A16573:578
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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Again, if they had made Confession, either for that which is to God privately, either for that which is to the Congregation publicly, either for that which is a free consultation with some one learned in Gods book, and appointed thereunto, as first it was used, and I wish were now used amongst us, either for the which is a reconciliation of one to another, it had been some thing: yea, if they had made it for ⟨image 32⟩faith, because it is a true demonstration of faith:1 as in Paul we may see, when he calleth Christ the Captain of our Confession, that is, of our faith (and so Confessors were called in the Primitive Church) such as manfully did witness their faith with the peril of their lives: if, I say, they had taken it thus, then had they done right well.
Againe, if they had made Confession, eyther for that which is to God priuately, eyther for that which is to the Congregation publiquely, eyther for that which is a frée consultation with some one learned in Gods booke, and appointed thereunto, as first it was vsed, and I wish were now vsed amongst vs, either for ye which is a reconciliation of one to another, it had béene some thing: yea, if they had made it for ⟨image 32⟩faith, because it is a true demonstration of faith:1 as in Paul we may sée, when hée calleth Christ the Captaine of our Confession, that is, of our faith (and so Confessors were called in the Primitiue Church) such as manfully did witnes their faith with the peril of their liues: if, I say, they had taken it thus, then had they done right well.
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