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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

❧ A Godlye Medytacyon composed by the faithfull and constant seruant of God I. B. 〈…〉 lastlye was burnte in 〈…〉 for the testimonie of Iesus Christe by the tyrannye of Antechriste in his fyl●●● members ¶ Psalme lxxix O Lorde let the vengeaunce of thy seruauntes bloude that is shedde be openlye showed vpon the vngodlye in oure sight O let the sorowful lighting of the prisoners come before thee ▪ and accordinge to the greatnes of thy power preserue thou those that are appoynted to dye O Almightye and euerlasting Lord god the deer father of our sauiour Iesus Christ which haste made heauē earth the sea and al that therin is whiche art the onely ruler gouernor conseruor keper of all thinges together with thy deerly beloued sonne Christ Iesus our lord and with thy holy ghoste the cōforter O holy Righteous and wyse O strōg terrible mighty and ferfull Lorde god iudge of all men and gouernour of al the whole world O exorable paciēt and most gracious father whose eyes ar vppō the wayes of all men and are so cleane they cannot a byede impitye thou searchest the hartes and tryest the verye thaughtes and raynes of all men thou hatest sin and abhorrest iniquitie for syns sake thou haste greuously punisshed mankind thy most dere creature as thou haste declared by the penalty of death layed vpō al the children of Adam by the castyng out of Adam his of spring forth of Paradice by the cursing of the earthe by the drowninge of the world by the burning vp of Sodom and gomor by the hardning the harte of Pharao so that no miracle could cōuert him by the drowning of hym and his people with him in the red sea by the ouerthrowing of the Israhelytes in the wildernes so that of syx hundreth thousand all onely but two did enter into the land of promis by reiecting kinge Saule by the greate ponishmentes vppon thy seruaūt dauid not withstanding his harty repētance by greuously aff●cting Salamon in him selfe and in his posteritie by the captiuitie of the ten tribes and by the thraldom of the Iewes wherein vntill this present daye they continue a notable spectacle of they wrath to the worlde agaynst and for sinne but of all spectacles of thy angre agaynst sin the greatest and moste notable is the death bloudy passion of thy deerly beloued son Ihesus Christ Greate is thine angre agaynst syn when in heauen and earth nothing could befoūd which might appease thy wrath saue the bloudsheading of thyne onely moste deerly beloued son in whome was and is al thy delight great is the sore of sin that needed suche a salue myghty was the mallady that needed suche a medicine Yf in Christe in whome was no synne thy wrath was so ferce for our sinne that he was constreyned to crye my god my god why haste thou forsaken me howe greate and importable then is thyne angre agaynste vs whiche are nothinge but sinfull They that ar thy childrē through the contemplation of thyne angre against sinne set forthe most euidently in the death of Christ Do tremble ar affraide lamenting them selues vppon him and hartely cryeng for mercy Where as the wicked ar altogether careles contemptuous nothing lamenting their iniquities or crying to the hartely for mercy and pardō amongst whome we ar rather to be placed then amongst thy children for that we ar so shamelesse for our syn and carelesse for thy wrathe which we may wel say to be most greuous against vs and euidently set forthe in the taking awaye of our good King and thy true religion in thexiel of thy seruaūtes prysonmēt of thy people mysery of thy children and death of thy sainctes Also by the placinge ouer vs in Aucthoritie thy enemies by the successe thou geuest them in all they take in hande by the returninge agayne in to our countrey of Antechrist the pope All these as they do preache vnto all the worlde but specially vnto vs thy greuous wrath so do they set before our eyes our iniquities and sinnes which haue deserued the same for thou arte Iuste and holy in all thy workes thy iudgementes ar righteous altogether it is we it is we that haue sinned procured these plages we haue ben vnthankfull wretches and moste carnall gosspelers therfore to vs parteyneth shame and nothinge else is due but confusion For we haue don very wickedly we haue heaped sinne vpō sinne so that the measure hath ouer flowed and Ascend●d vp to heauen and brought these plages which