A16573:746
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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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.
And therefore the Sacrament full well may bee called, séeable, sensible, ⟨image 79⟩tasteable, and touchable words. As therefore, when many windowes be opened in an house, the more light may come in then when •here is but one opened: euen so, by the perception of the Sacraments, a Christian mans conscience hath more helpe to receiue Christ, then simply by the woord preached, heard, or meditated.
And therefore me thinketh, the Apostle full well calleth the Sacraments, obsignations, or sealings of Gods promise. Read Rom. the 4. of Circumcision. And thus much for the answer to the objection aforesaid.
And therefore mee thinketh, the Apostle full well calleth the Sacraments, obsignations, or sealings of Gods promise. Read Rom. the 4. of Circumcision. And thus much for the answere to the obiection aforesayd.
Now to return from whence we came, namely, to the consideration of the second thing, what the Sacrament is: I have told you, that it is not simply bread and wine, but rather Christs body, so called of Christ, and so to be called and esteemed of us But here let us mark what body, and what blood Christ called it.