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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A16590	A sermon of repentaunce, made by Iohn Bradforde	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.	1553 (1553)	STC 3496; ESTC S106825	33,698	128

put thy helping hand Agayne hath he not made the a Christian man or woman wher yf he woulde he mighte haue made thee a Turke or Paynim This thou knoweste he dydde of loue And doest thou thinke his loue is lessoned yf thou lamente thy synne is hys hande shortened for helpinge thee Can a womanne forgette the chylde of her wombe and thoughe she should doe it yet wyll not I forgette the sayeth the Lorde He hath geuen thee limmes to see heare go c He hath geuē thee wytte reason discretion c. He hath longe spared thee and borne wyth thee when thou neuer purposedst to repente now thou repenting wyl he not geue thee mercy wherefore doeth he geue the to lyue at this presente to heare me to speake this and me to speake this but of loue to vs all Oh therefore let vs praye him that he would adde to thys that we mighte beleue these loue tokens that he loueth vs and in deede he wyll doe it Lorde open our eyes in thy gyftes to see thy gracious goodnesse Amen But to tarrye in this I wyll not euery man let him consyder Gods benefytes paste and presente publyke and priuate spirituall and corporall to the confirminge of hys fayth concerninge the promyses of the Gospell for the pardone of his synnes I wyll nowe go to shewe you a fourth meane to confirme youre fayth of thys geare euen by examples Of these there are in the scriptures very many as also daylye experience doth diuersly teache the same yf we were diligente to obserue thynges accordinglye wherefore I wyll be more briefe herein hauing respecte to tyme which stealeth fast awaye Adam in Paradyse transgressed greuously as the paynful punishment which we al as yet doe feele proueth yf nothinge else Thoughe by reason of his synne he displeased God sore and ran awaye from God for he woulde haue hyd him selfe yea he would haue made God the causer of his synne in that he gaue hym such a mate so farre was he frō askinge merry yet all this not withstandinge GOD turned hys fearce wrath nether vpō him nor Eue which also requyred not mercye but vpon the serpente Sathan Promysing vnto them a sede Iesus Christe by whom they at the lenght shoulde be delyuered In token whereof though they wer caste oute of Paradyse for theyr nurture to serue in sorow which woulde not serue in ioye yet he made thē apparell to couer theyr bodies a visible sacramente and tokē of his inuisyble loue grace concerning theyr soules Yf God was so merciful to Adam whych so sore brake hys cōmaundemēt and rather blamed God then asked mercy troweste thou oh man that he wyll not be mercyful to the whiche blameste thy selfe and desyrest pardon To Cayn he offered mercy yf he woulde haue asked it What haste thou done sayeth God the voyce of thy brothers bloude cryeth vnto me out of the earth Oh mercyfull Lord shuld Cayn haue sayd I cōfesse it But halas he dyd not so And therfore sayd God Now that is in that thou desyrest not mercy now I say be thou accursed c. Lo to the reprobate he offred mercy and wil he denye it thee whiche arte hys chylde Noah dyd not he synne and was drōke God Lot also both in Sodome dissembled a lyttle wyth the Aungels prolonginge the tyme out of Sodom he fell very foule as did Iudas and the Patriarches agaynste Ioseph but yet I wene they foūd mercy Moyses Myriam Aaron though they tombled a little yet receaued they mercye yea the people in the wyldernesse often synned displeased God so that he was purposed to haue destroyed them let me alone sayth he to Moyses that I maye destroye them but Moyses dyd not lette hym alone for he prayed styll for them and therefore God spared them Yf the people were spared throughe Moyses prayer they not praying with him but rather worshipping theyr golden calfe eatinge drinkinge and makinge ioly good cheare why shouldeste thou doubte whether God wyll be mercyfull to thee hauynge as in dede thou hast one muche better then Moyses to pray for thee and with thee euen Iesus Christ who sytteth on the right hand of his father and prayeth for vs being no lesse faithful in his fathers house the church thē moses was in the Sinagoge Dauid y e good Kynge