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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.
Here (good lord) thou ghost about to command unto me as love in the other, so pureness and chastity in this, and therefore thou sayest I should not commit adultery: in the which word thy son our saviour Jesus Christ, doth comprehend all uncleanness, yea the very concupiscence and abusing of the hart in lusting after any mans wife or otherwise unchastly. By the which, in that thou wouldest have us to love in our selves and others purity & cleanness, that we might be holy as thou our god art holy, and our bodies being temples of thy holy spirit might be kept pure and accordingly: easily we may see that as thou forbiddest all unclean deeds, words, looks, and thoughts: so doest thou command us to love and exercise all purity, chastity, cleanness, sobriety temperance &c.
HEre (good lord) thou gost about to commaunde vnto me as loue in the other, so purenes and chastite in this, and therfore thou saiest I shoulde not commite adultrye: in the which word thy sonne oure sauiour Iesus Christ, doth comprehende al vncleannes, yea the very concupiscence and abusing of the hart in lusting after any mans wife or otherwise vnchastly. By the which, in that thou woldest haue vs to loue in our selues and others purite & cleanes, that we might be holy as thou oure god art holy, and our bodies beynge temples of thy holy spirit mighte be kept pure and accordinglye: easelye we maye see that as thou forbiddest all vncleane dedes, wordes, lokes, and thoughtes: so doest thou commaunde vs to loue and exercyse all puritie, chastitie, cleannes, sobryety temperancye &c.
By reason whereof I have great cause to be thankful unto thee, ⟨image 64⟩which not only for the help & commodity of man, but also for remedy of mans infirmity, hast made woman kind and ordained the state of matrimony, which in thy sight is so holy and pure that thou accountest the bed and act of generation between man and wife in this state of matrimony to be an undefiled thing, and such care thou hast over the personages married and their condition, that unto damnation they sin, which not only go about to defile that bed, but within there harts do wish or desire it, yea which do not endeavour themselves with thought, word and deed to help that purity & cleanness between married folks be kept. But the great causes thou givest us to thank thee for this state and ordinance, and for thy defending us by this commandment, are innumerable.