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A16579 A godlye medytacyon composed by the faithfull ... I.B. latlye burnte in Smytfelde ... Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.; Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. Excitationes in animi Deum. aut; Pownall, Robert, 1520-1571. Most fruitful prayer for the dispersed church of Christ. aut 1559 (1559) STC 3483; ESTC S109638 19,168 75

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the bakars the browers the butchers the cookes c. Se therfore that thou be not adroen bee but rather such a one as may help the hyeue yf god haue thus fed thy body which he leueth not but for thy soules sake how can it be thē but that he wil be much more ready to fede thy soul Therfore take a courrage to the and go to hym for grace accordinglye ¶ Cogytations for about the midday tyme. AS the body is now enuirōned on al sides with light so See that thy mynde maye be As god geuethe the thus plentifully this corporall light so praye him that he wyl geue the the spiritual light thinke that as the son is now most cleere so shall our bodies be in the day of iudgement As now the son is cum to the highest and therfore wil be gyn to draw downwarde so is there nothinge in the worlde so parfect and glorious which when it is at the full wyll not decrease so wear awaye ¶ When you cum home agayne Praye THer is nothing O Lord more lyke to thy holy nature thē a quyet minde thou hast called vs oute of the troublesome disquietnes of the world into that thy quiet reste peace whiche the world cannot geue being suche a peace as passeth all mens vnderstāding Howses ar ordeyned for vs that we mighte get vs in to them frō the iniury of wether from the crewelty of beastes frō dysquietnes of people from the toyls of the world O gratious father graūt that through thy great mercy my body maye enter into this howse from outward actiōs but so that it may become buxom obediēt to the soule make no resistaūce there agaynst That in soule and body I may haue a godly quietnes peace to prayse the. Amen Peace be to this howse and to all that dwell in the same Thinke what a returne how merry a returne it wil be to come to our eternal moste quiet and moste happy home then wil be all grefe gon awaye what so euer heare is pleasaūt ioyful the same is nothing but a very shadow in cōparisō c. ¶ At the son goyng downe pray O Howe vnhappye ar they O Lorde on whome thy sonne goeth downe geueth no light I mean thy grace which is always cleer as the midday darke night vnto them is the midday whiche departe from the in the is neuer night but always day light most cleer This corporal son hath his courses now vp now downe but thou deere lord if we doe loue the art alwais one O that this block and vaile of syn were takē away frō me that thear might be always cleere day in my mind Thinke that as we ar not sory whē the son goeth down by cause we knowe it wyll rise agayn euē so let vs not sorow for death wher through the soule body doe pa●●e a sonder for they shall eftsones return cum together agayne So long as the son is vp wild beastes kepe their dēnes Foxes their borows Owls their hoals c. but when the son is down then cum they abroade So wicked mē and hypocrites kepe their denns in the gospel but it beynge taken awaye then swarme they oute of their hoals lyke bees as this day doeth teach ¶ When the candles be light pray MOste thycke darke cloudes doe Couer our myndes except thy lyght O Lord do dyspell them Thy son O most wise worker is as it were a fyer brande to the worlde thy wysdome wherby light commeth bothe to soule and bodye is a fyer brand to the spirituall world After daye when the night commeth thou haste geuen for the remedy of darknes a cādle After syn for the remedy of ignorance thou hast geuē thy doctrine which thy dere son hathe brought vnto vs O thou whiche art the Author and master of all truethe make vs to se by both the lightes so that the dymnes of our mindes be dryiuen cleane awaye lyft vpō vs thy myrthe in our hartes Thy worde is a lanterne to my feete a lyght vnto my pathes Thinke that the knowledge and wisdom that god hathe geuen vnto vs by the cādles of this night wherby we se those thinges in this night of our bodies whiche are expedient for vs maketh vs to wishe muche more for this doctrine of God and when we gette yt the more to esteme and diligētly embrace it that as al would be horror without candeles so is thear nothinge but mere cōfucion whear gods worde taketh not place ¶ When you make your self vnredy Praye THis our lyfe and weake knit body by reason of synne by a lytle and litle wil by dyssolued and so shal be restored to the earth whence it was taken then wil be an ende of this vanyty which by our folishnes we haue wroughte to our selues O moste meke father so do thou vnty vnlose and lose me for thou haste knyt me together that I maye perceaue