A16573:546
The complaint of verity, madeThe complaynt of veritie, made
The complaint of verity, made by John Bradford. An exhortation of Matthew Rogers, unto his children. The complaint of Raufe Allerton and others, being prisoners in Lollers tower, & written with their blood, how god was their comfort. A song of Cain and Abel. The saying of master Hooper, that he wrote the night before he suffered, upon a wall with a coal, in the new In, at Gloucester, and his saying at his deathThe complaynt of veritie, made by Iohn Bradford. An exhortacion of Mathewe Rogers, vnto his children. The complaynt of Raufe Allerton and others, being prisoners in Lolers tower, & wrytten with their bloud, how god was their comforte. A songe of Caine and Abell. The saieng of maister Houper, that he wrote the night before he suffered, vppon a wall with a cole, in the newe In, at Gloceter, and his saiyng at his deathe
London: printed for Owen Rogers?, 1559
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Besides this, they which were familiar with him, might see how he, being in their company, used to fall often into a sudden & deep meditation, in which he would sit with fixed countenance & spirit moved, yet speaking nothing a good space. And sometimes in his silent sitting, plenty of tears should trickle down his cheeks. Sometime he would sit in it, & come out •f it with a smiling countenance. Often times have I •tten at dinner and supper with him, in the house of •at godly harbourer of many preachers & servants ⟨image 21⟩of the Lord Jesus, I mean M. Elsyng, when either by occasion of talk had, or of some view of Gods benefits present, or some inward cogitation & thought of his own, he hath fallen into these deep cogitations, & he would tell me in the end such discourses of them, that I did perceive, that sometimes his tears trickled out of his eyes, as well for joy as for sorrow. Neither was he only such a practiser of repentance in himself, but a continual provoker of others thereunto, not only in public preaching, but also in private conference & company: for in all companies where he did come, he would freely reprove any sin & misbehaviour which appeared in any person, especially swearers, filthy talkers, & popish praters: such never departed out of his company unreproved; & this he did with such a divine grace & Christian majesty, that ever he stopped the mouths of the gainsayers: for he spake with power; & yet so sweetly, that they might see their evil to be evil, & hurtful unto them, and understand that it was good in deed, to the which he laboured to draw them in God.
Besides this, they which were familiar with him, might see how he, being in their cōpany, vsed to fall often into a sudden & deep meditation, in which he would sit with fixed coūtenance & spirit moued, yet speaking nothing a good space. And sometimes in his silent sitting, plenty of teares shuld trickle down his cheeks. Sometime he would sit in it, & come out •f it with a smiling coūtenance. Often times haue I •tten at dinner and supper with him, in the house of •at godly harbourer of many preachers & seruants ⟨image 21⟩