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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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For the second mans state, I mean before his fall, & his state now, thus let us think, namely that god made man after his Image, that is, endowed man with a soul immortal, wise, righteous, & holy: for y• Image of god is not concerning the body, which man hath common with the beasts of the earth, but it is from above and of God's breathing. So that Adam transgressing ⟨image 122⟩gods precept, did not according as he should and might have done, but according as he should not have done, and might have avoided, if that he had not received the persuasion and counsel of the Serpent. Which god permitted him to do, thereby to declare, that perfect Justice, wisdom and holiness, is not nor cannot be in any creature, which is not god also, and therefore Christ being god was made man, that in man there might be this perfection and justice, which is in Christ our lord, and in Adam we could never have had. Which wisdom of god we shall Joyfully one day behold, if we will now restrain our busy brain and curiosity, from searching further then we should do. But to return again, Adam (I say) being made after gods Image, which he received for us all, to have derived the same unto us all by natural propagation, by transgressing the commandments, lost and mangled so the same Image of god in himself and in us all, that for mortality came death, for wisdom ⟨image 122⟩came foolishness, for righteousness came unrighteousness, for holiness came corruption, concerning God's Judgement and in God's sight: although there remained in him, concerning mans Judgement and the sight of the world, life, wisdom, righteousness and holiness, that which all we by propagation do from our mothers womb receive: so that we may well see our state now to be far from the state, we had before Adams fall, and therefore gods law requireth nothing of us but that which was in our nature before the fall, which we see is impossible for us to pay accordingly, and yet god not unjust, in that he asketh of us nothing thereby but the self same thing which he gave us in our creation.
For ye second mans state, I meane before his fal, & his state nowe, thus let vs think, namely yt god made mā after his Image, yt is, endewed man wt a soule immortal, wise, rightuoꝰ, & holy: for y• Image of god is not cō cerning the body, which man hathe cōmen with the beastes of the earth, but it is from abone and of goddes brething. So yt Adam transgressing