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A06743 [The flour of godly praiers] [most worthy to be vsed in these our daies for the sauegard, health, and comforte of all degrees, and estates / newlie made by Thomas Becon]. Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1550 (1550) STC 1719.5; ESTC S1782 124,086 356

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and openli declare in our conuersacyon the māners of the our father Thou arte good gentel louynge charitable mercyfull pacyente longe sufferyng holy righteous faithfull c. It therefore becommeth vs thy chyldren in oure lyuing to practyse goodnesse gentlenesse loue charytye mercye pacyence longesufferyng holynes ryghteousenes fayeth et ce Thou hast geuen vs an example that euē as thou hast done Iohn xiii so we lyke wyse shuld do If we say we dwel in the we ought to walke as thou haste walcked i. Ioh. iii. For thou hast called vs ▪ not to vnclennes but vnto holynesse i ▪ Thess. iiii Thou haste deliuered vs from thee power of our ennemyes Luke i. that wee beynge wythout feare shuld serue the in holynes and ryghteousnesse al the dayes of oure life The bloude of thy sonne Iesus Christ hathe clēsed vs from al sinne not that we shuld continue in darcknes i. Iohn i. but rather walke in the light as thou art in the light Thy louing kindnes hath appeared vnto al men Titu ii not that wee shoulde folowe vngodlines and worldly lustes but that we shulde lyue soberly righteouslye and godlye in thys presente world Thou dyddest chose vs in Christe Ephesi i. before the foūdacions of the worlde were layd that we shulde be holye and wythout blame before the thorow hym Ephe ii We are thy workmanship created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes whych thou ordeynest afore that we shoulde walke in them Foras much thē as al the benefits whiche y● hast bestowed vpon vs are geuen vs vnto thys end that we shuld walk worthy of thy kyndenes represēt thy maners in our conuersacion mortifi the flesh the lustes therof haue nothīg to do with sathā nor the world but lead a good lyfe garnished ful of good workes and in al poyntes fashioned after the rule of thi blessed word we most hertely pray y● to indue vs wyth thy holy spirit Ezechie xi and .xxxvi. which may take away our stonye hert geue vs a new fleshy and soft herte Ephes. iiii kyl that old man in vs which is corrupt thorow deceyuable lustes fassion in vs the newe man whiche is made after thy Image likenes in righteousnes true holines Suffer vs not to giue ouer our selfes agayn vnto our old lusts and cōcupiscences wherw t we wer led whē we knew not the nor thy sō Christ but euē as thou which hast called vs arte holy so likewise graunt that we may be holy in al oure conuersacion O merciful God not the herers of thi law but the fulfillers of it shal be iustified before the. Romay ii Iacob i. Neither shal euery one that saithe vnto the Math. vii Lord lord enter into the kingdō of heauen but thei that do the wyl of thee our father Titu i. which art in heauen To confes thee wyth our mouth and to deny the with oure dedes worketh rather oure damnacion then saluaciō For the true knowledg of the cōsisteth not in talking i. Cori. iiii but in working not in fauoring but in folowing not in louing but in liuing Math. xxi To promise the bi mouth that we wil work in thi vineyard yet work nothing at al declare not vs to be thy sōnes but rather bastards ▪ to brag of the iustificatiō of faith not to bring forth the fruts therof to glory in the merits of thi sonne Christ in his blud death passion not to liue worthy of his kindnes Romai vi to profes thy holy gospel not to walk accordīg to the doctrin therof to be baptised in thi name not to mortifi our mēbers which ar of the erth nor to walk in a new life to be per takers of thy deuine misteries Ihon. x● not to be made one spirit with the what auaileth it we ar thy frēds if we do those thing that thou cōmādest vs. We ar thi seruaūts Romai vi if we be obediente to thy wyll We are thy sonnes if we honoure and reuerēce the according to thi word We seke thy glory if we attempt nothīg wherof thou shouldest be dishonored i. Peter ii Leding alife conformable to thy blessed wil we shall prouoke the very enemies or thy truth to praise the but contrarye wyse thou shalt be euyl spokē of Graunt therfore we beseche the that our lyfe may answer to our profession Math. v. and that the lyghte of our good works may so shine be fore menne that they seing oure godly conuersacion may glorifie the oure heauenly father Amen A prayer agaynst the temptacions of the deuil the world the fleshe ALbeit O most myghtye captayne moste valeant warryour and most tryumphante Lorde Christe Iesu thou by thy death hast put doune him H●bru ii i. Cori. xv Osee. xiii that hadde Lordshippe ouer death that is to saithe deuil that thou mightest deliuer thē whych thorow fere of death wer al their lyfe tyme in danger of bondage and albeit thou haste spoiled rule and power and made a shewe of them openly and hast triumphed ouer them in thine own parson by thys meanes delyuered vs from the hands of our enemyes Colloss ii Ephesi iii. Luke i. that we myghte serue the all the dayes of oure lyfe in suche holynesse and ryghteousnesse as are accept before the yet the deuil for the olde malyce whyche he hathe borne against mā from his firste creaciō for thorowe enuye of the deuil deth entred into the worlde gothe forthe styll to rage against vs ●enesi iii. Sapien. ii ▪ i. Pete● v. and walketh aboute like a rorynge Lyon seking whō he may deuour And if he wer not restrained bi thy godli puissāce he wold surely swalowe vs vp Iob. i. Psa cxxiiii so greate is his tiranye so myghty is hys power He preuailed against our fyrste parentes yea and that in the state of theyr innocency and immortality He afterward attempted other preuailed wherof sōe notwithstandyng wer the chosē vessels of mercy G●nesi iii. ii Regū xi Mat. xxvi Math. iiii Mark i. Lu●e iiii Here of getting a courag vnto hym self he feared not to assail that with his suttel tēptaciōs Oh is it thē to be thought that he willer vs alone so feble so weke redy at euery momēt to be ouer throwē Thou thy self callest him the prince of this world Iohn ●ii ●iiii ● xvi ●● Cor. iiii and thy holy Apostle nameth hym the god of this world Strong must he nedes be of no smal myght whom thy holy word so termeth stronge in dede in comparison of vs but weake and of no forse beinge compared wyth the. Thys Prince this god of the world doest thou suffer cōtinually to war agaīst thine elect and chosen people as for the reprobate and wycked Iob. i. he hath thē al redy in his court at cōmādemēt not to destroi thē whiche he