A16573:745
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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Again, though in the field a man may receive Christs body by faith, in the meditation of the word, yet deny I that a man doth ordinarily receive Christs body, by the only meditation of Christs death, or hearing of his word, with so much sight, and by such sensible assurance (whereof GOD knoweth our infirmity hath no small need) as by the receipt of the Sacrament, not that Christ is not so much present in his word preached, as he is in, or with his Sacrament: but because there are in the perception of the Sacrament, more windows open for Christ to enter into us, then by his word preached or heard. For there, I mean in the word, he hath an entrance into our hearts, but only by the ears, through the voice and sound of the words: but here in the Sacrament, he hath an entrance by all our senses, by our eyes, by our nose, by our taste, and by our handling also.
Againe, though in the field a man may receyue Christs body by faith, in the meditation of the word, yet deny I that a man doth ordinarily receiue Christs bodie, by the onely meditation of Christs death, or hearing of his word, with so much sight, and by such sensible assurance (whereof GOD knoweth our infirmitie hath no small néed) as by the receite of the Sacrament, not that Christ is not so much present in his word preached, as hee is in, or with his Sacrament: but because there are in the perception of the Sacrament, more windowes open for Christ to enter into vs, then by his woord preached or heard. For there, I meane in the word, he hath an entrance into our hearts, but onely by the eares, through the voice and sound of the words: but heere in the Sacrament, he hath an entrance by all our senses, by our eies, by our nose, by our taste, and by our handling also.
And therefore the Sacrament full well may be called, seeable, sensible, ⟨image 79⟩tasteable, and touchable words. As therefore, when many windows be opened in an house, the more light may come in then when •here is but one opened: even so, by the perception of the Sacraments, a Christian mans conscience hath more help to receive Christ, then simply by the word preached, heard, or meditated.