A16577:39
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
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.
¶ Scriptures proving Christs kingdom to be spiritual.
¶ Scriptures prouing Christes kingdome to be spiritual.
My kingdom is not of this world. Thou hast given 1him power over all flesh, that how many soever thou haste given unto him, he might give to 2the same everlasting life. What is it? any worldly policy? no: therefore it followeth: & this is everlasting ⟨image 30⟩life, that they may know thee 3to be the only true God, & whom thou diddest send Jesus Christ, which sitteth on the right hand of god & prayeth for us. The rote 4of Jesse shall stand up and the gentiles shall make their prayers unto him. &c. By these two sentences we may see Christs kingdom & priesthood to be spiritual, and no politic regiment. He prayeth for us to his father, and so reigneth that he will be called upon, will hear us, satisfy us, & keep us with his holy spirit, as gods children: for they are led by the spirit of God: in their hearts he will write his law &c. which benefits let us look for, & no corporal kingdom. We are fellow heirs with Christ. If so be we do suffer with him, we shall be glorified ⟨image 31⟩with him. We are saved by hope. For thy sake we are killed all the day long. In this world