A16573:670
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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For if he did once feel this gear indeed, then would he be so far from continuing in sin, willingly and wittingly, that wholly and heartily he would give over himself to that which is contrary, I mean, anew to life, renewing his youth, even as the Eagle doth.
For if hee did once féele this geare indéed, then would he bée so farre from continuing in sinne, willingly and wittingly, that wholy and heartily hee would giue ouer himselfe to that which is contrary, I meane, anew to life, renewing his youth, euen as the Eagle doth.
For as we, being in the servitude of sin, demonstrate our service, by giving over our ⟨image 58⟩members to the obeying of sin, from iniquity to iniquity: even so, we being made free from sin, by faith in Jesus Christ, and endued with Gods spirit, a spirit of liberty, must needs demonstrate this freedom and liberty, by giving over our members to the obedience of the spirit: by the which we are lead and guided from virtue to virtue, and all kind of holiness. As the unbelievers declare their unbelief, by the working of the evil spirit in them, outwardly the fruits of the flesh: even so the believers declare their faith, by the working of Gods good spirit in them outwardly the fruits of the spirit. For as the Devil is not dead in those which are his, but worketh still to their damnation: so is not God dead in them which be his, but worketh still to their salvation. The which working is not the cause of the one or the other being in any, but only a demonstration, a sign, a fruit of the same: As the Apple is not the cause of the Apple tree, but a fruit of it.
For as we, béeing in the seruitude of sin, demonstrate our seruice, by giuing ouer our ⟨image 58⟩members to the obeying of sinne, from iniquitie to iniquitie: euen so, we béeing made frée from sinne, by faith in Iesus Christ, and endued with Gods spirit, a spirit of libertie, must néeds demonstrate this fréedome and libertie, by giuing ouer our members to the obedience of the spirit: by the which we are lead and guided from vertue to vertue, and all kind of holines. As the vnbeléeuers declare their vnbeléefe, by the woorking of the euill spirit in them, outwardly the fruits of the flesh: euen so the beléeuers declare their faith, by the working of Gods good spirit in them outwardly the fruits of the spirit. For as the Deuill is not dead in those which are his, but worketh still to their damnation: so is not God dead in them which bee his, but worketh still to their saluation. The which working is not the cause of the one or the other béeing in any, but onely a demonstration, a signe, a fruit of the same: As the Apple is not the cause of the Apple tree, but a fruit of it.