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A68970	Two notable sermons. Made by that worthy martyr of Christ Maister Iohn Bradford, the one of repentance, and the other of the Lordes supper neuer before imprinted. Perused and allowed according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunction	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.; Sampson, Thomas, 1517?-1589.	1574 (1574)	STC 3500.5; ESTC S106383	58,380	201

¶ Two notable Sermons Made by that worthy Martyr of Christ Maister Iohn Bradford the one of Repentance and the other of the Lordes supper neuer before imprinted ¶ Perused and allowed according to the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunction 1574 ¶ Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdely and Iohn Wyght ¶ TO THE CHRIstian Reader Tho. Sampson wisheth the felicity of spéedy and full conuersion to the Lord. GOdly learned men doo wryte and publish bookes to profit the age in which they do liue and the posteritie This desire was in the Authour of this treatise Maister Iohn Bradford who was the Preacher and publisher of this Sermon of repentaunce And now to the ende that we which do liue in earth after him and are the posteritie may take as much or more profit by it then they dyd to and for whom in his lyfe tyme he did both preach and publish it the same hys labour is by new emprintyng published againe Nothing is added to toys Sermon or altered in it onely to the sermon of repentaunce before printed is added an other Sermon of the Lords supper which he also made and was neuer printed before And aptly shalt thou sée good Reader these two Sermons ioyned together For in diligent perusing of the last thou shalt sée how necessarely he draweth the doctrine of repentaunce to them al which do with due preparation receiue the holy Sacrament of Christ I doo not knowe which of the Sermons I shoulde most prayse I wish that by reading both thou mayest make thy great profite In both these Sermons thou shalt reade Bradford preaching repentance with his own pen. They are counted the most profitable Teachers which haue themselues good experiance by practise in themselues of that which they doe teach to others such as may safely say Brethren be ye folowers of me and looke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an example And surely such a paterne was Maister Bradford in his lyfe tyme of thys doctrine of repentaunce which in both these Sermons he teacheth that I which did know him familiartye must needes geue to God thys praise for hym that among men I haue scarcely knowen ●oue lyke vnto hym I dyd knowe when and partlye howe it pleased God by effectuall callyng to turne his hart vnto the true knowledge and obedience of the most holy Gospell of Christ our Sauiour Of which God dyd geue him such an heauenly hold and liuely séeling that as he did then know that many synnes were forgeuen him so surely he declared by déedes that he loued much For where he had both giftes and calling to haue employed himselfe in ciuill and wordly affaires profitably such was his loue of Christ and zeale to the promoting of his glorious Gospell that he chaunged not onely the course of his former lyfe as the woman dyd Luke 7. but euen his former study as Paule dyd chaunge his forprofession and study Touching the first after that God touched his hart with that holy and effectual calling he sold his chaines rynges brooches and iuels of gold which before he vsed to weare and did bestow the price of this his former vanitie in the necessarye releife of Christes poore members which he could heare of or fynde lying sicke or pining in pouertie Touching the second he so declared his great zeale and loue to promote the glory of the lord Iesus whose goodnes and sauing health he had tasted that to do the same more pithely he chaūged his studye and being in the inner Temple in London at the studye of the common lawes he went to Cambridge to study Diuinitie where he heard D. Martin Bucer diligently and was right familyar and deare vnto hym In thys godly course he dyd by Gods blessyng so profit that that blessed Martyr D. Ridley then Bishop of London dyd as it were inuite hym and hys godlye Companion Maister Thomas Horton to become fellowes of Penbrake hall in Cambrydge And afterwardes the sayd D. Ridley called our Bradford to London gaue him a Prebend in Paules church lodged hym in his own house there and set hym on worke in preaching And besides often preachyng in London and at Paules crosse and sundry places in the countrey and speacially in Lankeshire he preached before King Edward the sixt in the Lent the last yeare of his raygne vpon the second Psalme and there in one Sermon shewing the tokens of Gods iudgement at hand for the contempt of the Gospell as that certayne Gentlemen vpon the Sabboth day going in a whirry to Paris garden to the Barebayting were drowned and that a Dog was met at Ludg●te carping a péece