A16573:553
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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1He was too good to tarry with us, so wicked, so froward, so perverse, so obstinate, so malicious, so hypocritical, so covetous, unclean, untrue, proud, and carnal a generation. I will not go about to paint us out in our colours: All the world which never saw England, by hearsay seeth England: God by his plagues and vengeance, I fear me, will paint us out, & point us out▪ We have so mocked with him and his Gospel, that we shall feel it is no boarding with him.
1He was too good to tary with vs, so wicked, so froward, so peruers, so obstinate, so malicious, so hipocritical, so couetous, vnclean, vntrue, proud, and carnall a generation. I will not goe about to paynt vs out in our colours: All the world which neuer sawe England, by hearesay seeth England: God by his plagues and vengeance, I feare me, will paynt vs out, & point vs out▪ We haue so mocked with him and his Gospell, that we shall feele it is no bourding with him.
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Of long time we have covered our covetousness and carnality under the cloak of his Gospel; so that all men shall see us to our shame, when he shall take his Gospel away, and give it to a people that will bring forth the fruits of it: then shall we appear as we be. To let his Gospel tarry with us, he cannot; for we despise it, contemn it, are glutted with it: We disdain his Manna: it is but a vile meat, think we: We would be again in Egypt, and sit by the greasy fleshpots, to eat again our garlic, onions, and leeks. Sithens Gods Gospel came amongst us, we say now, we had never plenty; therefore again let us go and worship the Queen of heaven. ⟨image 23⟩Children begin to gather sticks,