are but earnest for greater to ensue yet alas we are altogether caerlesse in maner what shall we doe What shall we say Who can geue vs pen●ēt hartes Who can open our lips that our mouthes might make acceptable cōfession vnto thee Alas of our selues we cannot thinke any good muche lesse wishe it and leaste of all do it as for Angelles or anye other creatures they haue nothing but that which they haue receaued they ar made to minister vnto vs so that where it passeth the powre of the master she minister muste nedes want Alas then what shal we doe Thou arte holy we vnholye thou arte good and we nothynge but euill thou arte pure we all together impure thou arte light and we moste darke darkenes how then can ther be any conueniency or agremēt betwixt vs O what nowe may we doe Dispayre no for thou art god therfore good thou art mercyfull and therfore thou forgeuest sinnes with thee is mercye and propiciation and therefore thou arte worshipped when Adam had sinned thou gauest him mercy before he desyred it wilt thou denye vs mercye whiche nowe desyer the same Adam excused his faulte and accused that but we accuse our selues and excuse thee shall we be sent emptye awaye Noye founde fauor when thy fury a boūdyd and shal we seking grace be frustrate Abraham was pulled oute of ydolatrye when the worlde was drowned therin and art thou his god onelye Israell in captiuitie in Egipt was gratiouslye visited and deliuered and deer God the same good lord shall we alwaies be forgotten Howe often in the wildernes diddest thou defer and spar thy plages at the request of Moyses when the people them selues made no petition to thee And seynge we not onelye nowe make our petitiōs vnto the throughe thy goodnesse but also haue a mediator for vs now far aboue Moyses euen Ihesus Christe should we I saye deere lorde departe ashamed So soone as Dauid said I haue sinned thou diddest forthe wyth answer to hym that he should not dye thou haddest taken away his sinnes And gracious god euen the selfe same god shal not we which now with Dauid gladlye confesse that we haue sinned shall we I saye not heare by thy good sprite that our synnes be pardoned O graunte that with Manasses we maye finde fauor and mercye remember that thou hast not spared thyne owne onely deresone Iesus Christ but geuen hym for vs all to dye for our sinnes to

therewith should see ¶ When you arise pray OVre fyrste father tombled downe him selfe frō a most excelent high honorable estate into the miex of misery and depe sea of shame mischeffe but Oh Christ thou putting forthe thine hand didest raise hym vp euen so we except we be lift vp of the shall lye styll for euer O good Christ our most gratious redemer graūt that as thou doest mercifully reise vs now this my bodie and burden euen soo I beseche the raise vp my minde and harte to the lighte of the trewe knowledge of the loue of thee that my conuersacion may be in heauen wher thou art Yf thou be risen with Christe thinke vpō those thinges that be aboue ¶ Occasions to meditate THinke Sum thynge howe fowle and filthye that Adams fal was by reason of synne and so of euerye one of vs from the heigth of goddes grace Againe thinke vpon the greate benefite of Christ by whose help wee doe daylye aryse from our fallynges ¶ When you Apparell yourselfe Praye O Christ cloeth me with thin owne selfe that I maye be so far from makynge prouision for my fleshe to fulfyll the lustes of yt that I maye cleane put of all my carnal desiers and crucefy the kyngdom of the fleshe in me Be thou vnto me a wede to warme me from catching the colde of this world yf thou be a wai frō me dere lord al thinges wil be vnto me forthwith colde weake dede c. But yf thou be with me al things wil be warme lyuelye freshe c. graunt therfore that as I compas this my body with this cote so thou woldest cloth me wholy but spetiallye my soule wyth thyne owne selfe Put vpon you as the elect of god bowelles of mercy mekenes loue peace c. ❧ Occasions to meditate CAl to mynd a lytle how we are incorperate into christ againe how he doeth cloth vs norish vs vnder his wings ptettiō prouidēce preserue vs. ¶ When you ar made redy to begyn the day wythall praye O God and mercyful father thou knoweste and haste taught vs to knowe sumthyng that the weaknes of man is much and that withoute thy grace and vertue he can do nor thinke no good thing Haue mercy vpon mee I humbly doe beseche thee whiche am thy moste