Christian praiers and holie medtations as wel for priuate as publique exercise: gathered out of the most godly learned in our time, by Henrie Bull. Wherevnto are added the praiers, commonly called Lidleys praiers.

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Christian praiers and holie medtations as wel for priuate as publique exercise: gathered out of the most godly learned in our time, by Henrie Bull. Wherevnto are added the praiers, commonly called Lidleys praiers.
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Bull, Henry, d. 1575?
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At London :: Printed by Henrie Middleton, dwelling in Fleetestreate at the signe of the Falcon,
[1578?]
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"Christian praiers and holie medtations as wel for priuate as publique exercise: gathered out of the most godly learned in our time, by Henrie Bull. Wherevnto are added the praiers, commonly called Lidleys praiers." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A17152.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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A prayer for the true know∣ledge of the mysterie of our re∣demption in Christ.

O Almightie God, and father of our Lord Iesus Christ, and by him also our father, the father of all mercy, & God of all consolation, haue mercie vpon vs and heare our prayers. We most humbly beseech thee, for thy deare sonne Iesus Chri∣stes sake, for his merites and cruell death which he suffered to deliuer vs from eternall death, and the power of

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darknesse: send into our heartes thy spirit of truth, to worke in vs a true, liuely, & stedfast faith, that the cleare light and brightnesse of thy Gospell, the glorie of Christ, may shine vnto vs, and lighten our mindes, that we may learne and vnderstand the won∣derfull and vnspeakable riches of the misterie of our redemption in Christ and by Christ. O Father of glorie, giue vnto vs the spirite of wisedome, and bring vs into the true know∣ledge of this thy beloued Sonne Iesus Christe, and the knowledge of thy selfe. Open and lighten the eyes of our mindes and vnderstan∣ding, that we may knowe what the hope is wherevnto thou hast called vs, and howe rich the glorie of thine inheritance is vpon thy Saints, and the exceeding greatnesse of thy power towardes vs: that by true faith, by vnderstanding & knowledge of thine

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eternall wisedome (which is Iesus Christe) we may be in deede as we are called, true Christians, and vn∣feigned professors of thy holy name, to worship thee in spirite and trueth, and to set forth the glory of thy grace giuen vnto vs in Christe Iesu our Lord. Amen.

O deare Father, write in our heartes loue of thy lawe, hate to all sinne, thankfulnes of heart, and con∣tinuall heate of thy holie spirite, for thy sonne Iesus Christes sake: To whome with thee and thy holie spi∣rite, be all honour, maiestie, glorie, thankes, rule, empire and dominion, for euermore. Amen.

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