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The good old way, or, An excellent and profitable treatise of repentance made
The good old way, or, An excellent and profitable treatise of repentance made by John Bradford in the year 1553. Now published with two prefaces relating the life of the author, and the excellency of the work.The good old way, or, An excellent and profitable treatise of repentance made by John Bradford in the yeare 1553. Now published with two prefaces relating the life of the author, and the excellencey of the worke.
London: printed by Leon. Lichfield, 1652
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.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared, and teacheth us, that we should deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and that we should live soberly, righteously, & godlily, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which gave himself for us, to redeem us from all unrighteousness, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himself, fervently given unto good works.
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation unto all men, hath appeared, and teacheth us, that we should deny ungodlinesse and worldly lusts, and that we should live soberly, righteously, & godlily, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and glorious appearing of the mighty God, and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, which gave himselfe for us, to redeeme us from all unrighteousnesse, and to purge us a peculiar people unto himselfe, fervently given unto good workes.
Again; Titus 3. For we our selves also ⟨p. 75⟩were in times past unwise, disobedient, deceived, serving lusts, and divers pleasures, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour to manward, appeared, not by the deeds of righteousness which we wrought, but of his mercy he saved us by the fountain of the new birth, and with the renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that we once justified by his grace, should be heirs of eternal life, through hope. This is a true saying. But I will make an end for I am too tedious.
Again; Titus 3. For we our selves also ⟨p. 75⟩were in times past unwise, disobedient, deceived, serving lusts, and divers pleasures, living in maliciousnesse and envy, full of hate, and hating one another. But after that the kindnesse and love of God our Saviour to manward, appeared, not by the deeds of righteousnesse which we wrought, but of his mercy he saved us by the fountain of the new birth, and with the renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that we once justified by his grace, should be heires of eternall life, through hope. This is a true saying. But I will make an end for I am too tedious.