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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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For as we, being in the servitude of sin, demonstrate our service, by giving over our members to the obeying of sin, from iniquity to iniquity: even so, we being made free from sin, by faith in Jesus Christ, and endued with Gods Spirit, a Spirit of liberty, must needs demonstrate this freedom and liberty, by giving over our members to the obedience of the Spirit: by the which we are lead and guided from virtue to virtue, and all kind of holiness. As the unbelievers declare their unbelief, by the working of the evil spirit in them, outwardly the fruits of the flesh: even so the believers declare their faith, by the working of Gods Spirit in them outwardly the fruits of the spirit. For as the Devil is not dead in those which are his, but worketh still to their damnation: so is not God dead in them which be his, but worketh still to their salvation. The which working is not ⟨p. 77⟩the cause of the one or the other being in any; but only a demonstration, a sign, a fruit of the same: As the Apple is not the cause of the Apple tree, out a fruit of it.
For as we, being in the seruitude of sin, demonstrate our seruice, by giuing ouer our members to the obeying of sin, from iniquity to iniquity: euen so, we being made free from sin, by faith in Iesus Christ, and endued with Gods Spirit, a Spirit of liberty, must needes demonstrate this freedome and libertie, by giuing ouer our members to the obedience of the Spirit: by the which we are lead and guided from vertue to vertue, and all kind of holinesse. As the vnbeleeuers declare their vnbelief, by the working of the euill spirit in them, outwardly the fruits of the flesh: euen so the beleeuers declare their faith, by the working of Gods Spirit in thē outwardly the fruits of the spirit. For as the Diuell is not dead in those which are his, but worketh still to their damnation: so is not God dead in them which be his, but worketh still to their saluation. The which working is not ⟨p. 77⟩the cause of the one or the other being in any; but onely a demonstration, a signe, a fruit of the same: As the Apple is not the cause of the Apple tree, out a fruit of it.