A16573:589
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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In that therefore this outward evil springs out of the inward corruption: seeing Gods Law also is a Law of liberty, ⟨image 35⟩as saith saint James: and spiritual,1 as saith •aint Paul: perfectly and spiritually it is to •e understood, if we will truly come to the knowledge of our sins. For of this •nward corruption, reason knoweth but •ittle or nothing. I had not known (saith Paul) that lusting (which to reason,2 and •o them which are guided only by reason, •s thought but a trifle:) I had not known (saith he) this lusting to have been sin, •f the Law had not sayd, Non concupisces, Thou shalt not lust.
In that therefore this outward euill springs out of the inward corruption: séeing Gods Law also is a Law of libertie, ⟨image 35⟩as saith saint Iames: and spirituall,1 as saith •aint Paul: perfectly and spiritually it is to •e vnderstood, if we will truely come to the •nowledge of our sinnes. For of this •nward corruption, reason knoweth but •ittle or nothing. I had not knowen (saith Paul) that lusting (which to reason,2 and •o them which are guided onely by reason, •s thought but a trifle:) I had not knowen (sayth he) this lusting to haue béene sinne, f the Law had not sayd, Non concupisces, Thou shalt not lust.