of a dead chylde in his mouth he with a mighty and propheticall spirite sayd I summon you all euen euery mothers chylde of you to the indegement of God for it is at hand as it followed shortly after in the death of King Edward In which state and labour of preaching he continued tyll the cruelty of the Papistes ●ut him of so an thou mayest reade in the historye of hys lyfe and death compiled by that faythfull seruaunt of the Lord Iesus M. Iohn Fox In déede he had many pulbackes but God styll helped forward his chosen seruāt in that trade of lyfe to y which he had called hym in which he ran forward so happely that he did outrunne me other hys companions For it pleased God with great spéede ●s make hym ready and ripe to martyrdome in which through Christ he hath now gayned the crowne of lyfe But in all stops and stayes hee was much helped forward by a continual meditation and practise of repentaunce and ●ayth in Christ in which hee was kept by Gods grace notable exercised all the dayes of his lyfe Euen in this meane time he heard a Sermon which that noble Preather Maister Latimer made before King Edward the sixt in which he did earnestly speake of restitution to be made of thinges falsely gotten whych dyd so strike Bradford to the hart for one dash with a pen which he had made without the knowledge of his Maister as full often I haue heard him confesse with plentie of teares beyng Clarke of the Treasurer of the Kynges campe beyonde the teas was to the deceiuing of the King hat he could neuer be quyet tyll by the aduise of the same Maister Latimer a restitution was made Which thyng to bring to passe he did willingly forbeare and forgoe all the priuate and certaine patrimonie which he had in earth Let all bribers polyng offi●ers which get to them selues great reuenues in earth by such slibbery shiftes folow this example lest in taking a contraryecourse they take a contrary waye and neuer come where Bradford now is But besides this our Bradford had his dayly exercises and practises of repentance His maner was to make to hym selfe a Cataloge of all the grossest most enorme synnes which in his lyfe of ignorance he had committed and to lay the same before hys eyes when hes went

Bradford a Preacher and an example of that repentance which he dyd preach Ionas preached to Niniue repentance and al Niniue the King Princes people old and yong repented To England Bradford dyd peeache and yet doth preach repentaunce and surely England hath now much more cause to repent then it had when Bradford lyued preached repentance For all states sortes of parsons in England are now more corrupt shen they were then Let therefore now Bradfordes sermon his lyfe his death moue thée O England to repent al thy peryll I wish warne that as in Niniuie so in England al from the highest to the lowest do vnfainedly repent They which are of the Lourt they which are of the Church they whi●a are of the Citye they which are of the cuntrey Princes Prelates and people let all and euery one repent and depart from that euyll which he hath in hand and turne wholy to the Lorde And I do humbly beséech thy Maiesty oh glorious Lord Iesus which diddest come to blesse Israell turniug euery one of them from their synnes to worke now by thy spirite in our hartes the same sound repentance which the holynes dyd preache to men when thou saydest Repent for the kingdome of God is at hand This worke in vs O gracious God our Sauionr Amen And uow Reader I leaue thée to the reading and practising of that repentance which Bradford heare teacheth ¶ TO THE CHRIstian Reader Iohn Bradforde wysheth the true knowlsdge and peace of Iesus Christ our alone and omni sufficient Sauiour GReat and heauy is Gods anger against vs as the most greeuous plague of the death of our late King a Prince of all that euer was sithē Christs ascension into heauē in any Region peereles now fallen vpō vs doth prognosticate For when Gods iudgement hath begun with his Childe this our deare dearlyng let other men thinke as they can I surely cannot be perswaded otherwise but that a greeuous and bitter cup of Gods vengeaneis ready to be poured out for ve English men to drinke of The whelpe God hath beaten to fray the bandeg Iudgement is begun at Gode house In Gods mercy to himwardes he is taken away that his eyes should not sée the miseries which we shall feele He was to good to tary with vs so wicked so froward so peruers so obstinate so malicious so hipocriticall fo couetous vncleane vntrue proude and carnall a generation I wyll not go about to paynt vs out in our colours All the world which neuer saw England by hearesay seeeth England God by his plagues and vengeaunce I feare me wyll paynt vs out and point vs out We haue so mocked with him and his Gospel that we shall féele it is no bourding with him ¶ Of long tyme we haue couered our couetousnes and carnalitie vnder the cloke of his Gospell so that all men shal see vs to our shame