A16596:51
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, If they had made Confession, either for that which is to God privately, either for that which is to the Congregation publicly, either for that which is a free consultation with some one learned in Gods book, and appointed thereunto, as first it was used; and I wish were now used amongst us, either for that which is a reconciliation of one to another, it had been some thing: yea, if they had made it for faith, because it is a true demonstration of faith: as in Paul we may see, when he calleth Christ the Captain of our Confession,1 that is, of our faith (and so Confessors were called in the Primitive Church) such as manfully did witness their faith with the peril of their lives: ⟨p. 17⟩if, I say, they had taken it thus, then had they done right well.
Againe, If they had made Confession, either for that which is to God priuatly, either for that which is to the Congregation publiquely, either for that which is a frée consultation with some one learned in Gods booke, and appointed thereunto, as first it was vsed; and I wish were now vsed amongst vs, either for that which is a reconciliation of one to another, it had béene some thing: yea, if they had made it for faith, because it is a true demonstration of faith: as in Paul wée may sée, when hee calleth Christ the Captaine of our Confession,1 that is, of our faith (and so Confessors were called in the Primitiue Church) such as manfully did witnes their faith with the peril of their liues: ⟨p. 17⟩if, I say, they had taken it thus, then had they done right well.
- 1Rom. 1.