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A16573	The complaynt of veritie, made by Iohn Bradford. An exhortacion of Mathewe Rogers, vnto his children. The complaynt of Raufe Allerton and others, being prisoners in Lolers tower, & wrytten with their bloud, how god was their comforte. A songe of Caine and Abell. The saieng of maister Houper, that he wrote the night before he suffered, vppon a wall with a cole, in the newe In, at Gloceter, and his saiyng at his deathe	Bradford, John, 1510?-1555.; Rogers, Matthew. Instruction of a father to his children.; Allerton, Ralph. A lamentable complaynt of the afflicted, unto god our onely healper.; Allerton, Ralph. A briefe rehersal of parte of the aucthours trouble, entituled God is my comforte.; Allerton, Ralph. Songe of the poore prisoners in Lolers tower.; Hooper, John, d. 1555. Wordes of Maister Houper at his death.; Hooper, John, d. 1555. These are the wordes that Maister John Houper wrote on the wall with a cole, in the newe inne in Gloceter, the night before he suffered.	1559 (1559)	STC 3479; ESTC S112643	64,740	174

of Christ with some chāge of mind into the detestation of sinne and loue of obeying the good will of God Which things doe require that inward entring into the secret parlour of our hearts of which Christ speaketh and is that smiting of the brest which is noted in the Publican Matth. 7. is the same to the which the Psalmist exhorteth those men loose in sinne Psa 4.5 Tremble ye and sinne not speak in your selues that is Enter into an accoūt with your selues When you are on your couches that is whē ye are solitary alone And be quiet or silent that is Whē ye haue thus secretly deeply considered of your case and dealing ye shal cease to thinke speak and do wickedly Without such an inward exercise of prayer our Bradford did not pray to his ful cōtentation as appeared by this He vsed in the morning to go to the cōmon praier in the Colledge where he was after that he vsed to make some praier with his Pupils in his chāber But not content with this he then repaired to his own secret praier exercise in praier by himselfe as one that had not yet prayed to his own mind for he was wōt to say to his familiars I haue praied with my Pupils but I haue not yet prayed with my selfe Let those secure mē marke this wel which pray without touch of brest as the Pharisee did so that they haue said an ordinary prayer or heare a cōmon course of praier they thinke they haue prayed wel as the terme is they haue serued God wel thogh they neuer feele sting for sin tast of groning or brokē heart nor of the sweet sauing helth of Christ thereby to be moued to offer the Sacrifice of thanksgiuing nor chāge or renuing of mind but as they came secure in sin senselesse so they doe depart without any chāge or affecting of the heart which is euē the cradle in which Sathan rocketh the sinnes of this age asleepe who thinke they do serue God in these cursory praiers made only of custome when their heart is as far from God as was the heart of the Pharise Let vs learne by Bradfords exāple to pray better that is with the heart not with the lips alone Quia Deus non vocis sed cordis auditor est as Cyprian saith ▪ that is because God is the hearer of the heart not of the voice that is to say not of the voice alone without the heart for that is but lip labour This cōscience of sin exercise in praier had Bradford cleane contrary to that cursed custome of those gracelesse mē which do ioy to make large and long accoūts of their leudnes do glory therein so feeding their delights with their liues passed as the dog returneth to smell to his cast gorge the horse to his doūg such as the Prophet Esay 39. saith They declare their sinnes as Sodom they hide them not wo be to their soules It goeth with thē as Ieremy 3.3 said Thou hast a vvhores forehead thou vvouldest not be ashamed God giue these men better grace else assuredly they shall finde woe woe to their very soules Another of his exercises was this He vsed to make vnto himselfe an Ephemeris or a Iournall in which he vsed to write all such notable things as either he did see or heare ech day that passed But whatsoeuer he did heare or see he did so pen it that a man might see in that booke the signes of his smitten heart For if he did heare or see any good in any man by that sight he foūd and noted the want thereof in himself and added a short praier crauing mercy grace to amend If he did heare or see any plague or misery he noted it as a thing procured by his own sins