A16596:76
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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This tag, is Gods Malediction or curse. Maledictus omnis (sayth it) qui non permanet in omnibus quae seripta sunt jo libro legis, ut faciat eam. Lo, accursed (saith he) is all, no exception, all, saith God, which continueth not in all things (for he that is guilty of one, is guilty of the whole, saith S. James:) in all things therefore (saith the holy Ghost) which are written in the book of the Law to do them. He saith not, to hear them, to talk of them, to dispute of them, but, to do them.
This tagge, is Gods Malediction or curse. Maledictus omnis (sayth it) qui non permanet in omnibus quae seripta sunt io libro legis, vt faciat eam. Loe, accursed (saith he) is all, no exception, all, sayth God, which continueth not in all things (for hee that is guilty of one, is guilty of the whole, sayth S. Iames:) in all things therefore (saith the holy Ghost) which are written in the booke of the Lawe to doe them. He sayth not, to heare them, to talke of them, to dispute of them, but, to do them.
Who is he now that doth these? Rara Avis, few such Birds; yea, none at all. For all are gone out of the way, though not outwardly by word or deed, yet inwardly at the least by default, and wanting of that which is required: so that a child of one nights age is not pure, but (by reason of birth sin) in danger of Gods Malediction: then much more we, which alas, have drunken in iniquity, as it were water, as Job saith: But yet we quake not.
Who is hee now that doth these? Rara Auis, few such Byrds; yea, none at all. For all are gone out of the way, though not outwardly by word or deed, yet inwardly at the least by default, and wanting of that which is required: so that a child of one nights age is not pure, but (by reason of birth sinne) in danger of Gods Malediction: then much more wee, which alasse, haue drunken in iniquity, as it were water, as Iob sayth: But yet we quake not.