when he shall take his Gospel away geue it to a people y wil bring forth y fruites of it then shal we appeare as we be To let his Gospel tary with vs he cannot for we despise it contemne it are giu●ted with it We disdaine his Manna it is but a vile meate thinke we We would be againe in Egypt and s●t by the greasy steshpots to eute againe our Garlike Onions and Léekes ●ithens Gods Gospell came amongest vs we say now he had neuer plenty therefore againe let vs go and woyrship the Queene of heauen Chyldren begynne to gather stickes the Fathers kindle the fire and the women make the cakes to offer to the Quéene of heauen to prouoke the Lord to anger The earth cannot abide now the wordes Sermons of Anios the cause of all rebelliou is Amos his preaching It is Paule and his felowes that makes all out of order Sumnia the Gospel is now 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the out cast eursse of the Realme so are the Preachers therefore out of the doores with them So that I say God cannot let his Gospell tary with vs but must néedes take it away to do vs some pleasure therein for so shall we thinke for a tyme as the Sodomitanes thought when Lot departed frō them as the ol● world thought when Noe crept into his Arke as the Ierosolomitanes thought whē the Apostels went thence to P●●tis Then w●r they mery then was at pastime When Moises was absent then went they to eating and drinking and rose againe ●● play Then was all peace all was wel nothing amysse But alas sodainlye came the floud and drowned them Gods wrath wared hote against them Then was weale away mourning and woe then was crying out wringing of hands renting of clothes sobbing and fighyng for the miseries fallen out of the which they could not scape But oh ye mourners and cryers out ye renters of clothes why mourne ye What is the cause of your misery The Gospell is gone Gods word is little preached you were not disquieted with it Noe troubleth you not Lot is departed the Apostels are gone What uow is the cause of these your miseries Wyl you at the length confesse it is your syunes Nay now it is to late God called vpon you and you would not heare him therfore yell and cry out nowe for he wyll not heare you You bowed your eares from hearing of Gods law therefore your praier is execrable But to come againe to vs Englishmen I feare me I say for our vnthaukfulues sake for our impietie and wyeednes as God hath taken away our King so wyll he take away his Gospel yea so we would haue it then should all be well thinke many Well if he take that away for a tyme perchaunce we shall be qutel but at length we shall féele the want to our wee at length he wyll haue at vs as at Sodeme at Ierusalem and other places And now he beginneth to brue such a bruing wherin one of vs is lyke to destroy an other and so make an open gappe for forren enemies to deuour vs and destroy vs The father is agaynst the sonne the brother against the brother and Lord with what conscience Oh be thou mercyfull vnto vs and in thine anger remember thy mercy suffer thy selfe to be intreated be reconciled vnto vs nay reconcile vs vnto thée Oh thou God of iustice iudge iustly oh thou Sonne of God which camest to destroy the works of Satan destroy hys furours nowe smoking and almost set on fyre in this Realme We haue syuned we haue synned and therefore art thou angry O be not angry for euer Geue vs peace peace peace in the Lord set vs to w●● against synne against Satan against our carnall desires and geue vs the victory this way Thys victorye we obtayne by faith This faith is not without repentaunce as her Gentlemau Ussher before her Before her I say in disceruing true fayth from false faith ●yp faith Englishmens faith for els if

from our own wordes works that the Lord might both speake and worke in vs and by vs not to heare his holy word not to communicate his Sacraments not to geue occasion to others to holynes by our example in godly workes and reuerent esteming of the ministery of his word In Gods law we see it a foule spot to our soules not onely to be an opē disobeyer of our Parents Magistrates Maisters such as be in any autority ouer vs but also not to honour such euen in our harts not to giue thankes to God for them not to pray for thē to ayde to helpe or relieue thē to heare with theyr infirmities c. In Gods law we see it is a foule spot in our soules not onely to be a manqueller in hatred malyce proud lokes brags backbiting rayling or bodily slaughter but also not to loue our neyghbours yea our ennemies euen in our harts to declare the same in all our ●estures wordes workes In Gods lawe we see it a foule spot to our soules not only to be a whore monger in lusting in our harts in wanton looking in vncleane and wanton talking in actual doing vnhonestly with our neighbours wyfe daughter seruant c. but also not to be chaste sober temperate in hart lookes tong apparel deedes to helpe others therunto accordyngly