my selffe to be made vnredy and dissolued and so maye remēber both of whome I was made and also whyether I go least I be had vnprepared vnto thy trybunall and Iudgement seate Put of tholde man with his lustes concupiscens Be content with Iosephe to put of thy pryson Apparel that thou mayst put on newe Thinke that we doe willingly put of our garmentes which in the morninge we shall put on agayne and therfore in the after the night of the worlde we shall receaue on out bodies agayne let vs not vnwillingly put them of when god by deathe shall call ¶ Whē you enter in to your bed Praye THe daye nowe endyd men geue them selues to rest in the night and so this life fyneshed we shal rest in death Nothinge is more lyke this lyfe then euery daye nothing more lyke deathe then sleape nothing more lyke to our graeue then our bed O lord our keper defendor graunt the I nowe layeng me downe to reste beinge vnable to kepe my selfe may be preserued frō the craftes Assaultes of the wicked enemy graunt father that whē I haue run the race of this liffe thowe woldest of thy mercy call me vnto the that I may alwais liue watch with the now good god giue me to take my rest in the bring to passe that thy gracious goodnes may be euen in sleape before mine eys that sleaping I be not absent frō the but may haue my dreams to drawe me vnto the so bothe soule bodye maye bee kept pure and holye for euer I wil lay me downe in peace take my rest Thinke that as this troblesum daye is now past night cū so rest bed and plesaunt sleape which maketh most exelent princis most poore pesaūtes a like euē so after the tumultes troubles tēptationes tempestes of this life they that beleue in Christe haue prepared for thē an heauen and rest most pleasaunte and ioyfull As you ar not a fraied to enter in to
ryse for our righteousnes to assend for our possessiō taking in heauen and to appere before thee for vs for euer a high prieste after the order of Melchisadech that throughe hym we might haue fre accesse to come to thy throane now rather of grace then of Iustice Remember that thou by him hast biddē aske and promised that we should receaue saying aske and ye shal haue seke and ye shall finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you O thou Dere god and moste meke and mercifull father we hartely beseche the to be mercifull vnto vs for this thy Christis sake for his Deathes sake for thy promisse truethe and mercyes sake haue mercy vpon vs pardon forgeue vs al our Sinnes iniquites and trespacis what so euer we cōmitted agaynst the in thought word or Dede euer or at any tyme hetherto by any means Der father haue mercy vpon vs thoughe we be pore yt our christ is Riche thoughe we be Sinners yet he is righteous though we be fools yet is he wise thoughe we be Inpure yet he is pure and holye for his sake therefore be mercyfull vnto vs Cal to mynde how thou haste promised that thou wilte powre out of thy cleane waters and washe vs from our fylth clence vs from our euilles forget not that thou hast promysed to take from vs our stony hartes Doest promis to geue vs sauft hartes newe hartes to put into the middes of vs right Sprites Remember thy couenate namely howe thou wilt be our god and we shall be thy people forgette not the partes of it that is to put owte of thy memory for euer all vnrighteousnes and to write in our myndes and hartes thy lawe and testymonyes Remēber that thou doest streightly charg vs to haue none other godes but the saying that thou art the lord our gad O thē declare the same to vs all we hartelye nowe beseche the forgeue vs our sinnes forget our iniquitis clence vs frō our filthines washe vs frō our wickednes powre out thy holy sprite vpō vs take frō vs our harde harts our stony harts our impenitēt harts oure distrustinge and doubtfull harts our carnal our secure our ydle our beastlye hartes our impure malicious arrogant enuious wrathfull impatient couetous hipocriticall and epicuriall hartes in place thereof geue vs newe hartes saft hartes faithful hartes mercifull hartes louing obediēt chaest pure holy righteous trewe simple lowly and patient hartes to feare thee to loue thee truste in thee for euer write thy lawe in our hartes graue it in our mindes we hertely beseche the geue vs that sprite of prayer make vs diligent happy in the workes of our vocation take in to thy custody and gouernaunce for euer our soules and bodyes oure lyues and all that euer we haue tempt vs neuer further thē thou wilt make vs able to beare what so euer thou knowest we haue nede of in soul or body deer god and gracious father vouchsafe to geue vs that same in thy good tyme and alwayes as thy children guide vs so that our life maye please the and our deathes prayse the through Iesus Christ our lorde for whose sake we hartely praye the to graūt these thinges thus asked al other things necessary for soule and bodye not only to vs but to