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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

and saued Graunt therfore my Lord for the glory of thy holy name a liuely fayth to those which be as yet vnder the lawe that beleuing and confessing with harte and with mouth the Lord Iesu they may be iustified and receaue thy holy spirite the which writeth the lawe in their hartes and of seruauntes of the lawe maketh them thy children and leadeth them by the way of good workes vnto eternall life the which thou hast promised to euery one that shall beleue in Iesu Christ our Lord. My Lord thou hast promisod that who so euer calleth vpon the name of Iesu shal be saued But how be they able to call vpon the name of Iesu which beleue not in him and how shall they beleue in him if they haue no knowledge of him and how shall they haue the same if thy gospel be not purely preached vnto them and how shal it be sincerly preached if thou send not faithfull preachers vnto them Send therfore my Lord preachers vnto thy people open our harts with thy spirite to th end we may liuely beleue thy word and beleuing may call vpon Iesu Christ our mediatour and by calling vpon him we may be preserued from thy anger because that without his protection no liuinge creature shal be iustified in thy sight sith there is not geuen vnto men vnder heauen any other name by the which they may bée saued but the name of Iesus our redemer to whom with thée and the holy ghost be glory world without end ¶ Vpon the .xj. Chapiter MY Lord we are thy faithfull but greater is the number of the vnfaithful The which thinge may minester an occasion vnto our flesh to waxe proud if thy spirite did not restraine it Graunt vs therfore grace my lord that we may knowe our faith to be the gift of thy mercy and not the reward of iust works which we haue done So that we ought not to put our affiaunce in our selues but to feare because that if thou shouldest leaue vs in the power of our owne disposition we should fall into incredulitie like as contrary wise they that be now vnfaithful shal beleue if they shal be visited with thy mercy O the depenes of the riches of thy wisedome and of thy knowledge How vnserchable bée thy iudgementes and thy waies impossible to be found out And yet not withstanding mans wisedome presumeth to call thée in iudgement and to require the reason of that thou doest From this wicked presuption kepe vs my Lord and graunt vs grace to bée fooles in this world to th entent we may be wyse in thy sight for that the wisedome of the worlde is folishnes wyth thée to whom be honour and glory ¶ Vpon the .xij. Chapiter MY Lord graunt mée grace that like as thy onely begotten sonne offered vp in sacrifice his flesh vppon the trée of the crosse for our saluation semblably we may make a sacrifice of our selues to thy glory by mortifying our will and our reason in the seruice of fayth Wherfore let thy spirite liue in vs the which permitteth not vs to be conformable to worldly men but transformeth vs into thy image through the renuing of our mind to th end that we may knowe and worke thy holy will in the which consisteth felicitie perfection Graunt my lord that euery one of vs may be sober neither let vs presume of our selues more then that which is conuenient but humbly conteine our selues within our vocation in exercising that talent faithfully which thou haste geuen vs to profite our neighbour Giue vs my Lord a pure loue to th entent wée may be louers of goodnes Make vs feruent in spirite diligent in thy seruice pacient in aduersitie continuall in prayer louing and gentle toward our brethren keping hospitalitie glad with them that be glad sory with the sorowfull of one mind and of one accord not proud and arrogant but gentle and courteous to our inferriours not sclaunderous but shewing good example to al men not contentious but quiet not reuenging but ready to forgeue Poure into vs my lord so much swetenes of thy spirite that euery one of vs may blesse and not curse pray for his persecutours not be ouercome of euill but ouercome euell with good recompensing wrongs with well doing that we beinge holy and perfect through our perfection and holines thy holy name may be gloryfied ¶ Vpon the .xiij. Chapiter MY Lord I sée many amonge Christian people the which vnder the pretence of the libertie of the Gospell which is all spirituall do hide the licentiousnes of the flesh and will not obey their superiours as though the powers being ordayned by thée he dyd not resist thy ordinaunce and condemned not himselfe whosoeuer resisteth power Therfore we pray thée my Lord that thou wilt graunt vs grace to obey redily the commaundements of our heads the which now are not against thy ordinaunces and make vs to render willingly that which is our dutie to euery person either reuerence either tribute ether honour or what soeuer it be that we may remaine in nothinge