c. In gods law we see it is a foule spot to our soules not onelye in hart to couet in looke or word to flatter lye colour c. in deede to take away any thing which pertayneth to another but also in hart countenance word deede not to keepe saue defend that which pertayneth to thy neyghbour as thou woldest thine own In Gods law we may see it a foule spot not onely to lie or bear false wytnes against anye man but also not to haue as great care ouer thy neighbours name as ouer thine own Synne in Gods law it is we may see and a foule spot not onely to consent to euil lust or carnal desires but euen the very naturall or carnall lustes and desyres themselues for so I may cal thē nature it selfe being now so corrupted are sin and selfe loue and many such lyke By reason wherof I trow there is none that tooteth well herein but though he be blameles to the world and faire to the shew yet certainly inwardly his face is foule arayed and so shamefull saucy maungy pocky and scabbed that he cānot but be sory at the contemplation thereof that so much more by how much he continueth to loke in this glasse accordingly And thus much concerning the secōd meane to the stirring vp of sorow for our sin that next vnto prayer we should toote in Gods law spiritually The which tooting if we vse with prayer as I sayd let vs not doubt but at the length Gods spirite wyl woorke as now to such as beleue for to the vnbeleuers al is in vain ther eyes are stark blynd they can see nothing to such as beleue I say I trust somthing is done euen al ready But if neyther by prayer nor by tooting in Gods law spiritually as yet thy hard vnbeleuing hart feeleth no sorrow nor lamentyng for thy syn thirdly looke vpon the tag tyed to Gods law for as to mans law there is a tag tyed that is a penalty so is ther to Gods law a tag tyed that is a penaltie and that no small one but such a great one as cānot but make vs to cast our currysh tayles betwene our legs if wee beleue it for all is in vayne if we be faythles not to beleue before we feele This tag is Gods malediction or curse Maledictus omnis saith it qui non permanet in omnibus quae scripta sūt in libro legis vt faeiat ●am ●oe accursed sayth he is all no exception all sayth God which continueth not in al thinges for he that is gilty of one is gilty of the whole sayth s Iames in all thinges therfore saith the holy Ghost which are written in the booke of the law to do 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 auis fewe such Byrdes yea none at al. For al are gone out of the way though not outwardly by word or dede yet inwardly at the least by default and wanting of that which is required so that a childe of one nightes age is not pure but by reason of byrth syn in daunger of Gods malediction much more then we which alas haue droonken in iniquitie as it were water as Iob sayth But yet alas we quake not Tell me now good brother why dooyou so lyghtly consider Gods curse that for your synnes past you are so careles as though you had made a couenaunt wyth death and damnatiō as the wicked did in Esayes time What is Gods cursse At the Popes curse with booke bel candle oh how trembled we which heard it but onely though the same was not directed vnto vs but vnto others For this Gods curse which is in comparable more sel and importable and is directed to vs yea hanging ouer vs all by reason of our syns alas how careles are we Oh faithles hard harts Oh I●zab●ls gestes rocked and laid a sleepe in her bed Oh wicked wretches which being com into the depth of syn do contemne the same O sorrowles synners and shame les shrinking harlots Is not the anger of a Kyng death and is the anger of the Kyng of all kinges a matter to be so lyghtely regarded as we do regard it which for our synnes are so retchles that we slug and sleepe it out As waxe melteth a way at the heate of the fire saith Dauid so do the wicked perish at the face or countenance of the lord If dearely beloued hys face be so terrible intollerable for sinners and the wicked what trow we his hand is At the face or appearing of Gods anger the earth trembleth but wee earth earth yea stones yron flyntes tremble nothing at all If we wil not tremble in hearing wo vnto vs for then shal we be crashed in peeces in feeling If a Lion rore the beastes quake but wee are worse then beastes which quake nothing at the roring of the Liō I meane the Lord of hostes And why because the curse of God hardnes of hart is already fallen vpon vs or els we could not but lament and tremble for our syns if not for the shame and foulnes therof yet at the least for the malediction and curse of God which hangeth ouer vs for our synnes Lord be mercyfull vnto vs for thy Christs sake and spare vs in thyne anger remember thy mercy towardes vs Amen And thus much for the thyrd thing to the mouing of vs to sorow for our syns that is for the tag tyed to Gods law I meant for the malediction and curse of god But if our harts be