all others also for whome thou woldest that we shoulde praye speciallye for they children that be in thraldom in exyel in prison misery heauines pouertye sycknes Be mercifull to al the whole realme of Englād graunte vs al trewe repentaūce mitigation of our myserye and yf it be thy good will thy holye worde and Religion amongst vs once agayne pardō our enemies persecutors and slaunderers and yf it be thy pleasure turne their hartes be mercyful vnto our parentes Brethern and Sisters frendes kinsfolkes and famelis neighbours and suche as by any meanes thou haste coupled and lincked vs by loue or otherwyse and vnto vs pore sinners here gathered together in thy holy name graunt vs thy blessing and holy sprite to sanctify vs and dwel in vs as thy dere childrē to kepe vs this day and for euer from all euill to thy eternal glory and our euerlasting comfort and the profet of thy churche which mercyfullye maynteyne thereshe and comforte strengthning them that stonde so that they neuer fall liftinge vp them that be falne and kepe vs from fallynge from thy truthe throughe the merites of thy deerly beloued sonne Iesus Christ our onely sauiour which lyueth and Reigneth with the the holy ghost to whom be all praise and honor both nowe and for euer Amen ¶ When you awake out of your slepe pray thus OH moste dere father of our Sauioure Iesus Christe whome none doeth know but of thy gift graunt that to the manyfolde greate benefytes of thy goodnes geuen to me this whiche of all other is moste m●● be added that like as thou haste awaked my body from slepe so thou woldest throughlye awake yea deliuer mi soule frō the slepe of sin and darknes of this world and that whiche now is awaked out of slepe thou wouldest after deathe restore to lyfe for that is but slepe to the whiche is death to vs Deere god I moste hartely beseche and humbly pray thy goodnes to make my body such a companiō or rather a minister of godlynes to my soule in this present lyfe that ī the life to cum it may parte take with the same euerlastinge happines by Iesus Christ our Lorde Awake thou that sleepest and arise frome the deed and Christ shal shewe light vnto thee Ephesians v. ¶ Occasions to meditate HEre call to minde the great myrth and blissednes of the euerlastynge resurrection Also remembre to muse vpō that mooste cleare lyght and brighte morenynge and new clearenes of oure bodyes after the longe darkenes it hath ben in all then shal be full of ioye ❧ So soone as you beholde the daye lyght pray O Lorde thou greatest and moste trewe light whence this lyght of the day and sunne dothe sprynge O lyght whiche doest lyghten euery manne that commeth in to this worlde Oh lyght whiche knowest no nyght nor eueninge but art alwayes a midday most cleere fayre with out whom al is most darke darknes bi whō albe most splēdent O thou wisdome of the eternall father of mercis lighten my mind that I maye onely se those thinges that please the and maye be blinded to all other thinges Graunte that I maye walke in thy wayes and that nothing els may be light and pleasaunt vnto me Lighten mine eies Oh lord that I slepe not in deathe leaste myne enemies saye I haue preuayled agaynst him ¶ Occasions to meditate MVse a little how much the light and eye of the minde and soule is better then of the bodye Also that we care more for the soule to se well then for the body Thinke that beastes haue bodely eies and therwith se but men haue eies of the minde and
teach me thy pathes Consider how vainli the most part of men be occupied how thei do troble and comber thē selues dyuersly how thei meddle with many thinges therby much alienating thir mindes frō the knoledg and cogytacyon of that whyche they shoulde most esteme so becum a let and an offence to others As in goynge abrode you wyll se that your Apparel be semelye in the syght of menne so see how semelye you Appere in the sygt of god ☞ When you are goynge any Iorney Pray THy soure lyfe ys a pylgrymage frō the lord we came and to the lorde we make oure iorney howe be yt through thenyshe placys and paynefull yea perrilous waies whiche our cruell enemyes haue and doe prepare for vs nowe more thē stark blinde by reason of sinne O Christ whiche art a moste true lodes man and guide and therto most experte faithful and frēdly do thou put out thine hande open mine eyes make thy hyghe wais knowē vnto me which wai thou diddest first ēter into out of this corruptible life hast fēced the same for vs to immortalytye Thou art the waye lead vs vnto the father by thy selfe that all we mai be one with him as thou and he together be one Showe me the way that I should walke in for I lyfte vp my soule vnto thee Psal 144. ¶ Or Pray thus MErcyfull father thou art wont to send to thy seruāts mē of simple hartes thyn angells to be their kepers as it were guides as elder bretherne to watch vpō thi weake childrē so diddest thou to yoūg Tobias