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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
A meditation of the lords prayer. › Our father.A meditation of the lordes praier. › Our father.
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.
Thou good lord, which madest heaven & earth the sea and all that is therein, together with 1thy dearly beloved son Jesus Christs, and with thy holy spirit: Thou the same god, which openedst thy self 2to Adam by thy promise: Thou the 3God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: Thou which broughtest thy people of Israel forth of Egypt with a mighty 4hand and a stretched out power: Thou which gavest thy law upon mount Sinai: Thou which spakest 5by thy prophets, & last of all in these latter days by thy dearly beloved 6son Jesus Christ, whom ye wouldest should be made a second Adam, that 7as by the first we are children of wrath, carnal and full of concupiscence: so 8by him we might be made children of grace and spiritual, by communicating with him the quality, merits ⟨image 7⟩virtues, and grace of his flesh, through the operation of the holy spirit, as he communicated with us the substance of our flesh in the 9womb of the virgin Mary, by the operation of the same holy spirit, being that blessed seed which was promised to Adam, Abraham, Isaac Jacob, 10David, which should browse the Serpents head, which should bring the blessing on all nations, which should reign over thy house for ever, and mightily overcome thine and 11