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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.
Oh most righteous and merciful 1god, father and governor of our life, we confess that we have grievously sinned against thee from our youth up until now in ingratitude, in unthankfulness, wilfulness, disobedience, presumption & innumerable our negligences & sins which we from time to time most heinously have committed, whereby we have deserved not only sore ad grevouse plagues, but even eternal damnation, were it not that thou art y• lord of mercy, and hast power to show mercy on whom thou wilt, wherein thou art rich and plentiful to all them that call by on thee faithfully: wherefore (dear father) we seeing our manifold and grievous sins, which we have committed against thee, & also thy great mercy, loving kindness, patience, and long suffering towards us, are compelled not only to bear patiently and suffer our enemies when they rail on us, slander us, oppress us, vex us, or trouble us, curse, persecute, & kill us: but also to speak ⟨image 80⟩well of them, to instruct them, to pray for them, to do them good, to bliss them, to cloth them, feed them, so heaping coals of thy charity and love upon them, and mercifully to forgive them even as thou (dear father) for thy beloved Christs sake haste forgiven us. Thus hast thou taught us (good father) not as the hypocrites to look narrowly on our neighbours faults, but diligently to examine our own consciences wherein we have offended thee, & also what occasion of offence or falling we have given to our brethren in eating, drinking, going, apparel, speaking, dissolute or uncomely laughter, in bargaining, or by any means, and with all speed seek to reconcile our selves to them, & to forgive unto other from the bottom of our harts, whatsoever they have offended us, and to do none other wise then we wish and desire in our hearts that other should do to us, y• so we may find thee (o lord) in forgiving us our trespasses, mild & ⟨image 81⟩merciful, which speedily do thou show thy self unto us, for thy dear Christs sake.
Oh moste righteous and mercifull 1god, father and gouernor of our life, we confesse that we haue greuously sinned against thee from our youth vp vntill now in ingratitude, in vnthankfulnes, wilfulnes, disobedience, presumption & innumerable our negligences & sinnes whiche we frō time to time most hainously haue cō mitted, whereby we haue deserued not only sore ad greuouse plagues, but euen eternal dampnation, were it not that thou art y lord of mercy, and hast power to shewe mercye on whom yu wilt, wherin thou art riche and plentifull to al them that cal by on thee faithfully: wherfore (dere father) we seing our manyfold and greuouse sinnes, which we haue commytted against thee, & also thy great mercy, louing kindnes, pacience, and long suffering towards vs, are compelled not only to beare paciently and suffer our enemies whē they raile on vs, slaunder vs, oppresse vs, vexe vs, or trouble vs, curse, persequute, & kyll vs: but also to speake