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Certeine prayers and godly meditacyons very nedefull for euery Christen
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Luther, Martin, 1483-1546. aut; Savonarola, Girolamo, 1452-1498. aut
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he may se And the Lord opened hys yies / and he dyd se / and behelde a mountaynefull of horses and charettes of fyre about Helyseus we lacke nowe nothyng but to pray / that oure yies may be opened and that we may fethe churche rounde about vs wyth the yies of the faith Then haue we noting to feare As the Psalme sayeth Mountaynes are about it and the Lord in the compasse of his people from thys tyme present and perpetually / Amen ¶ The seuenth Chapeter of the seuenth ymage which is the good aboue vs. I Speake nothyng of the euerlastyng and heuynly goodes whiche the blyssed haue in the clere syght of god Or at the lest yf I touche theyme / it is in the fayth / by the meanes wherof we may onely obteine theyme But this seuenth ymage is Iesus Chryst kyng of glorye / rysing froÌ„ deth euin as he was the seuenth ymage of euylles / sufferyng / dying / and beyng buryed / here may we se the hyghe and chief ioy of oure hart / and goodes parmanent and stable Here is none euylles at all / for Crist ones reysed from deth / dyeth no more / deth hath no more power ouer hym This is the chemney of charyte / the fire of god in Syon As Esay as sayeth cryst is borne for vs / and not that onely but also gyuen vnto vs. Wherfore his resurrection is myne / ye and all thynges whyche he wrought thorough his resurreccion And as tappostell vnto the Romayns .viij. most copyously gloryeth sayng howe shall he not wyth hym gyue vs all thynges whate wrought he by hys resurrectyon truely he dystroyed synne and raysed ryghtuousnesse confirmed deth and restored lyfe / ouercame hell and brought euerlastyng glorye These thinges are inestimable and suche as maÌ„nes vnderstonding scarce can beleue to be gyuen vnto hym No more then Iacob whyche amased eueÌ„ as though he had wakened out of a grete slepe when he herd sey that his sonne Ioseph dyd reygne iÌ„ Egipt coude not beleue it vntyll they rehersyng all did shewe hym the waynes that were sent from Ioseph So truely it had byn very harde to beleue that suche greate benefytes had byn by Iesu Chryst geuen to vs whiche were vnworthye except that bi many wordes / by many wayes and apperinges he had shewed hym selfe to hys dyscyples So that at the last by great vse and experyence of hys shewyng and teachyng as Iacob was by the waynes we be taught so to beleue Truely Chryst is to vs a true and notable sygne / and wayne whyche is made of god / oure wisdome / ryghtuousnesse / sanctifyeng and redempcion As thappostell sayeth I am a sâ—nne / but I am caryed in his rightuousnesse whiche is gyuen vnto me I am vnclene but hys holynesse is my sanctifieng / wheryn I am swetely caryed / I am folisshe / but hys wysdome caryeth me / I am synfull and dampnabyll but hys innocency is my redempcion hys goodnesse is a sure charyot that caryeth me out of perdycion Thus may euery Chrysten / this stoÌ„ding that he haue feith bost of all the goodnesse merites of Christ nether nedeth he more nor lesse to reioyse in theym then yf he had done theym hym self / and euen so are they hys owne So that nowe he may ioyfully abyde the iugement of god whyche eyles were intollerable Suche a noble thyng is faith Suche profites is getteh for vs. Suche glorious children of god it maketh vs. Nether can we be chylder except we enheryte oure fathers goodes Let then euery Cristen sey with sure trust and confydence deth / where is thy victory deth / where is thy stynge / that is to sey synne for the styng of deth is synne / aÌ„d the power of synne is the lawe Thankes be to god whyche hath gyuen vs the victory / thorough Iesu Chryst oure Lorde / fynally The lawe maketh vs synners / And synne maketh vs subiect vnto the senteÌ„ce of deth who hath ouercome these .ij. oure iustyce oure lyfe nay truely / but Iesus Chryst ryssing from deth â—ondempnyng synne deth gyuyng vs his rustyce / and distributing to vs hys merytes / whyche also by puttyng hys bond vpon vs hath healed vs and geuen vs power to fulfyll the lawe to ouercome deth / to exile synne and to bothe chyldren of god / to whome be honoure / prayse / and thankes wyth out measure / and ende Ammen Thys is the