A16573:706
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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Sixthly, the nature,1 and property of a Sacrament, teacheth this also which I have affirmed. For as Cyprian writeth, that Sacraments bear the names of the things which they signify: so doeth saint Augustine teach, that if Sacraments have not some signification with the things where of they be Sacraments, then are they no Sacraments.
Sixtly, the nature,1 and propertie of a Sacrament, teacheth this also which I haue affirmed. For as Cyprian writeth, that Sacraments beare the names of the things which they signifie: so doeth saint Augustine teach, that if Sacraments haue not some signification with the things where of they be Sacramentes, then are they no Sacraments.
- 1The sixth reason against Transubstantiation. Cyprian in Sermone de Chrismat. Augustinus a Bonifacium.The sixt reason against Transsubstantiation. Cyprian in Sermone de Chrismat. Augustinus a Bonifacium.
Now, in the Lords supper this similitude is first in nourishing, that as bread nourisheth the body: so Christs body broken, feedeth the soul, Secondly, in bringing together many into one, that as in the Sacrament, many grains of Corn are made one bread: many Grapes are made one liquor and Wine: so the multitude which worthily receive the Sacrament, ⟨image 68⟩are made one body with Christ and his Church. Last of all, in one unlikely likeliness or similitude, that as bread eaten, turneth into our nature: so we rightly, eating the Sacrament by faith, turn into the nature of Christ.
Now, in the Lordes supper this similitude is first in nourishing, yt as bread nourisheth the body: so Christs body broken, feedeth the soule, Secondly, in bringing together many into one, that as in ye Sacrament, many graines of Corne are made one bread: many Grapes are made one lyquour and Wine: so the multitude which worthily receiue the Sacrament,