dettoures one to an other but onely to loue together because that loue is the acomplishment of the lawe Behold now the night approcheth to an end draweth neare to the day of eternall lyfe Therfore my lord send forth thy spirite that may clense our soules from the workes of darkenes and put vpon vs Iesus Christ thy brightnes causing vs to liue after such a sorte that our life may be a true resēblance of him to the honour and glory of thy holy name ¶ Vpon the .xiiij. Chapiter IESV Christ my Lord I perceaue by the light that thou hast geuen me that I ought to accuse me selfe and not to iudge other neuerthelesse I heare oftentimes the accusation of my selfe and do take vpon me wrongfully the iudgement of my neighbour Therfore I hartely besech thée that thou wilt vouchsafe to restraine this my presumption wyth thy spirite saying vnto my soule I was dead and am risen againe to be Lord of the dead and of the liuinge wherfore then iudgest thou thy brother Speak these words O Lord vnto my soule and make them to enter into the bottome of my harte that in time to come I may forbeare to iudge an other and attend to the consideration of my selfe lyuing in such wise that I may not be condemned in thy iudgement but be called to possesse with thy elects the kingdome of euerlasting life My Lord thy kingdome is iustice peace ioy in the holy spirite Graunt vs therfore fayth that iustifieth and peace which pacyfieth the conscience and the ioy that sweteneth the bitternes of the world that we may know by these most precious giftes that we are heires of thy kyngdome may serue thée in iustice peace and ioyfulnes all the dayes of our lyfe My Lord for as much as all that is not done in fayth is sinne we besech thée that thou wilt geue vs so much strength of spirite that neither feare neither hope neither tribulation neither prosperitie may entise vs to do any thing the which we beleue doth displease thée to the end that liuing in faith in feare we may alwayes preferre thy holy will before all things ¶ Vpon the .xv. Chapiter O Lord Iesu Christ heare our prayers and poure thy loue into our hartes that setting aparte all carefulnes of our owne commodities we may procure with al our endeuour the profit and the saluation of others like as to deliuer vs from the bondage of the deuil and of death thou becamest a seruaunt taking vpon thée all our iniquities hast cancelled them with thy bloud vppon the crosse And euen as thou camest to saue not onely the people of God but all other nations the which worshipped false gods semblably graunt that we may be benificiall and liberall toward our familiars and strangers toward our frendes and enemies neither permitte any dissension to rise among vs to th entent that by all men with one spirite with one mouth together the holy name of thy eternall father may be gloryfied Replenish my Lord with peace with spirituall ioy our harts encreasing in vs faith that hope may abound in vs by the power of thy spirite the which leadeth vs by the way of loue vnto thy holy kingdome ¶ Vpon the xvj Chapiter MY Lord graunt vs grace to beleue and without contradiction to obey the preachers of thy word which do preach purely Iesus christ and the Gospell and suffer vs not to be deceiued by preachers which do come in the forme of shéepe and be rauening Wolues and wander about causing diuision offenses as those that serue not Christ Iesu in the Gospell but their belly by false doctrine and with the swéete venome of their wordes do corrupt the hartes of the simple Kepe vs my Lord from the deceite of such graunt vs grace to be prudent and wise vnto good and pure and simple as infants vnto euill and treade downe shortly vnder the féete of thy faythfull Sathan with his ministers that thy gospel may be sincerely preached in all partes the which thou hast promised by thy prophets in the holy scripture and the fulnes of time being come thou haste declared by thy Apostles to the whole world that whosoeuer shal beleue and be baptized shal be saued through Iesus Christ our redemer the whych with thée liueth and reigneth in the vnitie of the holy Ghost world without end Amen FINIS ¶ A prayer to be sayd at the reading or hearing of gods word O Eternall and most mercifull God whose word is the light vnto our steppes and the lanterne vnto our féete we most humbly besech thée to illuminate our mindes that we may vnderstand the misteries conteined in thy holy lawe and into the same selfe thing that we godly vnderstand we may be vertuously transformed so the of no part we offend thy hygh maiestie through our Sauiour Iesus Christ So be it Vertit vt Chamaeleo corpus hirtum Praeter albentes maculas in omnes Sic adulator tenet omne recté praeter honestum · GEVE · GOD THE GLORYE NOWE · AND · EVER · MORE · ¶ IMPRINTED AT LONdon in Fléetestrete at the signe of the Faulcon by VVylliam Gryffith and are to be sold at his shop in S. Dunstones churchyard 1569.

