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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16100	Cristian praiers & godly meditatio[n]s vpon the epistle of S. Paule to the Romanes briefly conteyninge the summe of euery chapiter orderly, worthy to be vsed of al the faythfull in this wretched and sinfull time / translated out of Italian into English.		1569 (1569)	STC 2985.5; ESTC S1814	15,923	97

lord with thy spirite mortifie our flesh and quicken our spirite that we may liuely perceiue the vertue of thy death and of thy resurrection If our old man be crucified with thée to thintent we might walke toward heauen in the newnes of lyfe why in vs as yet do liue the lustes of the flesh which do drawe vs vnto the earth Why do they not suffer vs to worke all that which the spirite desireth O our Sauiour heare our lamentations and helpe vs for the glory of thy holy name sake and if we be verely thine make vs in dede conformable vnto thy image And like as death after thy gloryous resurrection hath no more power ouer thée but beinge destroyed by thée thou liuest eternally wyth God semblably we all being releued by thy grace permit not my Lord that we be any longer maistered of sinne which is the death of our soule but graunt vs grace to liue alwayes to thée and to sanctifie our soules bodies to thy seruice to th end that vnto thy honour may be set vpon the earth a resemblance of that holy and blessed lyfe which we shal liue in heauen after the last resurrection ¶ Vpon the vij Chapiter MY Lord when I consider the great corruption of mans nature on me cometh a horror and incredible feare of my selfe sithens it is so that whyle thou leauest man in his darknes and in his ignorance he hath neuer true feare of thée nor true knowledge of thy lawe but may be well compared vnto foolish beastes is verely like vnto them and now thinketh that sinne which reigneth in hym is dead and it liueth But when thou giuest him such perceueraunce that he is hable to sée and to consider to what thing the lawe bindeth him then sinne shewing forth his force declareth it selfe aliue horrible and very mightie and man is knowne to be moste weake and worthy of death because that the lawe is spiritual and requireth the puritie of the harte and man is carnall and full of affections and of vncleane desires The lawe commaundeth that a man should loue thée with al his soule with all his harte and with al his powers that he put al his hope in thy mercie and that he directe al his doings to thy honour but man loueth himselfe aboue all things he dependeth vpon creatures and is most desirous of glory and for euery little trifle he is angry with his neighbour and as much as he can persecuteth him whereas the lawe cōmaundeth him that he should loue him as himselfe Finally the the law forbiddeth the desire of the flesh the more it is forbiddē so much more it wareth fierce bringing forth fruite to death encreaseth damnation Likewise sinne which dwelleth in man taking an occasion by the lawe that is holy and iust becometh more mightie and more pernicious and by the lawe in which is set forth iustice life is gendred in man death and vnrighteousnes And while the power of the lawe lasteth there continueth enmitie of man with thée and with the lawe Let therfore my lord thy mercy be blessed the which hath brought vs from most greuous bondage of the lawe vnto the moste pleasaunt libertie of the gospell and to the kingdome of grace and in the stede of the face of Moyses which feareth threatneth curseth and condemneth serueth vs the face of Christ which assureth blesseth and saueth vs geuing vnto the faithfull the holy ghost the which deliuering them from the yoke of the lawe maketh them in loue with thée and with the lawe that liuing iustly and holily vpō the earth we may liue in Paradise eternally through Iesus Christ our Lord. We besech thée my Lord when that day shal come and when this most greuous battayle shall end that the spirite may not desire against the flesh that the flesh likewise may not desire against the spirite which eftsones maketh my life very bitter because I do not that which I would but I do that which displeaseth me Albeit it is not I that any longer in this wise do worke but the sinne that dwelleth in me for that I know there dwelleth not in me that is in my flesh any goodnes Then it is so that I haue a good will but I can not do that good which I desire Wherfore I do not that good which I would but that euill which I wold not And if I do that euill which I would not it is but the sinne that remaineth in me This I say because thy holy lawe deliteth me as touching the inward man that is as concerning the spirite the which is prone and bent to serue thée and to liue after the order of thy lawe But I se an other lawe in my flesh that is an other inclination that striueth continually against the inclination of my spirite maketh me prisoner and seruaunt of the tyranous lawe of sinne the which is directly contrary to thy holy lawe Wherby it cometh to passe that like as my spirite is wholy geuen vnto iustice to holines and desireth the death of the body for to liue with Christ farre from the greuaunces of the flesh euen so my flesh is delited with iniquitie it feareth nor loueth thée my Lord neither geueth credite to thy promises it loueth the entisements of the appetites the pomps of the world neither wisheth euer to come to an end of this mortall life Vnhappy person that I am who shall deliuer me from this defiled and sinfull flesh from this mortal clod of concupiscence the which neuer giueth me rest but alwaies vexeth me and continually fighteth against my spirite I yeld thée thankes my Lord through Iesus Christ which with the sacrifice of his flesh hath purged all the sinnes of my sinful flesh in so much that they be not imputed to me by thée to damnation In the meane season I liue after thy spirite and through liuely faith I am partaker of the most pure flesh of Christ which at length shall make my corruptible flesh conformable to his glorious flesh and shall deliuer me from the body of this death makinge that which is carnall spirituall after such sorte that all the lustes and rebellings of the flesh shall bée brought to nought that all the parts of my body and of my soule and of my spirite might be pure holy and cleane and most redie to accomplish eternally thy holy will Therfore I that in times past was wont to serue with the mind of my flesh to the lawe of sinne now with a mind renewed by thy spirite I serue thy lawe my Lord but with the remnantes of my flesh that is of the olde man I serue neuerthelesse the lawe of sinne and do know my selfe so farre from the perfecte iustice of thy holy lawe that altogether I should despayre of my saluation if I did not acknowledge Iesus Christ for my redemer and for my iustice To him with thée be glory euerlastingly ¶ Vpon the .viij. Chapiter MY Lord my

