A16573:590
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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To the knowledge therefore of our sin (without which we cannot repent, or be sort for our sin,) let us secondly get us Gods Law, as a glass to toot in: and that not only literally, outwardly, or partly, but also spiritually, inwardly, & throughly. Let us consider the heart, and so shall we see the foul spots we are stained withal, at least inwardly, whereby we the rather may be moved to hearty sorrow and sighing. For as Saint Augustine saith, it is a glass which feareth no body, but even look what a one thou art, so it painteth thee out.
To the knowledge therefore of our sinne (without which we cannot repent, or bée sorte for our sinne,) let vs secondly get vs Gods Law, as a glasse to toote in: and that not onely literally, outwardly, or partly, but also spiritually, inwardly, & throughly. Let vs consider the heart, and so shall we sée the foule spots we are stained withall, at least inwardly, whereby we the rather may bee moued to hearty sorrow and sighing. For as Saint Austine sayth, it is a glasse which feareth no body, but euen looke what a one thou art, so it painteth thée out.
In the Law we see it is a foul spot, not to love the Lord our God, with all (I ⟨image 36⟩say) our heart, soul, power, might and strength, and that continually.
In the Law wee sée it is a foule spotte, not to loue the Lord our God, with all (I ⟨image 36⟩say) our heart, soule, power, might and strength, and that continually.
In the Law it is a foul spot, not only to make to our selves any graven Image or similitude, to bow thereto, &c. but also no to frame our selves wholly after the Image whereto we are made, not to bow to it, to worship it.