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A16580	Godlie meditations vpon the Lordes prayer, the beleefe, and ten commaundementes with other comfortable meditations, praiers and exercises. Whereunto is annexed a defence of the doctrine of gods eternall election and predestination, gathered by the constant martyr of God Iohn Bradford in the tyme of his imprisonment. The contentes wherof appeare in the page nexte folovvyng.; Godlie meditations upon the Lordes prayer, the beleefe, and ten commaundementes.	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1562 (1562)	STC 3484; ESTC S118261	91,610	260

to make me as thou haste do●● to geue thy sōne for me and to become my ●ode Oh what am I that thou woldest I shoulde put my trust in thee Thys y ● doest that I mighte neuer be confounded but might be most happie What am I that y ● woldest I should feare thee Where the onely cause whye y ● requirest this of me is not onelye because thou haste power to cast both bodye soule into hell fier because they that feare thee not shal perishe but also that y ● mightest geue me thy wisdome that it might goe well with me in the euell daye that thou mightest reueale thy sōne to me and thy mercye might be vpon me from generacion to generacion Oh what am I that thou woldest haue me to obey thee not onely that I neuer perishe with the disobediēt but that thou mightest geue me thy holy spirit and rewards innumerable Oh what am I that y ● woldest I should loue thee y ● which thinge thou doest to this ende that I might fully and wholy enioye and possesse thee according to the nature of loue and therfore doest thou require my whole hart that I mighte dwel in thee and thou in me What am I that thou woldest I shuld call vpon thee verely because thou wilt geue me whatsoeuer I shall aske of thee in the name of thy deare childe Iesus Christ and euen so woldest y ● haue me thankfull that y ● mightest poure out vpon me yet more plentifully al good things So that great cause haue I to put my trust in thee to loue feare and obey thee to call vpon thee to be thankful vnto thee not only in respect of the hurt which els will ensew but also in respect of the commoditie that herby cometh vnto me but most of all yea alonely for thy owne sake for thy goodnes wisedome becutie strength power trueth and great mercies But alas deare father what shal I saye As in times paste horribly I haue broken this thy lawe in trusting in thy creatures calling vpon them louing fearing and obeying many thinges besydes thee and rather then thee euē so at this present I am a most miserable wreth blinded I am through vnbeliefe mine owne wickednes so y ● I se not firmely thys thy power wisedome goodnes c but wauer and doubt of it I loue litle or nothing I feare lesse I obey least of al thankefulnes and praier are vtterly quenched in me by reason wherof I am worthy of eternall damnatiō If after thy iustice thou shalt deale with me simplie I am oh lord damned and loste for euer for I am verye wicked But yet in asmuch as thou bast geuē thy sōne Iesus Christ to be a slaine propitiatorie sacrifice for the sinnes of the whole world so that he which be leueth in him shall not perish but be saued for so thou hast promised thy trueth nowe requireth to saue me No wbeit here thou maiest say vnto me that I doe not beleue and therfore notwithstandinge thy trueth promise in that I beleue it not thou maiest most iustly after thy Iustice dampne me Oh lorde god to this I cannot otherwise answer my vnbeleife is so great but because thy mercye is aboue al thy workes and thy goodnes and loue is that which all creatures most highly commend and magnifie as the thing wherof thou arte called god because y ● art righte good and lone it selfe because of this thy mercye gracious god yf thou wilte loke thereon and couple thy trueth therewith then good lord I shalbe saued and praise thy name for euer more ¶ Thou shalte not make to thy selfe any grauen c. AS the fyrste commaundemente teacheth me as well that thou arte my god as what god thou art and therfore of equitie I shuld haue noone other goddes but thee that is I shoulde alonely hange on thee truste in thee loue thee serue thee call vpon thee obey thee be thankefull to thee so because y ● didst reueyle thy selfe visiblie that thou mightest visibly be worshipped this commaundement is concerning thy worshippe that in no point I shuld folowe in worshipping thee the deuise or