A16573:733
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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If Ministers did their duties in Catechizing and Preaching, then doubtless, to call the Sacrament Christs body, and to esteem it accordingly, could not give occasion to Idolatry, and confirm it.
If Ministers did their dueties in Catechizing and Preaching, then doubtlesse, to call the Sacrament Christs body, and to estéeme it accordingly, could not giue occasion to Idolatrie, and confirme it.
Therefore woe unto them that preach not.
Therefore woe vnto them that preach not.
There be two evils about the Sacraments, ⟨image 74⟩which to avoid, the holy Ghost hath taught us For least we should with the Papists, think Christs body present in, or with the bread really, naturally, and corporally to be received with our bodily mouth (where there is no other presence of Christs body then spiritual, and to the faith) in many places he keepeth still the name of bread, as in the Epistle to the Corinthians, the tenth and eleventh Chapters. And least we should make too light of it, making it but a bare sign, and no better then common bread, the holy Ghost calleth it Christs body, whose speech I wish we would follow, and that not only as well to avoid the evil which is now a days most to be feared, concerning the Sacrament, I mean, of contemning it, as also for that no faithful man cometh to the Sacrament to receive bread simply, but rather, yea, altogether to communicate with Christs body and blood. For else to eat and drink (as Paul saith) they have houses of their own.