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The godly exhortation of holy Father Bradford which he gave to his wife, children…
The godly exhortation of holy Father Bradford which he gave to his wife, children and friends a little before his death, who dyed a martyr for the Gospel in Q. Mary's days : wherein is plainly shown the excellency of the Protestant religion and the happiness of those that profess and live the same : as also the damnableness of the Romish religion with their bloody and rebellious crimes laid open : with the relation of the murder of that just justice Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey.The godly exhortation of holy Father Bradford which he gave to his wife, children and friends a little before his death, who dyed a martyr for the Gospel in Q. Maries days : wherein is plainly shown the excellency of the Protestant religion and the happiness of those that profess and live the same : as also the damnableness of the Romish religion with their bloody and rebellious crimes laid open : with the relation of the murder of that just justice Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey.
London: printed for T. Passenger, 1683
A Song of these present Times, SHOWINGA Song of these present Times, SHEWING
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.
Hearken my friends to what I have to say, For it relates unto this present day Wherein we live, and daily we may see The Plots and Practice of impiety.
HEarken my friends to what I have to say, For it relates unto this present day Wherein we live, and dayly we may see The Plots and Practice of impiety.
Therefore I you advise for to take care Of such that would entrap us in a snare: The Popish Party wicked have designed, Our ruin they most cunning have combined,
Therefore I you advise for to take care Of such that would intrap us in a snare: The Popish Party wicked have designed, Our ruine they most cunning have combined,
Never to trust them I would you advise, Who wickedly 'gainst King and Country rise, And that you may behold their cruelty, The murder mind of Edmond Godfrey.
That worthy Knight, whose Blood doth daily cry For vengeance for their grand impiety; And as they served him, so would they do, If that they could, unto the best of you.