A16596:57
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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And first concerning this part, namely, sorrow for our sins, and hearty lamenting of the same: For this, if you desire the having of it, you must beware, that you think not that of your selves, or of your own free will, by any means you can get it. You may easily deceive your selves, and mock your selves, thinking more of your selves then is seemly. All good things, and not pieces of good things, but all good things, saith Saint James, 1come from God the Father of light. If therefore penance be good (as it is good) then the parts of it be good.2 From God therefore do they come, and not of our free will. It is the Lord that mortifieth, that bringeth down, that humbleth, saith the Scripture in sundry places:3 After thou haddest stricken my thigh (saith Jeremiah) I was ashamed Lo he saith, After thou haddest stricken me: and therefore prayeth he, even in the last words almost, he writeth, Turn us, 4O Lord, and we shall be turned. The which thing David used very often.
And first concerning this part, namely, sorrow for our sinnes, and hearty lamenting of the same: For this, if you desire the hauing of it, you must beware, that you thinke not that of your selues, or of your owne free will, by any meanes you can get it. You may easily deceiue your selues, and mocke your selues, thinking more of your selues then is séemely. All good things, and not peeces of good things, but all good things, saith Saint Iames, 1come from God the Father of light. If therefore penance be good (as it is good) then the parts of it be good.2 From God therefore doe they come, and not of our free will. It is the Lord that mortifieth, that bringeth downe, that humbleth, saith the Scripture in sundry places:3 After thou haddest stricken my thigh (saith Ieremie) I was ashamed Loe he saith, After thou haddest stricken me: and therefore prayeth he, euen in the last words almost, he writeth, Turne vs,