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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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holesom worde of thy son our sauiour Yet consider the horrible blasphemies of thyne and our enemies They name a cake ther god there Christ and altogether they know nothing of thy powre they say in ther hartes ther is no god whych eyther can or wyl deliuer vs wherfore O heauenly father the gouerner of all thinges the Auenger of the causes of the poore the fatherles the widow of the oppress●d loke downe from heauen with the face of thy fatherly mercies and forgeue vs al former offences and for thy sonne Christes sake haue mercye vpon vs whych by the force and crueltie of wicked and blasphemous Idolaters without causes aproued are haled pulled from our owne houses are slaūdered slaine and murthered as rebelles and traytours like persons pernicious pestiferous sedicious pestilent and full of mortall poyson to al men contagious where we do medell no farther but against the helly powres of darkenes against the spirituall craftines in heauenlye thinges whyche wold deny the will of our god and the powre of oure Christ vnto vs we doe contend no farther but onely for our Christe crucified and the only saluation by his blessed passiō knowledging none other god none other Christ or sauiour but onely the the euerliuing lord and our most merciful father and thy deare sonne our sauiour who is in the same glory with the in the high heauens Therfore O Lord for thy glorious name sake for Iesus Christes sake by whome thou haste promysed to graunt al righteous requestes make the wicked Idolaters to wonder and stand amased at thy almightye powre vse thy wonted strength to the cōfusion of thyne enemies and to the healpe deliueraunce of thy persecuted people all thy saintes doe besech the therfore the yonge infantes which haue somdeale tasted of thy sweete worde by whose mouthes thou hast promised to make perfect thy praises whose Aungels doth alwaye behold thy face who beside the losse of vs ther parentes Are in daunger to be compellid and dryuen wythout thy greate mercies to serue domme insensible Idols doe cry and call to thee ther pitefull mothers with lamentable teares lye prostrate before the throne of thy grace Thou father of the fatherles Iudge of the widdowes and auenger of all the oppressid let it apere O Lord omnipotent that thou doest heare iudge aueng ponish all wronges offered to all thy little ones that doe beleue in the Doe this O Lorde for thy names sake Arise vp O Lord and thy enemies shal be scatered confoūded So be yt O Lord most mercyfull at thy tyme apointed ¶ An other godly prayer to be sayde at al tymes HOnor and prayse be geuen to the o Lorde god almighty most dere father of heauen for all thy marsys and louinge kindnesse showyd vnto vs in that it hath pleysyd thy gracius goodnes frely and of thine own accord to electe and chose vs to saluaciō before the beginning of the world and euen lyke contenewall thankes be geuē to the for creatynge of vs after thyne owne ymage for redeminge vs with the precius bludde of thy dersonne when we ware vtterly lost for sanctefieng vs with thy holy sprit in the reuelaciō and knowlege of thy holy worde for helping and Suckering vs in all our needes and nescesites for sauinge vs frome all daungers of bodie and sowle for conforting vs so fatherly in al our tribulaciō and persecucions for sparing vs so long and geuinge vs so large a time of repentans thes benifites O most mercyfull father lyke as we knowlege to haue receuid thē of thy only goodnes euen so we beseche the that for thy dere sonne Iesus Christes sake to graunt vs alwayse thy holy sprit wherby we maye contenewally growe in thākefulnes towardes the to be ledde into all truthe and confortyd in all oure aduersetes O lord strenthen oure faithe kindell it more in faruentnes and loue towardes the our neyghbors for thy sake Suffer vs not dereste father to receiue thy worde any more in vayne but graunt vs alwayse the assystans of thy grace and holye sprit that in hart word and deede we maye santefye and doe worshype to thy holy name Helpe to amplefye encresse thy kyngdome and what soeuer thou sendeste we maye be hartely well content wyth thy good pleasure and wyll lette vs not lacke the thynge Oh father wyth oute the whyche we cannot serue the but blesse thou so al the works of our handes that we maye haue sufficient and not to be chargeabell but rather helpfull vnto others be mercyfull O Lorde to our offences and seyng our det yt gret whych thou haste forgeuen vs in Iesus christ make vs to loue the and our neyghbors so muche the more Be thou oure father our captayne and defender in all tēptacions holde thou vs by thy mercyfull hande that we maye be deliuered from all inconueniences end our lyues in the santefyeng and honor of thy holye name thorough Iesu Christ our lorde and only sauiour Amen Let thy mighty hande and out strechyd arme O Lorde be styll oure defence thy mercy louinge kindnes in Iesu Christ thy dere sonne our saluacion thy trew and holye worde our instruction thy grace and holye sprite our comfort and cōsolacion vnto the end and in the end Amen ¶ O Lord increse our fayth Bradfords beades that he prayed on being in Prison for the testimoni of Iesus Christ leauīg them as necessary to be vsid of the faythfull ¶ Blesyd ar the dead that dye in the lord euen so saith the Spiret that they rest from theyr labores but they re workes folow them Apo. xiiii Imprinted at London in Saint Martins parishe in the vinetre vpon the three Crane warfe by wyllyam Coplande Anno. Do. M.D.LIX. the xv daye of Marche
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
