, to whom this writing shall come, to be red or heard. Amen.
BEING mynded, through the helpe of God, for myne own comfort and encouraging of others, to speake something of Deathe (at whose doores thoughe I haue stande a great while, yet neuer so nere, to mans iudgement, as I do now) I think it most requisite to cal & cry for thy helpe, Oh blessed saut our Iesus Chryste, whiche hast destroyed death by thy deathe, & brought in place thereof, life and immortalitie, as by the gospell it appereth: graunt to mee true & liuely fayth, wherethrough men passe from deathe to eternal lyfe, ⟨image 3⟩that of practyse and not of naked speculation, I may somethynge wryte cōcernyng death (whiche is dredful out of thee & in it selfe) to the glory of thy holy name, to myne owne comfort in thee, and to the edifying of al them, to whō this writing shall come, to be red or hearde. Amen.