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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.
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even so we might have and forever enjoy in him and through him, the qualities, virtues and gifts of righteousness, holiness, innocency, immortality, and glory, wherewith he hath endued our nature in his own person for us all; that as now in faith & hope we have the same, so in his coming we might fully enjoy them in very deed, for then shall our bodies now vile, be 1like to his glorious body. Herein appeareth thy love, not that we loved thee but that ye lovest us, & hast given thy son for us: herein doest thou commend unto us thy love, that when we were yet sinners, Christ thy der•sonne 2died for us, so that nothing should separate us from thy love in christ Jesus, 3nether death nor hunger &c. For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled 4unto thee by the death of thy son, much more we being reconciled ⟨image 10⟩shall be saved by his life. And that I should not doubt hereof, but certainly be per swaded all this to pertain to me, where I might have been borne of Turks, lo thou wouldest I should be borne of Christian parents, brought into thy church by baptism, which is the Sacrament of Adoption, and requireth 5faith as well of remission of my sins, as of sanctification and holiness, to be wrought of thee in me by thy grace and holy spirit. Where I might have been borne in an ignorant time and region, thou wouldest I I should be borne in this time and region, wherein is more knowledge revealed, then ever was here or in many places is. Where I might have been of a corrupt judgement, & entangled with many errors, lo thou of thy goodness, as thou hast reformed my Judgement, so doest thou keep it, and now for the same judgements sake doest vouchsafe somewhat by the cross to try me. By all which things I should confirm my faith of this, that thou always haste been, art and wilt be for ever ⟨image 11⟩