A16573:599
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 Gods Law, we may see it a foul• spot, not only to lie or bear false witness against any man, but also not to have as great care over thy neighbours name, as over thine own.
In Gods Law, wee may sée it a foul• spot, not onely to lie or beare false witness• against any man, but also not to haue as great care ouer thy neighbours name, as ouer thine owne.
Sin in Gods Law, it is we may see, and a foul spot, not only to consent to evil lust, or carnal desires, but even the very natural or carnal lusts, and desires themselves, for so I may call them: nature it self, being now so corrupted, are sin, and self-love, and many such like. By reason whereof, I trow there is none that tooteth well therein, but though he be blameless to the world, and fair to the show, yet certainly, inwardly his face is foul arrayed, and so shameful, saucy, mangy, pocky and scabbed, that he cannot but be sorry at the contemplation thereof, & that so much more by how much he continueth to look in this glass accordingly.
Sinne in Gods Law, it is we may sée, and a foule spot, not onely to consent to euill lust, or carnall desires, but euen the very naturall or carnall lustes, and desires themselues, for so I may call them: nature it selfe, being now so corrupted, are sinne, and selfe-loue, and many such like. By reason whereof, I trow there is none that tooteth wel therein, but though he be blamelesse to the world, and faire to the shew, yet certainly, inwardly his face is foule arayed, and so shamefull, saucie, mangie, pockie and scabbed, that he cannot but be sorie at the contemplation thereof, & that so much more by how much he continueth to looke in this glasse accordingly.