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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
the bakars the browers the butchers the cookes c. Se therfore that thou be not adroen bee but rather such a one as may help the hyeue yf god haue thus fed thy body which he leueth not but for thy soules sake how can it be thē but that he wil be much more ready to fede thy soul Therfore take a courrage to the and go to hym for grace accordinglye ¶ Cogytations for about the midday tyme. AS the body is now enuirōned on al sides with light so See that thy mynde maye be As god geuethe the thus plentifully this corporall light so praye him that he wyl geue the the spiritual light thinke that as the son is now most cleere so shall our bodies be in the day of iudgement As now the son is cum to the highest and therfore wil be gyn to draw downwarde so is there nothinge in the worlde so parfect and glorious which when it is at the full wyll not decrease so wear awaye ¶ When you cum home agayne Praye THer is nothing O Lord more lyke to thy holy nature thē a quyet minde thou hast called vs oute of the troublesome disquietnes of the world into that thy quiet reste peace whiche the world cannot geue being suche a peace as passeth all mens vnderstāding Howses ar ordeyned for vs that we mighte get vs in to them frō the iniury of wether from the crewelty of beastes frō dysquietnes of people from the toyls of the world O gratious father graūt that through thy great mercy my body maye enter into this howse from outward actiōs but so that it may become buxom obediēt to the soule make no resistaūce there agaynst That in soule and body I may haue a godly quietnes peace to prayse the. Amen Peace be to this howse and to all that dwell in the same Thinke what a returne how merry a returne it wil be to come to our eternal moste quiet and moste happy home then wil be all grefe gon awaye what so euer heare is pleasaūt ioyful the same is nothing but a very shadow in cōparisō c. ¶ At the son goyng downe pray O Howe vnhappye ar they O Lorde on whome thy sonne goeth downe geueth no light I mean thy grace which is always cleer as the midday darke night vnto them is the midday whiche departe from the in the is neuer night but always day light most cleer This corporal son hath his courses now vp now downe but thou deere lord if we doe loue the art alwais one O that this block and vaile of syn were takē away frō me that thear might be always cleere day in my mind Thinke that as we ar not sory whē the son goeth down by cause we knowe it wyll rise agayn euē so let vs not sorow for death wher through the soule body doe pa●●e a sonder for they shall eftsones return cum together agayne So long as the son is vp wild beastes kepe their dēnes Foxes their borows Owls their hoals c. but when the son is down then cum they abroade So wicked mē and hypocrites kepe their denns in the gospel but it beynge taken awaye then swarme they oute of their hoals lyke bees as this day doeth teach ¶ When the candles be light pray MOste thycke darke cloudes doe Couer our myndes except thy lyght O Lord do dyspell them Thy son O most wise worker is as it were a fyer brande to the worlde thy wysdome wherby light commeth bothe to soule and bodye is a fyer brand to the spirituall world After daye when the night commeth thou haste geuen for the remedy of darknes a cādle After syn for the remedy of ignorance thou hast geuē thy doctrine which thy dere son hathe brought vnto vs O thou whiche art the Author and master of all truethe make vs to se by both the lightes so that the dymnes of our mindes be dryiuen cleane awaye lyft vpō vs thy myrthe in our hartes Thy worde is a lanterne to my feete a lyght vnto my pathes Thinke that the knowledge and wisdom that god hathe geuen vnto vs by the cādles of this night wherby we se those thinges in this night of our bodies whiche are expedient for vs maketh vs to wishe muche more for this doctrine of God and when we gette yt the more to esteme and diligētly embrace it that as al would be horror without candeles so is thear nothinge but mere cōfucion whear gods worde taketh not place ¶ When you make your self vnredy Praye THis our lyfe and weake knit body by reason of synne by a lytle and litle wil by dyssolued and so shal be restored to the earth whence it was taken then wil be an ende of this vanyty which by our folishnes we haue wroughte to our selues O moste meke father so do thou vnty vnlose and lose me for thou haste knyt me together that I maye perceaue my selffe to be made vnredy and dissolued and so maye remēber both of whome I was made and also whyether I go least I be had vnprepared vnto thy trybunall and Iudgement seate Put of tholde man with his lustes concupiscens Be content with Iosephe to put of thy pryson Apparel that thou mayst put on newe Thinke that we doe willingly put of our garmentes which in the morninge we shall put on agayne and therfore in the after the night of the worlde we shall receaue on out bodies agayne let vs not vnwillingly put them of when god by deathe shall call ¶ Whē you enter in to your bed Praye THe daye nowe endyd men geue them selues to rest in the night and so this life fyneshed we shal rest in death Nothinge is more lyke this lyfe then euery daye nothing more lyke deathe then sleape nothing more lyke to our graeue then our bed O lord our keper defendor graunt the I nowe layeng me downe to reste beinge vnable to kepe my selfe may be preserued frō the craftes Assaultes of the wicked enemy graunt father that whē I haue run the race of this liffe thowe woldest of thy mercy call me vnto the that I may alwais liue watch with the now good god giue me to take my rest in the bring to passe that thy gracious goodnes may be euen in sleape before mine eys that sleaping I be not absent frō the but may haue my dreams to drawe me vnto the so bothe soule bodye maye bee kept pure and holye for euer I wil lay me downe in peace take my rest Thinke that as this troblesum daye is now past night cū so rest bed and plesaunt sleape which maketh most exelent princis most poore pesaūtes a like euē so after the tumultes troubles tēptationes tempestes of this life they that beleue in Christe haue prepared for thē an heauen and rest most pleasaunte and ioyfull As you ar not a fraied to enter in to