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A double summons the one, to unfeigned repentance. The other, to the worthy receiving…A double summons the one, to vnfained repentance. The other, to the worthie receiuing…
A double summons the one, to unfeigned repentance. The other, to the worthy receiving of the Lords Supper. Delivered in two notable sermons: made, by that worthy martyr of Christ, John Bradford: who suffered in Smith-field An[n]o. Domini. 1555.A double summons the one, to vnfained repentance. The other, to the worthie receiuing of the Lords Supper. Deliuered in two notable sermons: made, by that worthy martyr of Christ, Iohn Bradford: who suffered in Smith-field An[n]o. Domini. 1555.
London: printed by George Purslowe, 1617
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But if yet thy heart be so hardened, that all this will not move thee; then surely art thou in a very evil estate, and remedy now I know none. ⟨p. 40⟩What, said I, none? Know I none? Yes, there is one, which is suresby, as they say, to serve, if any thing will serve. You look to know what this is: Forsooth, the Passion, and Death, of JESUS CHRIST. You know, the cause why CHRIST became man, and suffered as he suffered, was the sins of his people, that he might save them from the same.
But if yet thy heart be so hardened, that all this will not moue thee; then surely art thou in a very euill estate, and remedy now I know none. ⟨p. 40⟩What, sayd I, none? Know I none? Yes, there is one, which is suresby, as they say, to serue, if any thing will serue. You looke to know what this is: Forsooth, the Passion, and Death, of IESVS CHRIST. You know, the cause why CHRIST became man, and suffered as hee suffered, was the sinnes of his people, that hee might saue them from the same.
Consider the greatness of the sore, I mean sin, by the greatness of the Chirurgeon, and the salve. Who was the Chirurgeon? no Angel, no Saint, no Archangel, no power, no creature in heaven nor in earth: but only he, by whom all things were made, all things are ruled also; even Gods own Darling, and only beloved Son, becoming man.
Consider the greatnesse of the sore, I meane sin, by the greatnesse of the Chyrurgion, and the salue. Who was the Chyrurgion? no Angel, no Saint, no Archangel, no power, no creature in heauen nor in earth: but onely he, by whom all things were made, all things are ruled also; euen Gods own Deareling, and only beloued Son, becomming man.