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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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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
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
❧ A Godlye Medytacyon composed by the faithfull and constant seruant of God I. B. 〈…〉 lastlye was burnte in 〈…〉 for the testimonie of Iesus Christe by the tyrannye of Antechriste in his fyl●●● members ¶ Psalme lxxix O Lorde let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shedde be openlye showed vpon the vngodlye in oure sight O let the sorowful lighting of the prisoners come before thee ▪ and accordinge to the greatnes of thy power preserue thou those that are appoynted to dye O Almightye and euerlasting Lord god the deer father of our sauiour Iesus Christ which haste made heauē earth the sea and al that therin is whiche art the onely ruler gouernor conseruor keper of all thinges together with thy deerly beloued sonne Christ Iesus our lord and with thy holy ghoste the cōforter O holy Righteous and wyse O strōg terrible mighty and ferfull Lorde god iudge of all men and gouernour of al the whole world O exorable paciēt and most gracious father whose eyes ar vppō the wayes of all men and are so cleane they cannot a byede impitye thou searchest the hartes and tryest the verye thaughtes and raynes of all men thou hatest sin and abhorrest iniquitie for syns sake thou haste greuously punisshed mankind thy most dere creature as thou haste declared by the penalty of death layed vpō al the children of Adam by the castyng out of Adam his of spring forth of Paradice by the cursing of the earthe by the drowninge of the world by the burning vp of Sodom and gomor by the hardning the harte of Pharao so that no miracle could cōuert him by the drowning of hym and his people with him in the red sea by the ouerthrowing of the Israhelytes in the wildernes so that of syx hundreth thousand all onely but two did enter into the land of promis by reiecting kinge Saule by the greate ponishmentes vppon thy seruaūt dauid not withstanding his harty repētance by greuously aff●cting Salamon in him selfe and in his posteritie by the captiuitie of the ten tribes and by the thraldom of the Iewes wherein vntill this present daye they continue a notable spectacle of they wrath to the worlde agaynst and for sinne but of all spectacles of thy angre agaynst sin the greatest and moste notable is the death bloudy passion of thy deerly beloued son Ihesus Christ Greate is thine angre agaynst syn when in heauen and earth nothing could befoūd which might appease thy wrath saue the bloudsheading of thyne onely moste deerly beloued son in whome was and is al thy delight great is the sore of sin that needed suche a salue myghty was the mallady that needed suche a medicine Yf in Christe in whome was no synne thy wrath was so ferce for our sinne that he was constreyned to crye my god my god why haste thou forsaken me howe greate and importable then is thyne angre agaynste vs whiche are nothinge but sinfull They that ar thy childrē through the contemplation of thyne angre against sinne set forthe most euidently in the death of Christ Do tremble ar affraide lamenting them selues vppon him and hartely cryeng for mercy Where as the wicked ar altogether careles contemptuous nothing lamenting their iniquities or crying to the hartely for mercy and pardō amongst whome we ar rather to be placed then amongst thy children for that we ar so shamelesse for our syn and carelesse for thy wrathe which we may wel say to be most greuous against vs and euidently set forthe in the taking awaye of our good King and thy true religion in thexiel of thy seruaūtes prysonmēt of thy people mysery of thy children and death of thy sainctes Also by the placinge ouer vs in Aucthoritie thy enemies by the successe thou geuest them in all they take in hande by the returninge agayne in to our countrey of Antechrist the pope All these as they do preache vnto all the worlde but specially vnto vs thy greuous wrath so do they set before our eyes our iniquities and sinnes which haue deserued the same for thou arte Iuste and holy in all thy workes thy iudgementes ar righteous altogether it is we it is we that haue sinned procured these plages we haue ben vnthankfull wretches and moste carnall gosspelers therfore to vs parteyneth shame and nothinge else is due but confusion For we haue don very wickedly we haue heaped sinne vpō sinne so that the measure hath ouer flowed and Ascend●d vp to heauen and brought these plages which are but earnest for greater to ensue yet alas we are altogether caerlesse in maner what shall we doe What shall we say Who can geue vs pen●ēt hartes Who can open our lips that our mouthes might make acceptable cōfession vnto thee Alas of our selues we cannot thinke any good muche lesse wishe it and leaste of all do it as for Angelles or anye other creatures they haue nothing but that which they haue receaued they ar made to minister vnto vs so that where it passeth the powre of the master she minister muste nedes want Alas then what shal we doe Thou arte holy we vnholye thou arte good and we nothynge but euill thou arte pure we all together impure thou arte light and we moste darke darkenes how then can ther be any conueniency or agremēt betwixt vs O what nowe may we doe Dispayre no for thou art god therfore good thou art mercyfull and therfore thou forgeuest sinnes with thee is mercye and propiciation and therefore thou arte worshipped when Adam had sinned thou gauest him mercy before he desyred it wilt thou denye vs mercye whiche nowe desyer the same Adam excused his faulte and accused that but we accuse our selues and excuse thee shall we be sent emptye awaye Noye founde fauor when thy fury a boūdyd and shal we seking grace be frustrate Abraham was pulled oute of ydolatrye when the worlde was drowned therin and art thou his god onelye Israell in captiuitie in Egipt was gratiouslye visited and deliuered and deer God the same good lord shall we alwaies be forgotten Howe often in the wildernes diddest thou defer and spar thy plages at the request of Moyses when the people them selues made no petition to thee And seynge we not onelye nowe make our petitiōs vnto the throughe thy goodnesse but also haue a mediator for vs now far aboue Moyses euen Ihesus Christe should we I saye deere lorde departe ashamed So soone as Dauid said I haue sinned thou diddest forthe wyth answer to hym that he should not dye thou haddest taken away his sinnes And gracious god euen the selfe same god shal not we which now with Dauid gladlye confesse that we haue sinned shall we I saye not heare by thy good sprite that our synnes be pardoned O graunte that with Manasses we maye finde fauor and mercye remember that thou hast not spared thyne owne onely deresone Iesus Christ but geuen hym for vs all to dye for our sinnes to