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Godly meditations upon the Lords prayer, the belief, and ten commandments with other comfortable…Godlie meditations vpon the Lordes prayer, the beleefe, and ten commaundementes with other comfortable…
Godly meditations upon the Lords prayer, the belief, and ten commandments with other comfortable meditations, prayers and exercises. Whereunto is annexed a defence of the doctrine of gods eternal election and predestination, gathered by the constant martyr of God John Bradford in the time of his imprisonment. The contents whereof appear in the page next following.Godlie meditations vpon the Lordes prayer, the beleefe, and ten commaundementes with other comfortable meditations, praiers and exercises. Whereunto is annexed a defence of the doctrine of gods eternall election and predestination, gathered by the constant martyr of God Iohn Bradford in the tyme of his imprisonment. The contentes wherof appeare in the page nexte folovvyng.
London : Now first printed by Rouland Hall, dwelling in gutter lane at the sign of the half Eagle and key, the .12. of October 1562London : Nowe fyrst prynted by Rouland Hall, dwellyng in gutter lane at the signe of the halfe Egle and key, the .12. of October 1562
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.
Honour thy father and mother that thou mayst live long &c.
Honour thy father and mother that thou mayst lyue longe &c.
After that thou haste told me (good lord) thy will concerning the service which thou requirest inwardly and outwardly to be given unto thee: now doest thou begin to tell me what thy will is that I should do & leave undone for thy sake ⟨image 57⟩unto man. And first thou settest before mine eyes, them whom thou for orders sake and the more commodity of man in this life, hast set in degree and authority above me, comprehending them under the name of father & mother, that I might know that as of thee they are commanded to bear towards me a faithful love and a motherly care in the very names of father and mother, wherewith thou honourest them: so am I commanded of thee to do that which is most equal & just (as the very brute beasts do teach us) that with childly affection and duty, I should behave my self towards them, that is I should honour them, which con prephendeth in it, love, thankfulness, reverence and obedience, & that not so much because they be my parents, and in their offices are careful for me (for it may be they will neglect the doing of their duties towards me) but because thou commandest me so to do, how so ever they do. So that by this commandment I perceive that thou wouldest ⟨image 58⟩I should consider them whom thou hast placed in authority and superior degree: as parents, magistrates, masters or such like, and accordingly behave my self toward them, honour them, that is to say love them, be thankful unto them, reverence them and obey them for thy sake so long as they pass not their bounds, that is so long as they require not otherwise then thou hast given them commission or permission to do.
AFter that thou haste tolde me (good lord) thy will concerning the seruice whiche thou requirest inwardly and outwardly to be geuen vnto the: now doest thou begin to tel me what thy wil is that I shuld do & leaue vndone for thy sake