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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.
AN OTHER paraphrase or meditation upon the lords praser.
AN OTHER paraphrase or meditation vpon the lords praser.
O Almighty & eternal god of whom all fatherhood in heaven and in earth is named, whose seat is the heaven, whose foot stool is the earth, which of thy great clemency & unspeakable love hast not weighed nor considered our great unkindness and wilful disobedience, but according to the good pleasure of thy eternal purpose hast in thy well beloved son Jesus Christ, chosen us out of the world and doest accept us far other wise then we be in deed, to be called yea and to be in deed thine adopted sons, and doest vouchsafe ⟨image 78⟩(oh loving father) that we as it were heavenly children, should every one of us confess, declare and call thee our heavenly father: grant (dear father) that among us thy poor children by pureness of minds 1and conscience, by singleness of hart, by uncorrupt and innocent life, and example of virtue and godliness, thy most holy name may be sanctified, and that so many of all other nations as thou hast there unto chosen and predestinate, beholding our godliness & virtuous deeds that thou workest in us, may be the more stirred to hallow and glorify thy blessed name.
O Almighty & eternal god of whō all fatherhode in heauen and in earth is named, whose seate is the heauen, whose foote stoole is the earth, which of thy great clemency & vnspeakable loue hast not waighed nor considered our great vnkindnes and wilfull disobedience, but according to the good pleasure of thy eternall purpose hast in thy welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ, chosen vs out of the worlde and doest accept vs farre other wise then we be in dede, to be called yea and to be in dede thyne adopted sonnes, and doest vouchesafe ⟨image 78⟩(oh louinge father) that we as it were heauenly children, shuld euery one of vs confesse, declare and call thee oure heauenlye father: graunt (deare father) that amonge vs thy poore children by purenes of mynds