Cristian praiers godly meditatiōs 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 Imprinted at London by Wylliam Gryffith ¶ To my right hartie freend maister T. M. Thomas Beacon wisheth grace and peace from God in Christ Iesu OF howe great efficacie vertue strength power christen praier is both the sentences and histories of the holy scripture do aboundantly declare For where at any time haue the faithful desired of god by hartie prayer wherin he hath suffered a repulse Praier geueth victory ouer enemies deliuereth out of prison preserueth in dangers kepeth safe in fyre mitigateth the wrath of God obtaineth remission of sinnes getteth euerlasting lyfe and purchaseth for vs of God all good thinges whether we respect the bodie or the mind Euery true Christian therfore can none otherwise than highly delight in such and so great a treasure wherof spring so many both necessary and profitable comodities to the vser therof And albeit there are already many godly praiers set forth in our English toung worthy to be frequented at al times of the faithfull Christians yet whan I had perused these praiers diligently considered the profite of them I thought it vnseming to defraud my countreymen of so precious a Iewell For in them they shall not onely learne to pray truely and according to the will of God but also by the exercise of them they shall learne and commend to memory the whole summe of S. Paules Epistle to the Romaines which Epistle in my iudgement is the principall parte of all the diuine scripture forasmuch as it containeth in a goodly order yea that briefly what soeuer is taught in the whole body of the sacred Bible necessary for the instruction and edifying of a Christen man so that whosoeuer hath that Epistle vnderstandeth the same hath obtained the knowledge of the most necessary and principall partes of Christian religion Now to come by this thing I meane to get the knowledge of this so goodly and profitable Epistle these prayers made vppon the same Epistle which I haue caused to be imprinted for the profite of the readers shall greatly helpe so that they which exercise them shall get double profite by them And would God some godly learned man wold take the like labour in making and settinge forth prayers vpon other partes of the holy scripture as this authour hath done in this behalfe For although I discommend not the prayers made by good and deuoute men so that they be not contrary to the word of God yet those prayers which are made vppon the holy scriptures are most to be alowed and vsed of the godly Christiās For god can not disalow that wherof his holy spirite is the Authour These Christen prayers godly meditations I send vnto you as a pledge and memoriall of our frendship nothinge doubtinge but that according to your accustomed gentelnes you will take them in good parte Thus with right hartie thankes for your most hartie good will toward me I wish you well to do From Shene the xij day of February in the yeare of our Lord. 1550. ¶ Godly and Christian Meditations and praiers made vppon the Epistle of Sainct Paule to the Romanes ¶ Vpon the first Chapter O Iesu Christ redéemer of the world I thanke God through thee for all his benifites and specially for the great gift of our redemption by thée which wast borne of the sede of Dauid after the flesh and are knowen the Sonne of God by the diuine power which thou hast declared to the whole world healing the bodies and sanctifiing the soules of the faithful with thy spirite the which thou hast communicated abundantly to mans generation after that destroying our death with thy death thou art retourned vnto lyfe for to be euerlasting life of whosoeuer accepteth thée for their onely Sauiour O my Lord graunt me so much of thy grace that I alwaies may be in the number of those O Lord the onely hope of my soule cause me to know and to perceaue in the depnes of my harte this thy vnspeakable benefite Exercise in me thy healthful power so that I may know thée alwayes as well the Sonne of God as the sonne of man Heale the sences of my bodie to th entent that to my eyes eares smelling tast and touching all those things may be abhorred which be contrarie to thy holy lawe Sanctifie my soule and my spirite that they may be a worthy habitacle of thy spirite Make me my Lord to vnderstand effectually the vertue of thy wonderfull resurrection reuiuing me from day to day and causing me to liue as dead to the world and liuing to God to whom with thée and the holy Ghost be glory Lord God graunt vs so great loue of our saluation that alwaies we may remember thée none other in our prayers Geue vs so great desire of thy glory that our soule may reioyce and render thée thankes through Iesus Christ when the faith of the electes is séene in this darkenes of the world Geue vs such perfection that euery one of vs may serue thée with faith and our neighbour with charitie in our vocation Graunt vs such a tast of the fellowshipp of true christians that nothing may delight vs more than to comfort our selues with them by mutuall faith Grant vs such light of thy spirite that we may vnderstande our selues to be debteours for to distribute frely to other the graces which by thee be geuen vs. Graunt vs so much strength of spirite that we be not ashamed of the Gospell of thy onely begotten Sonne the which doctrine is accompted foolishnes to the wisedome of the flesh but in veritie it is thy sauinge power to euery faithfull person For by it is reueled and communicated thy iustice with faith comming betwene the which is planted by thy spirite in the harts of the elects encreaseth alwaies brīgeth forth most swéete fruites of charitie O father of mercies graunt vs all these graces that we may alwayes be knit in one spirite of faith and of charitie with Iesu Christ our head thy Sonne which with thée liueth and raigneth I sée my Lorde by the grace that thou giuest me that the knowledge of thée which is gathered by the meanes of naturall perseueraunce is not inough of it selfe to make vs good sith it is so that men by the contemplation of visible things created from the beginning come into the knowledge of the euerlasting power diuinitie inuisible haue not glorified thée as God neyther were thankfull to thée but vainely wandering in their owne imaginations and makinge profession of wisedome became most folish in somuch that they worshiped the creatures in stede of the creatour Wherupon thy iustice for to punish their vnthanckfulnes deth depraue them of all good iudgement in such wise that they embrace