A16573:602
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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This tag is Gods malediction or curse. Maledictus omnis (sayth it) qui non permanet in omnibus quae scripta sunt in libro legis, ut faciat eam. Lo, accursed (saith he) is all, no exception, all, saith God, which continueth not in all things (for he that is guilty of one, is guilty of the whole, saith S. James:) in all things therefore, (saith the holy Ghost) which are written in the book ⟨image 38⟩of the law to do them. He saith not, to hear them, to talk of them, to dispute of them, but, to do them.
This tag is Gods malediction or curse. Maledictus omnis (sayth it) qui non permanet in omnibus quae scripta sunt in libro legis, vt faciat eam. Loe, accursed (sayth he) is all, no exception, all, sayth God, which continueth not in all things (for he that is guiltie of one, is guiltie of the whole, sayth S. Iames:) in all things therefore, (sayth the holy Ghost) which are written in the booke ⟨image 38⟩of the law to doe them. Hee sayth not, to heare them, to talke of them, to dispute of them, but, to doe them.
Who is he now that doeth these? Rara anis, few such Birds, yea, none at all. For all are gone out of the way, though not outwardly by word or deed, yet inwardly at the least by default, and wanting of that which is required: so that a child of one nights age is not pure, but (by reason of birth-sin) in danger of Gods malediction: then much more we, which alas, have drunken in iniquity, as it were water, as Job saith: But yet alas we quake not.
Who is he now that dooeth these? Rara anis, few such Byrds, yea, none at all. For all are gone out of the way, though not outwardly by word or déed, yet inwardly at the least by default, and wanting of that which is required: so that a child of one nights age is not pure, but (by reason of birth-sinne) in danger of Gods malediction: then much more wee, which alasse, haue drunken in iniquitie, as it were water, as Iob sayth: But yet alas we quake not.