to Iacob to Abrahās seruāt to Iosua c. O good god thogh we be much vnlike vnto thē so many ar our sins yet for thyn owne goodnes sake sēd thin holi angels to pitch thir tentes about vs frō sathā his slaues to hyde and deffende to carry vs in there handes that we come not into furder daūger thē thou through out wilt deliuer vs for theyn owne sake His Angelles or ministers for them that be heirs of saluation sathan sleapeth not but seekethe alwayes to destroy vs. Hebr. i. Thynke somthing how we ar straūgers from our contrey from our home from our original I meane from god Agayne thinke vpō your madnes that doe lyngar loyter so gladly in this our Iorneye and pilgrimadge Also how folishe we ar to fantazye things whiche we cānot carry with vs and to contempe conscience which will always be acompanyon to vs to our ioye yf it be good but to our shame and sorrowe yf it be euyl and corrupt finally howe vnnaturall we ar that so lytle desyer to be at our home to be with our onely father master fellowes and frendes c. ¶ Whē you ar aboute to receaue your meat praye THis is a wonderful mistery of thy worke O maker and gouernor of the world that thou doest susteyne the lyues of mē beastes with this meates suerlye this power is neither in the bread nor foode but in thy wil worde by whiche worde all thinges doe lyeue and haue their beinges Again how great a thing is it that thou art able yearly to geue sustinaūce to so many creatures this is spoken of by thy prophet in thy prayses All things loke vp to the thou geuest thē meat in due ceason thou openest thyen hāde fillest with thy blessing euery liuing thing thes dowtles are wōderful workes of thyne almightines I therfore hertely pray the O most liberal lord faithful father that as thou by meate through thy word doest minister life to thes our bodies euē so by the same worde with thy grace doe thou quicken our soules that bothe in soule body we may pleas the til this our mortall carcas shall put on immortalitie we shall nede no more anye other foode but the onely whiche thē wilt be al in all taste se how good the lord is blesse the lord O my soul which tedeth and filleth thy mouthe with good thinges Thinke a litle howe greate gods power is that made vs. Also thinke how great his wisdome is to preserue vs. But moste of all thinke how many things ar geuē to our vse how wōderful it is to geue vs lyfe but moste of al to propagate to immortalytye the lyfe of the soule by his onely becke Laste of all thinke that god by his prouidence for thy body wold haue the to confirme thy fayth of gods prouidence for thy soule ¶ In the meale time pray O Moste liberall dystributor of thy gyftes which geuest vs all kinde of good thinges to vse thou beynge pure geuest pure thinges graunt to me thy grace that I myse vse not thes thy gracious giftes geuen to our vse and profites Let vs not loue them because thou doeste geue vs these things but rather let vs loue the bycause thou geuest them and for that they be necessary for vs for a ceason tyll we come vnto thee Graunt vs to be conuersaunte amōgst thy giftes soberly purely temperatlye holely because thou arte suche a one so shall not we turne that to the poyson of oure souls which thou haste geuen for the medicine of our bodies but vsing thy benefites thankfully we shall finde them profitable bothe to soule and body thinke that the meates drinkes set before you ar geuen to you to vse and not to abuse thinke they ar geuen to profit and not to hurte you Thinke that they are not geuen to you alone but vnto others also by you in eatinge and drinkinge thinke that you do but fede the wormes remember the poore prysoners sicke c. as though you were in their case thinke vpō the foode of your soule Christ body broken his bloud shed Desyer the meate that lasteth for euer Iohn̄ vi work for it Christ meate was to do his fathers will Iohn̄ the fowrthe ¶ After your meate pray thus BY corporal meates thou doest susteyne our corporal daylye life redy otherwise to perish the which surely is a great worke but yet this is much greater more profitable more holy that thy grace O Iesu Christ doeth kepe awaye frō vs the death of the soule for this life we ought much to thāke the because thou doest prolong it with thy good giftes we moste hartely prayse the howe be it this life is but the way to eternal life which we besech the for thy deaths sake that thou wilt geue vs so shal we not onely geue the as we cā thākes in time for tēporal things but also eternal thankes for eternal thinges O graunt to vs thes our desyers for thy mercies sake Amē Thinke now that god hath geuē the this his blessing of meat c. and therto tyme that thou mightest as repent so seke his glory the commodytie of thy brotherne therfore go ther aboutes but first pray for grace well to begyn agayne cōsider how thou hast byn partaker of other mens labors as of the husband mans the millers