intent of any man saint Angell or spirit but shuld take al such as Idolatrie Image seruice be it neuer so glorioꝰ And why for soth because y ● woldest I shoulde worshippe thee as thou hast appointed by thy word For if seruice be acceptable it must nedes be according to the will of him to whom it is done and not of him which doeth it But in asmuch as of man none knoweth the will and pleasure but his spirit except he reueale by worde or signe the same much more of thee o lord none doeth knowe thy will but thy spirite and they to whom thou doest reueale the same And therfore abominable euē in thy sight are al those things which with men are in most force and estimatiō because they are not after thy word So that the meaninge of this precepte is that as in the firste I shoulde haue none other gods but thee so I shoulde haue no worshippe of thee but such as thou appoitest Herby therfore I se great cause of thankefulnes for this commaundement in that thou woldest haue mine outward seruice and that after thy appointment lest I should busye my braine howe best to serue thee Good lord thou nedest not my seruice perfecte thou wast before I was therefore it is for mine owne commoditie that thou commaūdest me yea euen for mine owne wealth Thou mightest haue lettē me haue stand al day idle but such is thi loue that thou woldest I should goe into thy vineyarde that w t thy seruants I mighte receiue the hier of blessednes And how great a benefite is it to deliuer me of so greate a burden wherwith I should haue bene combred if I should haue serued thee in any point after my witte and reasō But halas I not considering what a promotion thy seruice is nor what an easye seruice it is and simple for one maye well know what to doe when he pleaseth thee namely whē he serueth thee as thou hast appointed as I am and alwaies haue been vnthankefull so I am and alwaies haue been a greuous transgressor of this thy lawe For as in times past when I dyd not knowe thys commaūdement I was an Image worshipper of stocks stones c yea bread and wine so nowe I am a worshipper of myn affectiōs offering to thē y e seruice due vnto thee though not therby to worship thee as I thought when I kneled to stocks and stones bread wine c yet with no lesse transgression of thy lawe for the which I haue deserued and doe deserue euerlasting damnatiō Of thy goodnes and great mercy deare father I beseche thee forgeue me for Christs sake whom thou didst geue to be the fulfylling of the lawe to al them that should beleue Oh father I beleue helpe mine vnbeliefe As thou haste

at rewarde pampering vp the seruaunt to oure shame Oh therfore good lord that it wold please thee to opē this geare vnto me and to geue me eyes to consider effectually this my bodie what it is namely a seruant lent for the soule to soiorne in serue thee ī this life yea it is by reasō of sinne y ● hath his dwelling there become nowe to the soule nothing els but a prison that most straite vile stinking fylthy and therfore in daunger of miseries to many in al ages tymes places till deathe hathe turned it to duste whereof it came and whether it shall returne that the soule maye returne to thee from whence it came vntil the day of Iudgement come in the whiche y u wilte reise vp that body that then it may be partaker with the soule the soule with it inseparably of weale or woe according to that is done in by the same body here nowe in earth Oh that I could consyder often and hartely these thinges then shoulde I not pamper vp thys body to obey it but brydle it that it might obey y ● soule then should I flye the paine it putteth my soule vnto by reason of synne and prouocation to al euyl continually desyre the dissolution of it w t Paul y ● deliuerance frō it as much as euer dyd prisoner his delyueraunce out of prison for alonelyr by it the deuyl hath a dore to tempt and so to hurte me in it I am kepte frō thy presence and thou from being so conuersant with me as els y u wouldeste be by it I am restrained from the sense and feeling of all the ioyes and cōfortes in maner which are to be taken as ioyes and comfortes in dede If it were dissolued and I oute of it then coulde Sathan no more hurt me then wouldest thou speake w t me face to face then the conflicting time were at an end then sorow would cease and ioye woldencrease and I shuld enter into inestimable reste Oh that I considered this accordingly AN OTHER mediation to the same effecte THE