had a foule foyle when he committed whoredom with hys faythful seruauntes wyfe Bethsabe where vnto he added also a mischeuous murder causing her husband hys most faythfull souldiour Vrye to be slayne with an honest company of his most valiaunt mē of warre and that with the swearde of the vncircumcisised In this hys synne thoughe a great whyle he laye a slepe as many do now a dayes god geue them wynne waking thinking that by hys sacrifices he offered all was well God was content yet at length when the Prophet by a parable had opened the poke and brought hym in remēbraūce of his owne synne in such sorte y t he gaue iudgement agaynst hym self thē quaked he his sacryfices hadde no more taken awaye his sinnes then our syr Iohns trentals and waggynge of his fyngers ouer the heades of suche as lye aslepe in theyr synnes out of the whiche when they are awaked they wyl well se it is nether masse nor mattens blessyng nor crossyng wyll serue then I say he cryed out sayinge peccaui domino I haue synned sayeth he agaynst my Lorde and good god whiche hath doone so muche for me I caused in dede Vrye to be kylled I haue synned I haue sinned what shall I dooe I haue synned and am worthye of eternall dampnatiō But what sayth God by his Prophete Dominus sayth he transtulit peccatum tuū non morieris the Lorde hath taken awaye thy synnes thou shalt not dye Oh good God he sayd but peccaui I haue synned but yet from his harte and not from the lyppes onelye as Pharao Saule dyd and incontinentelye he heareth Thou shalte not dye the Lorde hath taken away thy synnes or rather hath layde them vpon an other yea translated them vppon the backe of hys sonne Iesus Christe who bare them and not onelye them but thyne and myne also yf that we wyll nowe crye but from oure hartes peccauimus we haue sinned good Lorde we haue done wickedlye enter not into iudgement with vs but be merciful vnto vs after thy great mercy and accordyng to y e multitude of thy compassions do away our iniquities c. For indede God is not the god of Dauid only Idem deus omnium he is the God of all So that Quicunque inuocauerit nomen domini salus erit He or she whosoeuer they be that call vppon the name of the lord shalbe saued In confyrmation whereof this historye is written as are also the other I haue recited and manye mo whiche I myghte recyte As of Manasses y e wicked kinge whiche slewe Esay the prophet and wrought verye

thynges Yf when we hated hym and fledde awaye from hym he sente his sonne to seke vs who canne thynke otherwyse thē y t now we louynge hym and lamentynge because we loue him no more but that he wyll for euer loue vs. He that geueth the more to his ennemyes wyll not he geue the lesse trowe you to his frendes God hath giuen his owne sonne then whiche thinge nothinge is greater to vs his enemies and we nowe beyng become his frendes wyll he denye vs fayth and pardone of oure synnes whiche thoughe they be greate yet in comparisone nothynge at all Christ Iesus woulde geue hys owne selfe for vs when we wylled it not and wil he nowe denye vs fayth yf we wyll it This wyll is his earnest that he hath geuen vs truely to loke in dede for the thyng wylled And loke thou for it in deede for as he hath geuen thee to wyll so wyll he geue thee to do Iesus Christ gaue his lyfe for oure euylles and by his deathe delyuered vs Oh then in that he lyueth nowe and cannot dye wyll he forsake vs His hearte bloude was not to deere for vs when we asked it not what can then be nowe to dere for vs askyng it is he a chaungelyng is he mutable as man is can he repent hym of his gyftes Did he not foresee our falles payde not he therefore the pryce Because he sawe we shulde fail sore therfore wolde he suffer sore Yea if his sufferynges hadde not bene enoughe he would yet once more come agayne GOD the father I am sure yf the deathe of hys sonne incarnate wold not serue woulde him selfe and the holye ghost also become incarnate and dye for vs. This death of Christ therfore loke on as y e very plege of Gods loue towards the whosoeuer thou art howe deepe soeuer thou hast sinned See Gods handes are nayled they cannot stryke thee his feete also he cannot runne from thee his armes are wide open to imbrace the his heade hanges down to kysse the his verye harte is open so that therein see roote looke spie pepe and thou shalte se