A prayer for the vnmaryed,
ALbeit most mercifull father, mariage is honorable amōg all personnes and the bed vndefi¦led,* 1.1 yet for as muche as some tho∣••owe
[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].
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- [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].
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- Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567.
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- Imprinted at London :: By Ihon Day, dwelling ouer Aldersgate, a lytle beneth S. Martins, these bokes are to be solde at hys shop by the lytle cunduite in Chepesyde,
- [ca. 1550]
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"[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]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06743.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
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Page xxxv
thyne exceadynge & aboue natural gift (for no man can hue chast,* 1.2 except y• geue hī ye gift) lyue free fro•• the swete yocke of m••∣trimony, some agayne for the tē∣dernes of age are not apt for ho∣ly wedlock: we most hertely p••aie the, that they whyche haue recey∣ued of the, the gift of continency, may so traine theyr lyfe in godlie exercises, that thou mayeste goo forthe to contynue and encrease that thy gyfte in theym,* 1.3 that they may the more frely and quyetlye serue the, and care for those thin¦ges that perteine vnto thy glory: Again, that the other passynge o∣uer the tyme of theyr yong age in thy feare, in godly trauailes, and vertuous labours, may exchue al euyl, wycked, riotous, and wāton companye, that when they shall take on them the holie and hono∣rable order of blessed wedlocke,
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they may brynge with them 〈…〉〈…〉 and vndefyled bodyes, & so lyue in that godly state of matrimony auoydinge al fornicacion, whore∣dome, and vnclennes all disten∣ciō, strife & debate that thou mai∣est blesse them,* 1.4 & their mariage▪ prosper theyr godly trauels, send them good successe in al their do∣ynges, and make them ioyful pa∣rentes in seynge theyr chylde as chyldren accordynge to thy holye promyse, whiche liuest & reigne•• very God worlde wythoute ende. AMEN.
Notes
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* 1.1
Hebr. xiii.
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* 1.2
Sapi. viii.
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* 1.3
i. Cor. vii.
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* 1.4
••sa. cxviii.