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All the examinations of the constant martyr of God M. John Bradford before the…All the examinacions of the constante martir of God M. Iohn Bradforde before the…
All the examinations of the constant martyr of God M. John Bradford before the Lord Chancellor, B. of Winchester the B. of London, [and] other co[m]missioners: whereunto are annexed, his private talk [and] conflicts in prison after his condemnation, with the Archbishop of york, the B. of Chichester, Alfonsus, and King Philips confessor, two Spanish friars, and sundry others. With his modest learned and godly answers. Anno. Domini 1561All the examinacions of the constante martir of God M. Iohn Bradforde before the Lorde Chauncellour, B. of Winchester the B. of London, [and] other co[m]missioners: whervnto ar annexed, his priuate talk [and] conflictes in prison after his condemnacion, with the Archbishop of york, the B. of Chichester, Alfonsus, and King Philips confessour, two Spanishe freers, and sundry others. With his modest learned and godly answeres. Anno. Domini 1561
Imprinted at London : In Fleetstrete, at the sign of the faucon by William Griffith, and are to be sold at the little shop in saint Dunstones churchyard, Anno 1561. The .xiii. day of MayImprinted at London : In Fleetstrete, at the signe of the faucon by William Griffith, and are to be sold at the litle shop in saincte Dunstones churchyard, Anno 1561. The .xiii. daie of Maye
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True, quoth I, baptism is the sacrament, by the which exteriorly we are insert and engraft into Christ, for I dare not, quoth I, exclude out of Christ, all that dye without baptism, I will not tie God where he is not bound. Some infants dye: whose parents desire baptism for them, and may not have it. To those, quoth he, we may think perchance some mercy God will show. yea, quoth I. those infants whose parents do contemn baptism, will not I contemn utterly, because the child shall not bear the fathers offence. Well quoth he, we agree that by baptism then we are brought, and (as one would say) begotten of christ, ⟨image 61⟩for christ is our father, and the church his spouse is our mother, as all men naturally have Adam for their father, and eve for their mother, so all spiritual men have Christ for their father, & the church for their mother, which church. As Eve was taken out of Adams side: so was she of Christs side, where out flowed blood, for satisfaction & purging of our sins. Al this is true, quoth I, and godly spoken. Now then, quoth he, tell me whether this church of Christ hath not ben always: yes, quoth I, sithen the creation of man, and shall be for ever. Very good, quoth he. But yet tell me, whether this church is not a visible Church, or no: yes (quoth I) that it is, howbeit none otherwise visible, then Christ was ⟨image 61⟩here on earth. That is no exterior pomp or show, setteth her forth commonly. And therefore to see her we must put on such eyes: as good men put one, to see and know Christ: when he walked here one earth. For as Eve was of the same substance, Adam was of: so is the church of the same substance, Christ is of. I mean flesh of flesh, and bone of his bones, as Paul sayeth, Ephe. 5. Look therefore how Christ was visible known to be Christ, when he was on earth: (that is by considering him after the word of God) so is the church known. I do not come to reason, saith he, at this present, & therefore I will go on forward. Is not this a multitude? yes (ꝙ I) that it is.1 Howbeit, quod la•et anguis in herba ⟨image 62⟩You mean a subtlety in the word, what visible multitude was there in Elijah time, or when Moses was on the mount Aaron, and all Israel worshipping the calf. you goo from the matter, quoth he, No nothing at all said I.