Meditations and Prayers

John Bradford (1510 - 1555)

The writings of Bradford, as a chaplain and friend of Bishop Ridley, are of interest to all churchmen; and they embrace topics of deep import, which have more or less exercised the minds of devout believers in every period of the church of Christ. They fully justify the encomium of Foxe: ‘Sharply he opened and reproved sin; sweetly he preached Christ crucified; pithily he impugned heresies and errors; earnestly he persuaded to godly life’. They shew, ‘how godly he occupied his time, being prisoner; what special zeal he bare to the state of Christ’s church; what care he had to perform his office; how earnestly he admonished all men; how tenderly he comforted the heavy-hearted; how fruitfully be confirmed them whom he had taught.’ - Summary by Editor's Preface

Genre(s): Christianity - Other

Language: English

Keyword(s): bible (477), christian (182), prayer (68), persecution (12), lord's supper (8), martyrdom (7), devotional writings (3)

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Meditation on the Lord's Supper InTheDesert
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Play 02 A Brief Admonition Written by Master Bradford in a New Testament of a Friend of His InTheDesert
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Play 03 Prayer for the Presence of God InTheDesert
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Play 04 A Sweet Contemplation of Heaven and Heavenly Things InTheDesert
00:07:01
Play 05 A Meditation of the Life Everlasting, the Place Where it Is, and the Incomparable Joys Thereof InTheDesert
00:07:54
Play 06 Meditation of the Blessed State and Felicity of the Life to Come InTheDesert
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Play 07 Prayer for Deliverance from Trouble, Being a Godly Prayer Made by John Bradford InTheDesert
00:06:13
Play 08 Prayer in the Time of Persecution InTheDesert
00:06:35
Play 09 Paraphrase of Psalm 79 InTheDesert
00:15:43
Play 10 A Very Godly Prayer of One Standing at the Stake Ready to Be Burnt for Christ's Gospel's Sake InTheDesert
00:04:14