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An account of a disputation at Oxford, anno dom. 1554 with A treatise of…
An account of a disputation at Oxford, anno dom. 1554 with A treatise of the Blessed Sacrament / both written by Bishop Ridley, martyr ; to which is added a letter written by Mr. John Bradford, never before printed all taken out of an orig[i]nal manuscript.
Oxford : Printed at the Theatre, 1688Oxford : Printed at the Theater, 1688
Letter: An Epistle of Mr. John Bradford, Prisoner of the Lord, to a faithful Christian in Coven…
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.
An Epistle of Mr. John Bradford, Prisoner of the Lord, to a faithful Christian in Coventry.
The Peace which Christ left to his Church, and to every true Member of the same, the Holy Spirit, the Guide of Gods Children, be so ingraft in your Heart, and the Heart of your good Wife, and all my good Brothers and Sisters about you, that unfeignedly you may in respect thereof, contemn all worldly peace, which repugneth that peace I speak of, and driveth it utterly out of the hearts of all them which would patch them both together: For we cannot serve two Masters. No Man can serve God and Mammon. Christs peace cannot be kept with this Worlds peace. God therefore of his mercy give unto you his peace, which passeth all understanding, and so keep your hearts and minds, that they may be pure Habitacles and Mansions for the Holy Spirit; yea, for the Blessed Trinity, who hath promised to come and dwell in all them that love Christ and keep his sayings.
THe Peace which Christ left to his Church, and to every true Member of the same, the Holy Spirit, the Guide of Gods Children, be so ingraft in your Heart, and the Heart of your good Wife, and all my good Brothers and Sisters about you, that unfainedly you may in respect thereof, contemn all worldly peace, which repugneth that peace I speak of, and driveth it utterly out of the hearts of all them which would patch them both together: For we cannot serve two Masters. No Man can serve God and Mammon. Christs peace cannot be kept with this Worlds peace. God therefore of his mercy give unto you his peace, which passeth all understanding, and so keep your hearts and minds, that they may be pure Habitacles and Mansions for the Holy Spirit; yea, for the Blessed Trinity, who hath promised to come and dwell in all them that love Christ and keep his sayings.