begynning of al euyl in our kind of lyuinge springeth oute of the deprauatyon and corruptnes of our Iudgement because our wil alwaies foloweth-that whiche reason Iudgeth to be folowed Now that which euery man taketh to be frendly and agreing to his nature the same doth he Iudge necessarely to be good for him and to be desyred This is meate drinke apparell riches fauour dignitye rule knowledge and suche like because they are thought good and agreing either to the body or to the minde or to both for they helpe either to the cōseruatiō or to the pleasure of mā accompted of euerye one amongest good thinges How beit suche is the weaknes of our witte on y ● one part the blindnes and to muche rage of our lustes on the other part that we being left to oure selues cannot but in the desire of thinges which we iudge good and agreinge to oure nature by the Iudgement of our senses and reasō we cannot I say but ouer passe the boundes wherby they might be profitable vnto vs and so we make thē hurtful to vs whiche of the themselues are ordained for our health What is more necessarye then meate and drinke or more agreing to nature but yet how fewe be there which de not hurt thēselues by them In like maner it goeth w t riches estimatiō frendes lerning c. Yea althoughe we be ī these most tēperate yet whē there wanteth y ● spirit our regeneratour we are so drouned in thē 〈◊〉 we vtterly neglect to lift vp our mīds to the good pleasure of god to the ends we mighte imitate and folowe god our maker by yelding our selnes oiuer dulye to vse his giftes to y ● common priuate vtility of oure neighbours But now gōd only is life cternity cannot but demaund of vs his handiworke y ● we should render ●ure selues al we haue to the ende wherfore we were made y ● is to resemble for our portion his goodnes as those which be nothinge els but witnesses instrumēts of his m●●●y So y ● when we wholly do naturally ●●riue agaīst y ● kind of life wherto he hath creat vs by seking alwaies ourselues what other thing ought to ensue but y ● he shuld again destroy vs take away his notable gifts wher w t be endued vs y ● by al kind of wel doing we shuld resemble his image yea what other this may ensue but that he shuld leaue vs y ● eternally y ● we might fele by experiēce proue how bitter a thing it is to leaue y ● lord 〈◊〉 whō is al goodnes Oh y ● therfore I might finde such fauour in thy sight dere father y ● y u woldest worke in ●●e by thy holy spirit a true knowledge of al good thinges and harty loue to the same through Christ Iesus our lord and only sauiour Amen A MEDITATION FOR THE exercyse of true mortification HE that wilbe readye in weightie matters to denie his owne w● to be obedient to the wyl of God the same had nede to accustome him selfe to deny his desyres in matters of iesse weyght and to exercyse mortification of his owne wil in trisles For if that 〈◊〉 affectiōs by this daily custome be not as it were half slaine surely surely when they lunge shal come we shal fynd the more to doe If we cannot watch with christ one howre as he saieth to Peter we vndoubtedly can muche lesse goe to death with him Wherefore that in great temptacions we may be ready to say with Christ not my wyll but thine be done in that this commōly commeth not to passe but where the rotes of our lustes by thy grace dere father are almost rotten and rooted out by a daily deniall of that they desire I humbly besech thee for christs sake to help me herein First pardon me my cherishing as it were watering of mine affections obeyinge them in theyr deuyses and superfluous desyres wherthroughe in that they haue taken depe roote and are to liuely in me I secondly do besech thee to pul them vp by the rotes out of my hart and so henceforth to order me that I may cōtinually accustome my self to weaken the principal rote that the byrotes braunthes may lose al their power Graūt me I besech thee y ● thy grace maye daily mortifie my cōcupiscēce of pleasant things y ● is of wealth riches glory libertie fauour of mē meats drinks apparel ease yea life it self y ● the horror and impaciencie of more greuous things may he weakened and I made more pacient in aduersytie Whervnto I further desire pray thy goodnes deare father that thou wilt adde this namely that I may for euer become obedient ready to thy good wil in al things hartely willingly to serue thee doe whatsoeuer mai please the. 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