A16573:577
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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If they had taken Satisfaction, for that which is done to the Congregation publicly, by some notable punishment, as in the Primitive Church, was used to open offenders, sparkles whereof, and some traces ⟨image 31⟩yet remain, when such as have sinned in adultery, go about the Church with a Taper in their shirts: Or if they had made Satisfaction for restitution to manward, of such goods as wrongfully are gotten, the which true penance cannot be without: Or if by Satisfaction, they had meant a new life, to make amends to the Congregation thereby, as by their evil life they did offend the Congregation, in which sense the Apostle seemeth to take that which he writeth in 2. Corin. 7. where the old Interpreter calleth Apologian, Satisfaction, which rather signifieth a defence or answering again. If I say, they had taken Satisfaction any of these ways, then they had done well, so that the Satisfaction to God had been left all only to Christ.
If they had taken Satisfaction, for that which is done to the Congregation publiquely, by some notable punishment, as in the Primitiue Church, was vsed to open offenders, sparkles whereof, and some traces ⟨image 31⟩yet remayne, when such as haue sinned in adulterie, goe about the Church with a Taper in their shirtes: Or if they had made Satisfaction for restitution to manward, of such goods as wrongfully are gotten, the which true penance cannot bée without: Or if by Satisfaction, they had meant a new life, to make amendes to the Congregation thereby, as by their euill life they did offend the Congregation, in which sence the Apostle séemeth to take that which he writeth in 2. Corin. 7. where the old Interpreter calleth Apologian, Satisfaction, which rather signifieth a defence or answering againe. If I say, they had takē Satisfaction any of these wayes, then they had done well, so that the Satisfaction to God had béene left all onely to Christ.