The Writings of John Bradford, Vol. I - Containing Sermons, Meditations, Examinations

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Cosimo, Inc., Jan 1, 2007 - Religion - 608 pages
The English religious martyr JOHN BRADFORD (1510-1555) was an Anglican who spent the last several years of his life in the Tower of London, imprisoned by the newly ascended Catholic queen Mary Tudor. Bradford spent his years in the Tower, before he was burned at the stake as a heretic, sharing his thoughts on God with anyone who would read them. In Volume I of Bradford's collected writings-some composed before his incarceration, and some during-discover his sermons, meditations, and examinations, including: . sermon on repentance . his preaching before the court of Edward VI . meditation on the Lord's Prayer . meditation on the sober use of the body . meditation on true mortification . meditation on Death . instructions for prayer . a sweet contemplation of Heaven . and much more.

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Two PREFACES BY BRADFord 1548
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PREFACE TO MELANCTHON ON PRAYER 1553
19
SERMONS ON REPENTANCE AND THE LORDS SUPPER
36
GODLY MEDITATIONS ON THE LORDS PRAYER BELIEF
113
PRIVATE PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS
221
MEDITATIONS FROM THE AUTOGRAPH OF BRADFORD IN A COPY
248
from a MS in Emmanuel College Cambridge
258
The old man and the
294
Defence of Election Dedication
305
Against the fear of Death
331
The Restoration of all things
350
TEN DECLARATIONS AND ADDRESSES
365
EXAMINATIONS AND PRISONCONFERENCES 1555
461
APPENDIX
557
NOTES
588
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