A16596:102
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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Oh what a great thing is this, that could not be done by the Angels, Archangels, Potentates, Powers, or all the creatures of God, without his own Son? who of necessity must come down from heaven, to take our nature, & become man. Here have ye ⟨p. 41⟩the Chirurgeon: great was the cure, that this mighty Lord took in hand.
Oh what a great thing is this, that could not be done by the Angels, Archangels, Potentates, Powers, or all the creatures of God, without his owne Sonne? who of necessity must come downe from heauen, to take our nature, & become man. Here haue ye ⟨p. 41⟩the Shyrurgion: great was the cure, that this mighty Lord tooke in hand.
Now, what was the salve? Certainly, of an inestimable value, and of many compositions: I cannot recite all, but rather must leave it to your hearty considerations. Thirty-three years was he curing our sore: He sought it earnestly, by fasting, watching, praying, &c. The same night that he was betrayed, I read how busy he was about a plaster in the Garden, when he lying flat on the ground, praying with tears, and that of blood not a few, but so many as did flow down on the ground again; crying on this sort: Father (saith he) if it be possible, let this Cup depart from me. That is, If it be possible, that else the sins of mankind can be taken away: grant that it may be so. Thou heardest Moses crying for the Idolaters: Thou heardest Lot for the Zoarites: Samuel, David, and many other for the Israelites: And, deer Father, I only am thine own Son, as thou hast said, in whom thou art well pleased: ⟨p. 44⟩wilt thou not hear me? I have by the space of thirty-three years, done always thy Will: I have so humbled my self, that I would become an abject amongst men, to obey thee. Therefore (deer Father) if it be possible, grant my request, save mankind, now without any further labour, salves, or plasters. But yet (saith he) not as I will, but as thou wilt.