euer towardes those that ernestly repente but in the stede of vengance doest showe mercye We mooste penitently beseche the to remoue this thy great indignation bente towardes vs and gyue not ouer our lande our Cytyes Townes and Castels our goodes pocessions ryches our wyfes chyldren and our own lywes into the subiectiō of strangers But rather O Lorde expell them our land subuerte there coūselles dissipate their deuyces and delyuere vs from theire tyranny as thou delyuerest Samaria frō that cruell Benadab Ierusalem from that blasphemus Senacherib and Betulia from that proude Holifernus Gyue vs O Lord such princes rulers suche maiestrates gouernours as wil auaūce thy glory erecte vp thy gospell supprese Idolatrye banish all papistrye execute iustice equite Water agayn O lord thy vyne of england with the moysture of thi holy-word leste it vtterly peryshe wither away Byld vp agayn the decayed walles of thy rewyned Ierusalē thy congregation in this land lest the vngodly do attribute oure confusion not vnto our sinnes as the truthe is but vnto our profession in religion Remember O Lord that we ar a persell of thy portion thy flocke the inheritors of thy kingdom the shepe of thy pasture and the mēbers of thy son our sauiour Iesus Christ deale with vs therfore according to the multitude of thy mercies that al nations kindredes toūges may selebrate thy prayses in the restoringe of thy rewyned church to perfection agayn for it is thy worke O lord not mās from the do we with paciēce attende the same not frō the fleshly arme of mā therfore to the only is don all dominion power and thākes geuing now in our dayes and euermore Amen i. Timoth. ii Praye in euery place lyfting vp pure hādes OH mighty kinge and moste high almighty god the father of our lorde Iesus christe whiche mercifully doest gouerne al thinges which thou hast made loke downe vpon the faithful seade of Abraham the children of thy chosen Iacob Thy chosen people I doe meane consecrate vnto the by the anoyncting of thi holy spirite And apointed to thi kingdōe by the eternal porpose free merci and greace but yet as straungers wandring in this vile vale of misery brought forth daily by the worldly tyrantes like sheape to the slaughter O father of al fleashe who by thi diuine prouidēce chaūgest times and ceasons and most wonderfully disposest kingdoms thou hast destroyed Pharo with all his horse and Chariottes puffid vp with pride agayenst thy people leadinge forth saffelye by the handes of thy mercie thy belouede Israell thorow the highe waues of the raging waters Thou oh god the lord of all hostes and armis didest first dryue awaye from the gates of thy people the blasphemous Senacherib slaing of his armye foure score and fiue thousand by thy angil in one night And after bi his owne sonnes befor his own Idoles didest kil the same blasphemous Idolater showyng openly to all heathē thy prouidēt pwre towardes thi dispised letel ones Thou didest traūce forme and chaūg proud Nabuchodonosar the enimy of thi people into A brute beast to eate grasse and hay to the horable terrour of all worldly tirantes And as thou arte the father of mercies and god of all consolacion so of thy wonderful mercie didest thou preserue thos thi thre seruauntes in Babilō which with bolde corage gaue theyr bodies to the fire because thei wolde not worship any deade Idole and when they were cast into the burning fornace thou didest geue them chearful hartes to reioyse and singe psalmes and sauedest vnhurt the very heares of their heades turning the flame frō thē to deuoure their enemies Thou oh lorde god by the might of thy right arme which gouerneth all broughtest Daniell thi prophet saue into light and life forthe of the darcke denne of the deuouring lions where by false accusations he was shout vnder the erth of those raging beastes to be deuoured but thou turnedst ther cruelty vpon his accusares repainge the wickede vpon their own pates Yea lord which passeth al wonders is far aboue mans powre to perceiue therin thy workinge thou didest cause the huge and greate dragon of the seas the horrible Leuiathan and Behemoth the main whalefish to swalow vp and deuoure thy seruaūt Ionas to kepe him iii. dayes and iii. nightes in the dongeon of his bealy the darke hellicke graue to a liuinge man Thou didest cause that grete monster to carie him to the place that thou haddest apointed and ther to cast him vp saue and able to do thy massage Now also O heauenly father beholdor of all thinges to whome only belongeth vengeaunce thou seest considrest how thy holy name by the wicked wordlinges and blasphemous Idoloters is dishonorid thy sacrate woorde refused forsaken and dispised thy holye sprite prouokede and offended thy chosene temple polluted and deffilede Tarie not tooe longe therfore but show thy powre spedelye vpon thy chosen household which is so greuously vexed so cruelly handled by thy open enemyes Auenge thy owne glorye and shorten these euell dayes for thy electes sake Let thy kingdom come of all thy desyred though oure liuinges hath offended thy maiesty as we doe cōfesse vnfaynedly O Lorde that we haue all sinned our kings princes prestes prophetes and people All we together wyth our parētes fathers mothers haue most greuously infinitely passing all mesure and number with our harde flintishe hartes our dissolute and careles lyfe withoute all shame and repentaunce for syn offendid transgressid trespassid synned and cōmitted most horrible wickednes so that we haue worthely deserued the vttermoste of thy plages and terrible vengeaunce Yet for thy owne glorye O mercifull Lord suffer not the enemye of thy sonne Chryste the romyshe Antichrist thus wretchedlye to delude and draw frō the our poore brethern for whome thy sonne once died that by his crueltie after so cleare light thei shold be made captiues to domme Idoles and deuelysh Inuentions of popyshe ceremonies therunto pertayning Suffer hym not to seduce the symple sort with his fonde opinion that his false gods blind mumbling fayned religion or his folishe supersticion doth geue hym suche conquestes suche victories suche triumphe and so high hand ouer vs. We knowe moste certaynely O Lord that it is not ther arme and powre but our synnes and offences that hath deliuered vs to their fury And hath caused the to turne away frō vs. But turne agayne O Lorde let vs fall into thy handes otherways seing thy iustice must ponish vs let vs fall into thy handes as Dauid dyd chewse by darth famin or pestilence or what waye thou likest least these vayne Idolaters doe reioyse at the miserable destruction of those men whome they make proselites and frome thy doctrine Apostates But oh lorde thy holye will be fulfilled this is thy righteous Iudgment to ponish vs wyth the tyrannical yoke of blindnes because we haue cast away from vs the sweate yoke of the