A16573:695
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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That in the Supper of the Lord,1 or in the Sacrament of Christs body (which ⟨image 65⟩the Papists call the Sacrament of the Altar) as though that were Christs Sacrament, which thing they can never prove: For it being perverted, and used to a contrary end, as of sacrificing propitiatorily, for the sins of the quick and of the dead, of Idolatry, by adoring or worshipping it by godly honour, &c. is no more Christs Sacrament, but an horrible profanation of it, and therefore as Christ called Gods Temple, which was called an house of prayer, for the abusing and profaning of it by the Priests, a den of Thieves: so this which the Papists call the Sacrament of the Altar, full truly may we call an abominable Idol: And therefore I would all men should know that the Sacrament of the Altar, as the Papists now do abuse it, omitting certain substantial points of the Lords institution, and putting in the stead thereof their own dregs & dreams, is not the Sacrament of Christs body, nor the Lords Supper: whereof when we speak reverently, as our duty is we would not that men should think we speak it of the popish Mass: (that I say) in the Supper of the Lord, or in the Sacrament of Christs body, there remaineth the ⟨image 65⟩substance of bread and Wine, as our senses and reasons do teach, these many things also do teach the same.
That in the Supper of the Lorde,1 or in the Sacrament of Christes body (which ⟨image 65⟩the Papists call the Sacrament of the Altar) as though that were Christs Sacrament, which thing they can neuer prooue: For it béeing peruerted, and vsed to a contrary end, as of sacrificing propitiatorily, for the sinnes of the quicke and of the dead, of Idolatrie, by adoring or worshipping it by godly honour, &c. is no more Christs Sacrament, but an horrible prophanation of it, and therefore as Christ called Gods Temple, which was called an house of prayer, for the abusing and prophaning of it by the Priests, a denne of Théeues: so this which the Papists call the Sacrament of the Altar, full truely may wee call an abominable Idoll: And therefore I would all men should know that the Sacrament of the Altar, as the Papists now doe abuse it, omitting certayne substantial points of the Lords institution, and putting in the stead thereof their owne dregs & dreames, is not the Sacrament of Christs body, nor the Lords Supper: whereof when wee speake reuerently, as our duetie is wée would not that men should thinke wee speake it of the popish Masse: (that I say) in the Supper of the Lord, or in the Sacrament of Christs body, there remaineth the