vnworthye and mooste weake childe O be gracious and tender towards me lightē me that I maye with pleasure looke vpō good thinges onely exhorte me that I may couet them carefully leade me that I may folow and at the length attaine them I distrusting my selfe altogether cōmende and offer my selfe wholy soule body life c. Into thy handes Thy louing sprite leade me foorth vnto the lande of righteousnes ¶ Cogitations mete to begyn the daye with THinke first that a man consisteth of a soul and a body and that the soule is from heauen heauenly fyrme and immortall but the body is of the earth earthly fraile mortall Againe thinke that though by reason of synne wherin you are conceued and borne the partes of the soul that vnderstādeth and desireth be so corrupte that without speciall grace to bothe parties you can neither knowe nor loue any good thinge in gods sight much lesse doe good then yet this not withstandinge thinke that you are regenerate by Christes Resurrection whereof youre baptisme requireth fayth and therfore haue both those partes sumthing reformed bothe to knowe and loue and therfore to do sum good in the sight of God through Christ for whose sake our poore doenges are accepted for good the euyl and infirmitie cleauing therto not beinge imputed thorow faith think that by faith which is gods sede for they which beleue are borne of god and made goddes children geuen to those that be ordened to eternall lyfe thinke I saye by faith that you receaue more and more the spirite of sanctification throughe the vse of gods worde and sacramentes and earnest praier to illumine and lighten our mindes vnderstanding iudgement and reason to bowe forme frame and inflame your affectiōs with loue powre to that that good is therfore vse you the means a foresayd accordingly Thynke that by this sprite you are thorowe fayth coupled to Christ as a lyuely member and so to god and as it were made one with him and bi loue which springeth oute of this fayth you are made one also with all that be of god so you haue felowship with god and all good men that euer were or shal be in al the good that god al his sainctes haue or shall haue Thynke as by faythe and loue through the spirite you are now entred into this cōmunyon the blessednes wherof no tonge can expresse so after thys lyfe you shal first in soule in the last day in bodi also enioy foreuer the same societie moste perfectly whiche now is but begon in you Thīke then of your negligēce that doth so lytle care for this your happy estate thinke vpon your ingratitude to god for makynge you redemyng you calling you and so louenglye adoptynge you Thynke vpon your folyshnes in fantasyeng so muche earthelye and bodely pleasures Thinke vpō your deafnes blindenes which hereth not god nor seeth him he calling you so diligently by his workes woordes and sacramentes Thinke vpon your frowardnes whiche wyll not be led of god and his spirit Thinke vpon your forgetfulnes and in consideratiō of your high estate how your body is the temple of the holy ghoste your members are the members of Christe the whole world and all thinges are youre owne 1. Cor. 6. Therfore say vnto your soule O soule Arise folowe god contempne this worlde purpose wel and pursue it longe for thy Lordes commynge be readye and watche that he com not vpō thee vnwares And for soo muche as you muste liue to gods pleasure se the vocation state of your lyfe wherto god hath called you pray god for grace knoledg habylitie to take the most profitable thinges in hand wel to begyn better to go on best of al to end the same to gods glory profit of your bretherne and thynk that time lost wherin you speake or do not or at the least think not sum thing to gods glorye and your bretherns commodytye ❧ When you goe foorth of the doers praye NOwe must I walke among the snares of deathe streched out of Sathan and of hys myscheuous mynysters in the worlde carryenge wyth me a frende to them bothe and a foe to my selfe euen thys bodye of syn and synfull fleshe O graūde Capytayne Chryste leade mee and guyde me I besech thee defend me from the plagues and subtilties wherof I am endaungered Graunt that I may take al thinges that hap as I shoulde doe onely vpō the set thou mine eyes that I mai so go on forwards in thy wai as by no thinges I be hīdred but rather forthered and may refer all thnigs to the accordinglye showe me thy ways O Lord 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