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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
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An other treatise of election and freewill by 1. bradford.
That there is and always hath ben with God, even before the world was made, an election in christ, of all those that shall be saved, many places in the scriptures do teach: as to y• Eph. 1. rom. 8. 9. 11. 1. Thes. 1. Math. 20. 22. 24. Mark. 13. Tit. 1. Act. 13. Philip. 11. Luke. 10 18. Apoe 3. 13. 17. 21. 22. John. 6. 8. 10. 13. 17. And almost every where in the new test a meant. In no case therefore it may be denied of any y• is godly, although be cannot attain to gods wisdom Justice, and mercy in it, For that 1were to see God's fore parts. We must grant it therefore because the word of god doth not only teach it, but also it standeth with the very nature of god, that to him not only men, but all things also that have ben or shall be for ever, in all creatures are not only certain, but so certain, ⟨image 119⟩that they cannot but be accordingly, & serve his providence: for else god were not god, if any thing were, hath ben, or could be without his knowledge, yea certain knowledge: which knowledge in god may not be separated of any man from his wisdom, & so not from his will, except we would make two gods, as did the manichees, one the author of all good, and another the author of all evil, both which (say they) were eternal & without beginning. Which their opinion is devilish & against y word of god most manifestly, which affirmeth in many places that there is no mo gods but one, or any other that have power to do good or evil absolutely, or of themselves. But lest some men which are to curious should hereout gather, that then all things come by fatal necessity, as the Stoics thought, or by compulsion and coaction, as other think, and therefore say they, all God's precepts requiring that which we cannot do, are in vain: I think