faith thy holy law is destroyed but I through experience that thou geuest me of my selfe am constrained to say the contrary that thy lawe is confirmed and established by fayth sith it is so that the man which is not iustified through faith doth feare thée as a sharpe and rigorous iudge where as he that is iustified by faith loueth thée worshippeth thée as a father the one as a most vile slaue serueth thée for feare the other as a right louing sonne serueth thée for loue Whereupon to the one thy commaundements do appeare very greuous and vnto the other they be very pleasant The one hauing thespirite of the world through the wisedome of the flesh loueth himselfe and the world the other hauing thy spirite by faith loueth thée and his neighbour for thy sake and the more faith encreaseth so much the more groweth charitie in that which cōsisteth al the obseruation of the lawe Therfore my Lord encrease in vs faith so that in vs may be established and fulfilled thy holy lawe to thy honour and glory ¶ Vpon the iiij Chapiter O My Lord if that noble Abraham could not glory in thy sight that he was iustified by his works what ought I vnhappy sinner to hope of my workes Wherfore like as he beleuing thy promises was fréele iustified by faith so I besech thée that I may obtaine from thy mercy the frée remission of my sinnes beleuing on Iesus Christ And like as Abraham receaued the circumcision of the flesh for a token of the iustice of faith semblably let me receyue from thy spirite the circumcision of the harte to thintent that I may serue thée in holines and in iustice all the dayes of my lyfe And euen as Abraham receiuing the promise of posteritie innumerable as the starres he doubted not through infidelitie neither be considered his bodie vnable to procreation by age neither his wyfe which was baren by nature but beinge strengthned by fayth and trustinge through thy word for that which he could not loke for by his naturall reason he beleued that hée should be the father of many nations and geuing glory to thée beleued assuredly that thou wast able to perfourme that which thou haddest promised which raisest vp the dead and with thy word geuest being to thinges which as yet be not likewise promising me my Lord by thy mercy the remission of sinnes and to take me for thy sonne also to geue me euerlasting lyfe graunt me grace that I thereof may not doubte through vnfaithfulnes neyther permitte me to behold so much my vnworthines that I should not fasten the eyes of my minde alwayes stedfastly vpon thy veritie the which is more able to saue me then my iniquitie to damne me and geue me a fayth so strong that hopinge through thy promise for that which I could not trust for by my sinnes I may beleue by the merites of thy onely begotten sonne to become of the child of wrath the child of grace and inheritour of eternall lyfe and that I may render thée dew glory beleuing stedfastly that nothing is impossible to thée whom though I be dead in sinne thou canst reuiue with thy iustice If my soule bée brought in a maner to nothing through iniquitie thou hast power to geue it a being most noble and immortall restoringe in it thy image The which grace my Lorde I besech thée that thou wilt graunt vnto me and to all other thy elects through Iesu Christ our Lord the which by thy ordinaunce died vpon the crosse for our sinnes and rose againe for our iustice ¶ Vpon the v. Chapiter MY Lord we are iustified through the liuely faith which thou hast geuen vs and be reconciled vnto thée through Iesu Christ our redéemer which hath brought vs vnto his kingdome by the meanes of fayth Graunt vs O Lord grace to continue in thy grace and augment in vs fayth in such wise that our soule may reioyce and glory not onely in hope of eternall glory but also in the tribulations of this present life knowing for a suretie that tribulation worketh pacience and pacience probation probation hope which deceaueth not by thy increadible loue that thou heare bearest vs wherof the holy ghost rendreth a most certein testimony which is geuen vnto our spirite and the passion of thy onely begotten sonne the which to obey thy will died vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners and thy enemies where as scarse might be founde one that wold die for his frende either for one iust vertuous man If therfore thy charitie toward vs hath ben so great that while we were euill and wicked Christ dyed for vs much more now that we are iustified through hys bloud we shal be saued from thy anger by him because that being thy enemies hée hath brought vs in fauour with thée by his death much more now being reconciled we shal be saued through his life O Lord God write these most sweete thoughts with thy finger in our hartes that being crucified by thy grace we may here glory that thou art our God and our father through Iesus Chryst thy sonne our redéemer Amen My Lord God man was by thée created vnto thy image similitude that is most holy iust and Lorde of the world but he through his disobedience became vniust vngodly deceitfull and seruaunt of the Deuill neither should this our misierie euer haue had an end if thy mercy had not ordeyned it from euerlastinge that thy onely begotten should be the beginning the middest and th end of our saluation Therfore we can not so much bée sory for the sinne of Adam as we ought to be thankefull vnto thée for thy benifites because that like as by Adam sinne entred into the world and so death euen so through Iesu Christ is come vnto vs life iustice and grace a great deale more and of more force which wée haue receiued from thy kindnes by Iesu Christ than the hurte that Adam hath done vs through his transgression because that one sinne alone hath condemned vs and the grace of Christ doth deliuer vs from many sinnes And if by the sinne of Adam death hath reigned in the world much more through Iesus Christ life shall reigne in those that receiue the aboundaunce of grace and of iustice which he geueth to the faithfull Therfore like as the disobedience of our first parents made vs sinners worthy of eternal death so the obedience of thy sonne maketh vs iust and worthy of eternal life And if afterward the lawe taking place sinne dyd abound the Gospell comming after the lawe grace hath much more abounded to thend that like as sinne hath reigned which leadeth to death so now grace may reigne that iustifieth guideth such as beleue vnto eternall lyfe through Iesus Christ thy sonne and our redéemer ¶ Vpon the vj. Chapiter O Iesu Christ my Lord we are dead and buried in baptisme and be risen againe with thée as thy true members Therfore my