A16573:741
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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These lying lips the Lord will destroy, if they repent not, and with us believe, and teach the trueth, that the Sacrament is the food of the Soul a matter of faith, & therefore spiritually and by faith, to be talked of and understanded: which faith they want, & therefore they err so grossly, in that they would have such a presence of Christ, as is contrary to all the Scriptures, and to our Christian Religion: whereby cometh no such commodity to the receiver, as by the Spiritual presence which we teach, and according to GODS word do affirm.
These lying lips the Lord will destroy, if they repent not, and with vs beléeue, and teach the trueth, that the Sacrament is the foode of the Soule a matter of faith, & therefore spiritually and by faith, to be talked of and vnderstanded: which faith they want, & therefore they erre so grosely, in that they would haue such a presence of Christ, as is contrary to all the Scriptures, and to our Christian Religion: whereby commeth no such commoditie to the receiuer, as by the Spirituall presence which wée teach, and according to GODS word do affirme.
For we teach these benefits to be had ⟨image 77⟩by the worthy receiving the Sacrament, namely, that we abide in Christ, and Christ in us. Again, that we attain by it a celestial life, or a life with GOD: moreover, that by Faith and in Spirit, we receive not only Christs body and blood, but also whole Christ, GOD and man. Besides these, we grant, that by the worthy receiving of this Sacrament, we receive remission of our sins, and confirmation of the new Testament. Last of all, by worthy receiving, we get an increase of incorporation with Christ, and amongst our selves which be his members: then which things, what more can be desired? Alas, that men consider nothing at all, how that the coupling of Christs body and blood to the Sacrament, is a spiritual thing, and therefore there needs no such carnal presence as the Papists imagine. Who will deny a mans Wife, to be with her Husband, one body and one flesh, although he be at London, and she at York? But the Papists are carnal men, guided by carnal reason only, or else would they know how that the holy Ghost, because