A16573:759
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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You ought no less to be certain now that God loveth you, pardoneth your sins, and that Christ is all yours, then if you did hear an Angel out of heaven speaking so unto you. And therefore rejoice and be glad, and make this Supper Eutharichiam, a thanksgiving, as the Fathers named it. Be no less certain, that Christ and you now are all one, then you are certain, the bread and wine is one with your nature and substance, after you have eaten and drunk it. Howbeit, in this it differeth, that you by faith are, as it were, changed into Christ, and not Christ into you, as ⟨image 82⟩the bread is: for by faith he dwelleth in us, and we in him. God give us faith in the use of this Sacrament, to receive Christ, as he giveth us hands to receive the element, symbol, and visible Sacrament. God grant us not to prepare our teeth and belly (as Saint Augustine saith) but rather of his mercy, he prepare and give us true and lively faith, to use this and all other his ordinances to his glory and our comforts. He sweep the houses of our hearts, and make them clean, that they may be a worthy harborough and lodging for the Lord. Amen.
You ought no lesse to bee certaine now that God loueth you, pardoneth your sins, and that Christ is all yours, then if you did heare an Angell out of heauen speaking so vnto you. And therefore reioyce and bee glad, and make this Supper Eutharichiam, a thankesgiuing, as the Fathers named it. Be no lesse certaine, that Christ and you now are all one, then you are certaine, the bread and wine is one with your nature and substance, after you haue eaten and drunke it. Howbeit, in this it differeth, that you by faith are, as it were, changed into Christ, and not Christ into you, as ⟨image 82⟩the bread is: for by faith he dwelleth in vs, and we in him. God giue vs faith in the vse of this Sacrament, to receiue Christ, as hee giueth vs handes to receiue the element, simbole, and visible Sacrament. God grant vs not to prepare our téeth and belly (as Saint Augustine saith) but rather of his mercie, hee prepare and giue vs true and liuely faith, to vse this and all other his ordinances to his glory and our comforts. He sweepe the houses of our hearts, and make them cleane, that they may bée a worthy harborough and lodging for the Lord. Amen.