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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16577	A frutefull treatise and ful of heauenly consolation against the feare of death Wherunto are annexed certeine sweet meditations of the kingdom of Christ, of life euerlasting, and of the blessed state & felicitie of the same. Gathered by that holy marter of God, Iohn Bradford.	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1564 (1564)	STC 3481; ESTC S106823	29,063	104

where and when he wyll vinde vp the woūdes of his people and heale theyr plagues Oh that we might haue some liuely sight hereof that we might reioyce ouer the vndefyled unmortall inheritaunce whervnto God hath called vs whiche he doth kepe for vs in heauē that wee might heare the sweete songe of his saued people crying saluatiō be vnto him that sitteth on the throne of our God vnto the lamb that we might ▪ with y e elders and Angels sing and say praise and glory and wysedome and thankesgeuing and honour and power and might be to thee our god for euermore that wee mighte be couered with a whyte stole haue a palme in our handes to stand befort Gods throne night and day to serue him in his temple and to haue him dwel in vs that we might heare y e greate voice saying from heauen behold the tabernacle of the lord is with men and he wil dwel with them and they shall be his people and God hym selfe wil be with them their god Oh happy were they that nowe myghte haue a little she we of that holy citie new Ierusalem descending from heauen prepared of god as a bride decked for her husband which he shewed to his seruaunt saincte Iohn Trewely this should we se if we were with him in the spirite but this can not be so longe as wee are in the fleshe Alas then and well away that we loue this life as we do It is a signe we haue lyttle faith for els how could we but night and day desire the messenger of the lord death I mean to delyuer vs out of all miseries that we might enter into the fruition of eternall felicitie But here wyll some man saye Oh Sir If I were cerrayn that I should depart from this miserable life into that so great felycitie then coulde I be right glad and reioyce as you will mee and byd death welcome but I am a synner I haue greuously transgressed and broken Gods wyll and therfore I am afraide I shal be sent into eternall woe perdition and mysery Here my brother thou doest wel that thou doest acknowledge thy self a sinner to haue deserued eternal death for doubtles if wee say we haue no sinne wee are lyars and the trueth is not in vs. A chylde of a nightes birth is not pure in goddes syghte In sinne were wee borne and by birth or na●●re we are the chyldren of wrath and her brandes of hell Therfore confesse our selues to be sinners wee needes must For if the lord wyl obserue any mannes iniquiries none shall be able to abide it yea we must nedes all cry enter not into iudgement O Lorde for in thy syghte no fleshe nor man lyuing can be saued In this point therefore thou hast done well to confesse that thou art a synner But now where thou stantest in doubte of pardon of thy sinnes and thereby arte afrayde of damnatiō my deere brother I wold haue thee answere mee one question that is whether thou desirest pardon or no whether thou doest repent or no whether thou doest vnfainedly purpose if thou sholdest liue to amende thy life or no. If thou doest euen before god so purpose desirest his mercy then harken my good brother what the lord saith vnto thee I am hee I am hee that for my owne sake wyll doe away thyne offences If thy sinnes bee as redde as scarlet they shalbe made as whyte as show for I haue no pleasure in the death of a sinner As surely as I lyue I wyll not thy death but rather y t thou sholdest liue and be cōuerted I haue so loued the worlde that I wold not spare my dearelye beloued Sonne the Image of my substaūce and brightnes of my glorye by whome all thinges were geuen but gaue hym for thee not onely to be man but also to take thy nature and to purge it from mortalitie sinne and al corruption and to adorne and endewe it with immortalitie eternal glory not onely in his owne person but also in thee and for the wher of nowe by faith I woulde haue thee certein as in very dede thou shalte at length feele and fully enioye for euer This my sonne I haue geuen to the death that a muste shameful death euen of the crosse for thee to destroye death to satisfie my iustice for thy sins therefore beleue and accordinge to thy faith so be it vnto the. Harken what my sonne himselfe sayeth vnto thee Come vnto mee al ye that laboure and are laden I will refreshe you I came not into the worlde to damme the world but to saue it I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance I praie not sayth he for these mine Apostles only but also for al them that by theyr preachīg shal beleue in me Now what prayed hee for suche Father saith he I will that where I am they may also be that they maye see and enioye the glorye I haue and alwaies had with thee Father saue them and kepe them in thy truth Father saith hee I sanctifie my selfe and offer vp my selfe for them Loe thus thou hearest how my sonne prayeth for thee Marke nowe what my Apostle Paule sayeth we know saieth he that oure Sauiour Christes prayers were hearde Also this is a true saying that Iesus Christ came into the worlde to saue sinners Harkē what he saieth to y e Iaylor beleue in the Lorde Iesus thou shalte be saued For hee by his owne self hath made purgaciō for our sinnes To him saith Peter beareth all the prophetes witnes that whosoeuer beleueth in his name shal receiue remissiō of their sins Beleue man pray Lorde helpe mine vnbelefe lorde increase my fayth aske and thon shalt haue Harken what s Iohn saith If we confesse our sinnes God is righteous to forgeue vs al our iniquities and the blood of our lord Iesus Christ shal wash vs frō our sinnes For if we sin we haue an aduocate sayeth he with the father Iesus christ the righteous and he is the propiciation for our sins Harken what Christe is called Call his name Iesus saith the Angel for he shal saue his people from their sinnes So that where abundance of sin is there is abundaunce of grace Say therefore who shal lay any thinge to my charge It is god y t absolueth me who then shal condempne me It is Christ which is dead for my sinnes yea which is risen for my righteousenesse sitteth on the righte hande of the father prayeth for me Be certayne therfore and sure of pardon of thy sinnes be certain and sure of euerlasting life Do not nowe say in thy hart who shall descend into the depe that is dobute not of pardon of thy sinns for that is to fetch vp Christ againe neither say thou who shal ascende vp in to heuen that

