A16596:204
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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When a loving friend giveth to thee a thing, or sendeth to thee a token (as for an example, a napkin, or such like) I think thou doest not as thou shouldest do, if that with the thing, thou considerest not the mind of thy friend, that sendeth or giveth the thing; and according thereunto esteemest and receivest it.
When a louing friend giueth to thée a thing, or sendeth to thee a token (as for an example, a napkin, or such like) I thinke thou doest not as thou shouldest doe, if that with the thing, thou considerest not the mind of thy friēd, that sendeth or giueth the thing; and according thereunto estéemest and receiuest it.
And so of this bread, think I, that if thou do not rather consider the mind of thy lover Christ, then the thing which thou seest: yea, if thou do not altogether consider Christs mind, thou dealest unhonestly, and Strumpetlike with him. For it is the property of Strumpets, to consider the things given and sent them, rather then the love and mind of the giver and sender: whereas the true lovers ⟨p. 107⟩do not consider, in any point, the things given or sent, but the mind of the party.
And so of this bread, thinke I, that if thou doe not rather consider the minde of thy louer Christ, then the thing which thou seest: yea, if thou do not altogether consider Christs mind, thou dealest vnhonestly, and Strumpetlike with him. For it is the property of Strumpets, to consider the things giuen and sent them, rather then the loue and mind of the giuer and sender: whereas the true louers ⟨p. 107⟩doe not consider, in any point, the things giuen or sent, but the minde of the party.