last ymage in the whyche nowe we not onely lylt vp aboue oure euylles / but also aboue oure goodes lately also sittyng in the euylles and perylles to vs purchased by the synne aÌ„d offence of an other / and encreased by oure owne nowe fitte and rest vs in the goodes gotten by the rightuousnesse of an other that is of Iesus cryst onely for vs crucfied we are iustified in his iustice and euen as he is iust ryghtuous / euen so are we that are alyed knytte / and clene vnto hym by fayth This is he that hath gyuen hym self hole to vs. This is he that pleaseth god Thys is the most chyef prest / the true bysshop / the good aduocate oure onely mediator / that continually neuer ceassing in the presence of hys father prayeth for vs. And loke howe impossible it is that he in his iustice shuld not please Euen so impossible it is that we by fayth wherby we cleue vnto his ryghtuousnesse shulde not please And bi these meanes a Chrysten is almyghty / Lord of all thynges / aÌ„d clene without all synne And yf it chaunce that he falle ynto synne yet is it necessary that they hurt not / but are forgeuen for the iustyce of Christ whyche is not a bill to be ouercome whyche dryeth vp and putteth awey all synne / on the whiche also oure fayth doth lene surely beleuyng that Christ is suche a one vnto vs as we haue spoken of hym / and moche better then we are able to declare / for he that beleueth not this / knowith not Christ nether vnderstondeth whate Chryst proufiteth / neither whate he is good for Wherfore euen this one ymage yf there were none other / may encrease suche comfort in vs yf we behold it with a good aÌ„d dylygeÌ„t hert that we shall nothing be sory in oure troubles but rather as though we felt theym not reioyse be glade in Chryst that we haue tribulacions with the whiche reioysing instruct vs chryst hiÌ„ self oure Lordes god whiche is blissed for euer And ¶ A deuoute frutefull and godlye remembraunce of the passion of oure sauioure Christ Iesu THere are certeyne which when they exercyse theÌ„ selues in the meditacion or remembraunce of the passyon which Christ suffered for man kynde / do nothynge elles but were wode and furious agenst the blinde Iues and Iudas theyr gyde thorow whom he was betrayed as an innocent lambe into theyr bloudye and cruell handes Euen as it is the comen maner of them whych are wonte to lament and bewayle the myseâ—ye of theyr
Kepe vs from all euyll / misshe vous / obstinate / hard / styffe / vngentill / and resisting will Gyue de we obedieÌ„ce / parsait freminde in all spiritual thinges / worldly / euerlasting transitory Kepe vs froÌ„ the most horribill synne of grugyng slaunder / accusing folisshe hardy iudgemeÌ„t / that we condeÌ„pne no man or turne any thing to rebuke Put from vs that abhominabill euyl / and most greuous stroke al suche tongues / teache vs that if we se or heare of other any thyng worthye of rebuke / whiche dyspleaseth vs / that we holde oure peace hyde it coÌ„plenyng to the onely / putting committyng it vnto thy will / so that with all oure minde we forgeue theim that offeÌ„d vs for whome also we be sory Teache vs to vnderstoud that no man may hurte vs except be do hym selfe moche more hurie in thi sighe so that we may be moued with mercy towardes hym / rather then we shuld be prouoked to wrath rather wepyng for his bliÌ„denesse / then to thinke of aduengemeÌ„t Gyue vs grace that we reioyce not in theyr trouble / whiche haue resisted oure will or hurte vs / or in what poynt so euer they re life displeasith vs / and also that we be not sory when they prosper haue welfare Of this peticion are all psalmes verses and prayers teaching vs to pray for oure enemyes / and against oure synnes ¶ The fourthe peticion Gyue vs this day oure dayly breade THe breade is oure lorde Iesus Crist whyche nourysseth / and conforteth the soule Therfore O heuenly father / gyue vs thys grace / that the lyfe of Chryst wordes / workes / and passions / may be preached / knowen / and holden / bothe of vs / of all the worlde Gyue vs grace that we may haue his wordes / worltes and all his lyfe for an affectuose example / and spectacle of all vertues Gyue vs grace that iâ— oure passyons and aduersytes / we may comfort oure selfe by hys passyon and crosse Gyue vs grace that we may with a scable faith ouercome oure deth by his deth / and folowe without feare this nobil capteyn into aÌ„other life Gyue this grace that all