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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

faith thy holy law is destroyed but I through experience that thou geuest me of my selfe am constrained to say the contrary that thy lawe is confirmed and established by fayth sith it is so that the man which is not iustified through faith doth feare thée as a sharpe and rigorous iudge where as he that is iustified by faith loueth thée worshippeth thée as a father the one as a most vile slaue serueth thée for feare the other as a right louing sonne serueth thée for loue Whereupon to the one thy commaundements do appeare very greuous and vnto the other they be very pleasant The one hauing thespirite of the world through the wisedome of the flesh loueth himselfe and the world the other hauing thy spirite by faith loueth thée and his neighbour for thy sake and the more faith encreaseth so much the more groweth charitie in that which cōsisteth al the obseruation of the lawe Therfore my Lord encrease in vs faith so that in vs may be established and fulfilled thy holy lawe to thy honour and glory ¶ Vpon the iiij Chapiter O My Lord if that noble Abraham could not glory in thy sight that he was iustified by his works what ought I vnhappy sinner to hope of my workes Wherfore like as he beleuing thy promises was fréele iustified by faith so I besech thée that I may obtaine from thy mercy the frée remission of my sinnes beleuing on Iesus Christ And like as Abraham receaued the circumcision of the flesh for a token of the iustice of faith semblably let me receyue from thy spirite the circumcision of the harte to thintent that I may serue thée in holines and in iustice all the dayes of my lyfe And euen as Abraham receiuing the promise of posteritie innumerable as the starres he doubted not through infidelitie neither be considered his bodie vnable to procreation by age neither his wyfe which was baren by nature but beinge strengthned by fayth and trustinge through thy word for that which he could not loke for by his naturall reason he beleued that hée should be the father of many nations and geuing glory to thée beleued assuredly that thou wast able to perfourme that which thou haddest promised which raisest vp the dead and with thy word geuest being to thinges which as yet be not likewise promising me my Lord by thy mercy the remission of sinnes and to take me for thy sonne also to geue me euerlasting lyfe graunt me grace that I thereof may not doubte through vnfaithfulnes neyther permitte me to behold so much my vnworthines that I should not fasten the eyes of my minde alwayes stedfastly vpon thy veritie the which is more able to saue me then my iniquitie to damne me and geue me a fayth so strong that hopinge through thy promise for that which I could not trust for by my sinnes I may beleue by the merites of thy onely begotten sonne to become of the child of wrath the child of grace and inheritour of eternall lyfe and that I may render thée dew glory beleuing stedfastly that nothing is impossible to thée whom though I be dead in sinne thou canst reuiue with thy iustice If my soule bée brought in a maner to nothing through iniquitie thou hast power to geue it a being most noble and immortall restoringe in it thy image The which grace my Lorde I besech thée that thou wilt graunt vnto me and to all other thy elects through Iesu Christ our Lord the which by thy ordinaunce died vpon the crosse for our sinnes and rose againe for our iustice ¶ Vpon the v. Chapiter MY Lord we are iustified through the liuely faith which thou hast geuen vs and be reconciled vnto thée through Iesu Christ our redéemer which hath brought vs vnto his kingdome by the meanes of fayth Graunt vs O Lord grace to continue in thy grace and augment in vs fayth in such wise that our soule may reioyce and glory not onely in hope of eternall glory but also in the tribulations of this present life knowing for a suretie that tribulation worketh pacience and pacience probation probation hope which deceaueth not by thy increadible loue that thou heare bearest vs wherof the holy ghost rendreth a most certein testimony which is geuen vnto our spirite and the passion of thy onely begotten sonne the which to obey thy will died vpon the crosse for vs miserable sinners and thy enemies where as scarse might be founde one that wold die for his frende either for one iust vertuous man If therfore thy charitie toward vs hath ben so great that while we were euill and wicked Christ dyed for vs much more now that we are iustified through hys bloud we shal be saued from thy anger by him because that being thy enemies hée hath brought vs in fauour with thée by his death much more now being reconciled we shal be saued through his life O Lord God write these most sweete thoughts with thy finger in our hartes that being crucified by thy grace we may here glory that thou art our God and our father through Iesus Chryst thy sonne our redéemer Amen My Lord God man was by thée created vnto thy image similitude that is most holy iust and Lorde of the world but he through his disobedience became vniust vngodly deceitfull and seruaunt of the Deuill neither should this our misierie euer haue had an end if thy mercy had not ordeyned it from euerlastinge that thy onely begotten should be the beginning the middest and th end of our saluation Therfore we can not so much bée sory for the sinne of Adam as we ought to be thankefull vnto thée for thy benifites because that like as by Adam sinne entred into the world and so death euen so through Iesu Christ is come vnto vs life iustice and grace a great deale more and of more force which wée haue receiued from thy kindnes by Iesu Christ than the hurte that Adam hath done vs through his transgression because that one sinne alone hath condemned vs and the grace of Christ doth deliuer vs from many sinnes And if by the sinne of Adam death hath reigned in the world much more through Iesus Christ life shall reigne in those that receiue the aboundaunce of grace and of iustice which he geueth to the faithfull Therfore like as the disobedience of our first parents made vs sinners worthy of eternal death so the obedience of thy sonne maketh vs iust and worthy of eternal life And if afterward the lawe taking place sinne dyd abound the Gospell comming after the lawe grace hath much more abounded to thend that like as sinne hath reigned which leadeth to death so now grace may reigne that iustifieth guideth such as beleue vnto eternall lyfe through Iesus Christ thy sonne and our redéemer ¶ Vpon the vj. Chapiter O Iesu Christ my Lord we are dead and buried in baptisme and be risen againe with thée as thy true members Therfore my

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.