shonide thinke I meane therby any other merits or meane to saluation then onely the merites and name of the lord Iesus but that I would the pore christian conscience which by baptisme is broght into gods church and made a member of the same thorow faith shoulde not for hys sinnes sake or for the want of anye thinge he hath not dispaire but rather should knowe that he is a member of Chrisses church mistical body therefore cannot but haue communion and felowship of both that is of Christ himselfe being the lord husband and heade thereof and of all that euer hath ben bee or shalbe mēbers of it in al the good things that euer they haue had haue or shal haue Stil doth the church pray for vs by Christes cōmaundement forgeue vs our sinnes leade vs not into temptation deliuer vs from euil yea Christ himself doth pray for vs being members of vys bodie as we vs in deede if that we beleue though it be neuer so litel God graūt this faith vnto vs al and increase it in vs. Amen Out of this church no Pope nor prelate can caste vs or excōmunicate vs in dede although exteriourly they segregate vs frō the societie of gods sainctes But enough of this As I woulde haue vs often to muse vpon the catholike Church or cōmuniū of saints wherof we may not doubte in what state so euer we be vnder payne of damnatiō being baptised in the name of the father the sonne and the holy Ghost so woulde I haue vs to meditate vpon the other artycles folowing that is remissiō of sinnes resurrection of the fleash life euerlasting It is an article of our faithe to beleue that is to be certayne y t our sinnes are pardoned therfore doubt not therof leste thou become an Infideil Though thou haue sinned neuer so sore yet nowe despaire not but be certayne that god is thy God that is that he forgeueth thee thy sinne Therfore as I said dout not thereof for in so doinge thou puttest a sallet on the heade of thy soule that the dew of gods grace can not in dede droppe into it but slippe by as faste as it droppeth Therefore without that sallet or soule nightecap bee bareheaded that is hope still in the mercy of the Lorde and so mercye shall compasse thee on euery side In like manner the article of the resurreiction of the flesh haue often in thy minde beinge assured by this that thy carcase and body shalbe raysed vp againe in the last day when the Lord shall come to iudgement and shalbe made incorruptable immortall glorious spiritual perfect light and euen lyke to the gloryous body of our Sauiour Iesu christ for hee is the firste fruytes of 〈◊〉 dead and as god is all in all so shal he be vnto thee in Christe Loke therfore vppon thine owne estate for as he is so shalt thou be As thou hast borne y e image of the earthly Adam so shalte thou beare the Image of the heauenly therfore glorifie thou nowe god both in soule and body Wayt and loke for this day of the lord with groning and sighing Gather together testimonies of this which I do omitte for times sake Laste of all haue often in thy minde life euerlasting wherunto thou art euen landinge Death is the hauen that caryeth thee vnto this lande where is all that can bee wished yea aboue all wishes and desires for in it wee shall see god face to face which thing now we can in no wise doe but muste couer our faces wyth Boyses Heltas tyll the face or foreparts of y e lorde be gone by Now must we loke on his backe partes beholding him in his worde and in his creatures in the face of Iesus Christe our mediatoure but then we shal se him face to face we shall knowe as we are knowen Therfore let vs often think on these thinges y t we may haue fayth lustely and cherefully to arriue at the happy hauen of death which you se is to be desired and not to bee dread to all those that are in Christ that is to suche as to beleue in deede which are discerned from those that onely saye they do beleue by dyeng tēporally that is by labouring to mortify thorow gods spirite the affections of the flesh not y t they should not be in thē but that they should not raigne in thē that is in theyr mortal bodies to geue euer them selues to serue sinne whose seruaunts we are not but are made sernauntes vnto righteousnesse being nowe vnder grace and not vnder the lawe and therfore hath god mercifully promised that sinne shal not raigne in vs The whych he continually graunte for his truth power mercies sake Amen A meditation A Meditatiō cōcerning y e kingdome of Christ that it is no corporall thing as the Iewes Anababtistes do faine to whō y e Papistes in maner assent makinge the church so glorious and gay a dame far vnlike to be christes Spouse who was here on earth in no such felicitie worldly glory as their church is They make more of the good wise then of the good men and therefore set forth to vs a strumpet for Christes spouse OPen mine eies deare lord to see thy kyngdome for it is spirituall and of carnall eies simply cannot be considered therfore lesse ought we to maruell to see it contempned and the children therof persecuted y e most part of men and specially y e great men of the world being carnall not spirituall althoughe by title manye bee called so Geue me thy light to see that thy kingdōe O christ is thy sitting on the right hande of thy father ours thy interpellation and mediation for vs also thy geuing of pardon forgeuenes of sinnes the holye sprite to thy church that is such as beleue in thee and cal vpō god the father throughe confidence in thee hereto thy sanctifyinge of of them that thou maist raise thē vp in y e laste daye to life glory euerlasting Graūt me to know y t for the atteining of al these bene fits which be the liberties priuilegies of thy kingedome thou haste ordeined y e ministery of thy gospel sacramentes thereby to cal bringe men to y e knowledge of thy father thee which is eternal life Graunt y t I may feele in my self liuely cōfortably y e efficacy and vertue of thy holy ghoste which is effectual by y e ministery word And lest afflictiōs shuld dismay me y e cōpany of euil mē mingled w t the godly ouerthrow me or offend me graunt y t I may not only know how y t thy church the true chyldren therof shal in this world vntil y e last day suffer persecution that gotes will be amongest the shepe vntil the day of iudgement but also y t I maye in affliction reioyce and glorifye