they that preache / may proufitably and blissedly preache thy word / and Iesu crist through all the worlde and that al whicke haue thy worde preached / may lerne Crist and so may be purified / and go forth in a better life Graunt this also mercyfull father / that all strauÌ„ge doctrynes in the whiche Christ is not lerned may be thrust out of thy churche Haue mercy on all bisschoppes / prestes and on al theym whome they call consecrated / of all officers that they maye be lyghteneth with thy grace / to teache rule well / bothe in worde also craÌ„ple of life Kepe al that are weke in the faith lest they be offended bi the myschevous exemple of heddes and rulers Kepe vs from hereyses and doctrynes of dyuision / that we may be agreyng in one mynde / syth we vse one dayly brede that is / one dayly doctryne / and worde of Chryst Teache vs by thy grace / to thynke / and haue in mynde / truely and as we ought to do the passyon of Christ / and to ioyne it happyly with oure lyfe / so that we may coÌ„me and atteyn some thing / though it be but the shadowe of it Finally gyue vs oure dayly breade / that Christ in vs we in Chryst may dwelle perpetuelly / and may worthyly bere this name / syth of Christ we are called Christen Of this peticyon are all kinde of prayers and Psalmes / with whiche we pray for oure officers / ageynst false teachers / for the Iewes / for heretikes / and all other that are out of the ryght wey And also with whiche we pray for theym that lacke â—onforte ¶ The fyft peticyon ¶ Forgyue vs oure treaspaces euen as we forgyue theym that trespas vs. THis prayer hath a certeyn coÌ„dicyon and sygne annexed with hym / whiche â—s that first we forgeue oure trespassers This done / then may we say forgeue be oure trespasses Before also in the thyrde peticyon we prayed that the will of God myght be fulfilled / whiche willeth that we suffer all thinges paciently / not quytyng euell for euell / nether sekyng auengement / but that we do good for euyll / by thexample of oure father in heuyn / whiche maketh his sonne shyne vppon good and euyll / and sendeth his rayne vppon kynd and vnkinde ¶ This is nowe oure prayer O father coÌ„forte oure coÌ„science / bothe nowe / and in the day of deth / whiche conscience nowe is abasshed seynge his synne and iniquyre / then also shal be abasshed / remembryng thy cruell iugemeÌ„t Gyue thy peace into oure hartes that we reioysing may loke for thy iugement Entre not into iudgement with thy strayte lawe / for in it shall no man be funde innocent ryghtuous Teache vs dere father not to sticke or be comforted in oure good workes or diseruynges / but to gyue and submytte oure selfe playnely and faithfully to thyne iufinite and incoÌ„parable mercy Agayne Make that we despeyre not for this oure gylty and synfull lyfe / but that we maye iudgge thy mercy more myghty and stronger then oure lyfe / howe soeuer we haue ordered it Helpe and coÌ„fort all mennes coÌ„science whiche in the poynt of deth / or in any other suche temptacyon are vexed with desperacyon Forgyue theym and vs oure deâ—ces / comfort theym / refresshe theym / and he recoÌ„ciled vnto theim Gyue vs thy goodnesse for oure malice / as thou coÌ„maundest that we shulde do Cast doune the horrible fende flaunderer / accusar / and encreasar / of our synnes nowe and in the poynt of deth and to be short / in all straytnesse of coÌ„science Gyue vs grace to auoyd that by oure diffamacyon mennes synnes appere not the more greuous Iudge vs not after the accusacyon of the deuyll and oure wretched conscience / nether heare the voyce of oure enemyes whiche accuse vs day and nyght byfore the / eueÌ„ as we wyl not heare theim whiche diffame and accuse other Take from vs the greuous hepe of the synnes in oure conscience / so that we refresshed by â—he suer trust and confidence of thy mercy in the botom of oure hart / may lyue / dye / suffer / and take all thinges pacyently In this peticyon take place all Psalmes and prayers whiche ageynst synnes crye on the mercy of God ¶ The sext peticyon ¶ And leade vs not in to temptacyon WE are assauted with thre maners of temptacyon and vexacyon / the flesshe / the worlde / the deuell Therfore we desire the most dere father to endowe vs so with thy grace that we may withstond the desires of the flesshe Make that we resyst and fyght ageynst this super fluyte of meate / drynke / slepe / slouth / and ydelnesse Make that we