nothyng therin but loue loue loue loue to the hide thee therefore lay thy head there with the Euangeliste Iohn xiij This is the clyfte of the rocke wherein Helias stode this is the pillow of downe for al aking heades Anoint thy head w t this oile let this oyntment enbaulme thy heade and washe thy face Tarry thou here and cock sure thou art I warrant thee Say w t Paule what can separateme frō the loue of god can death can pouertye syckenesse hunger or any mysery perswade the nowe that God loueth the not Nay nothyng cā separate the frō the loue where w t god hath loued y e in christ Iesus whom he loueth he loueth to the ende Iohn .xiii. So that nowe where aboūdaunce of sinne hath ben in thee the more is the aboūdaunce of grace But to what ende forsooth that as sinne hath raygned to death as thou se est to the kyllyng of Goddes sonne so nowe grace must raigne to life to the honouryng of gods sonne who is nowe alyue and cannot dye any more So that they which by fayth fele this cannot any more dye to God but to synne wherto they are dead and buried with christ As Christ therfore lyueth so do they and that to God to ryghtuousnes and holynes The lyfe which they lyue is in fide fily dei in the fayth of the sonne of God whereby you see that now I am slipt into that which I made the thyrde parte of penaunce namely newnes of lyfe which I could not so haue done yf that it were a parte of it selfe in deede as it is an effect a freewyt of the seconde parte that is of fayth or truste in Gods mercy For he that beleueth that is is certaynly perswaded synne to be such a thing that it is the cause of al miserie and of it self so greatly angreth God that in heauen nor in earth nothinge coulde appease his wrath saue alonely the death preciouse bloudshe dinge of the sonne of God in whome is al the delight and pleasure of the father He I say that is perswaded thus of sinne the same cānot but in hearte abhorre and quake to doe or saye yea to thinke anye thing willingly which Gods law teachet him to be sinne Agayne he that beleueth that is is certaynly perswaded Gods loue to be so much towards him y t wher through synne he was loste and made a fyre brand of hel the eternal Father of mercy which is the omnisufficient God nedeth nothing of vs or of any thinge y t we can do to delyuer vs out of hell to bring vs into heauē dyd sende euē his own most dere sonne out of his bosome out of heauen into hell as a man would say to bring vs as I sayd frō thence into his owne bosome mercy we beyng his very enemies He I say that is thus perswaded of gods loue towardes him of y e price of his redempcion by the dere bloud of the lābe imaculate Iesus Christ the same mā cannot but loue god agayn of loue do that hartely desire to do better y t which might please God Trow you that such a one knowīg this geare by faith wil willingly walter wallow in his woful lustes plesure fantisties Wil suche a one as knoweth by faith christ Iesus to haue geuē his bloud to wash him frō his sinnes play the sow to walter in his puddell of fylthie sinne vyce agayn Nay rather thē he wylbe defiled agayn by wilfull sinning he wil wash oftē the fete of his affectiōs watching ouer y e vice styl sticking in him which as a spring cōtinually sendeth out poyson ynough to drown defile him did not the swete water of Christes passion in gods sight wash it and his bloude satisfie the rigoure of Gods iustice due for the same This bloud of christ shed for our sinnes is to dere in the sighte of him that beleueth that he wil abhorre in his hart to stampe it and treade it vnder his feete He knoweth nowe by his belefe that it is to muche that hetherto he hath set to little by it is ashamed therof Therfore the resydue of hys lyfe he purposeth to take better heede to him selfe then to fore he dyd For because he seeth by his fayth the greuousnes of Gods anger the foulenes of synne the greatnesse of Gods mercye and of Christes loue towardes him He wyll nowe be headie to praye God to geue him his grace accordingly that as w t his eyes tonge handes feete c. He hath displeased God doynge his owne wyl euen so now with the same eyes tonge eares handes feete c. He maye displease his owne selfe and do Gods wil. Willinglye wyll he nowe do that which mighte renewe the death of the sonne of God He knoweth he hath to much sinne vnwillingly in