A16596:145
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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Again, he that believeth, that is, is certainly persuaded, Gods love to be so much towards him, that where through sin he was lost, and made a fire brand of hell; the eternal Father of mercy, which is the omni sufficient ⟨p. 73⟩God, and needeth nothing to us, or of any thing that we can do, to deliver us out of hell, and to bring us into heaven; did send even his own most deer Son out of his bosom, out of heaven into hell (as a man would say) to bring us, as I said, from thence into his own bosom and mercy, we being his very enemies: he I say, that is thus persuaded of Gods love toward him, and of the price of his redemption, by the dear blood of the Lamb immaculate, JESUS CHRIST, the same man cannot but love God again; and of love do that, and heartily desire to do better, the which might please God.
Againe, he that beleeueth, that is, is certainly perswaded, Gods loue to be so much towards him, that where through sinne he was lost, and made a fire brand of hell; the eternall Father of mercy, which is the omni sufficient ⟨p. 73⟩God, and néedeth nothing to vs, or of any thing that we can do, to deliuer vs out of hell, and to bring vs into heauen; did send euen his owne most deer Sonne out of his bosome, out of heauen into hell (as a man would say) to bring vs, as I sayd, from thence into his own bosome and mercy, we being his very enemies: hee I say, that is thus perswaded of Gods loue toward him, and of the price of his redemption, by the deare bloud of the Lamb immaculate, IESVS CHRIST, the same man cannot but loue God again; and of loue doe that, and heartily desire to doe better, the which might please God.
Think you, that such a one, knowing these things by faith, will willingly insist & wallow in his wilful lusts, pleasures, and fantasies? Will such a one, as knoweth by faith, Christ Jesus to have given his blood to wash him from his sins, play the Sow to nuzzle in his puddle of filthy sin and vice again? Nay, rather then he will be defiled again by his wilful