stil added Domine miserere mei Lord haue mercy vpō mee He vsed in the same booke to note such euill thoghts as did rise in him as of enuying the good of other men thoghts of vnthankfulnes of not cōsidering God in his works of hardnes vnsensiblenesse of heart when he did see other moued and affected And thus hee made to himselfe and of himselfe a booke of dayly practises of repenta● Besides this they which were familiar with him might see how he being in their cōpany vsed to fall often into a sudden deep meditation in which he would sit with fixed coūtenance spirit moued yet speaking nothing a good space And sometimes in his silent sitting plenty of teares shuld trickle down his cheeks Sometime he would sit in it come out ●f it with a smiling coūtenance Often times haue I ●tten at dinner and supper with him in the house of ●at godly harbourer of many preachers seruants of the Lord Iesus I meane M. Elsyng when eyther by occasion of talk had or of some view of Gods benefits present or some inward cogitation thought of his owne he hath fallen into these deepe cogitations he would tell me in the end such discourses of them that I did perceiue that somtimes his teares trickled out of his eyes as well for ioy as for sorrowe Neyther was he onely such a practiser of repentance in himselfe but a cōtinuall prouoker of others thereunto not only in publike preaching but also in priuate conference company for in all companies where he did come he would freely reproue any sin misbehauior which appeared in any person especially swearers filthy talkers popish praters such neuer departed out of his cōpany vnreproued this he did with such a diuine grace Christian maiesty that euer he stopped the mouthes of the gainsayers for he spake with power yet so sweetly that they might see their euil to be euil hurtfull vnto them and vnderstand that it was good in deede to the which he laboured to drawe them in God To be short as his life was such was his death His life was a practise an example prouocation to repentance At his death as the foresaid history witnesseth when he was burned in Smithfield and the flames of fire did flye about his eares his last speach publikely noted heard was this Repent England Thus was our Bradford a preacher an example of that repentance which hee did preach Ionas preached to Niniue repentance and all Niniue the King Princes people olde and young repented To England Bradford did preach and yet doeth preach repentance and surely England hath nowe much more cause to repent then it had when Bradford liued and preached repentance for all states and sorts of persons in England are now more corrupt then they were then Let therefore now Bradfords Sermon his life his death moue thee O England to repent all thy peril I wish warne that as in Niniue so in England all from the highest to the lowest do vnfainedly repent They which are of the Court they which are of the Church they which are of

IOHN BRADEFORD The complaynt of Veritie made by Iohn Bradford An exhortacion of Mathewe Rogers vnto his children The complaynt of Raufe Al●erton and others being prisoners in Lolers tower wryten with their bloud how god was their comforte ¶ A songe of Caine and Abell The saieng of maister Houper that he wrote the night before he suffered vppon a wall with a cole in the newe In at Gloceter and his saiyng at his deathe ANNO DOMINI 1559. ❧ The complaint of Veritie O Heauen O earth to thee I cal To witnes what I saye whych am causelesse in England thrall and put to great decay Veritie of all thinges the light I am that thus do mourne Sent from God to teache them right whiche in this world be borne And that of me none might it dout ●heron so euer I preache I haue for me the word throughout ●s Christes Gospell doth teache This truthe to Englande haue I taught with trauel and with paine And for my hyre now am I sought ●ruelly to be slaine I that from bondage dyd the shield whiche was before opprest ●m now by the as captiue held ●or prechyng to the best From death to life I did thee bring that thou might liue for aye And now my life for wel doing to death thou seekest a pray was there euer age so cruell that thus coulde me rewarde So soone to cast into exile whome they did once regarde what vnrighteousnes haue ye founde on me whome thus ye spite Let them speake that wold me cōfound by reason and by write I seke without vnfained clokes to mayntayne that is right But falsitie with her painted lokes wyll not abyde that syght O false time of iniquitie O season most vniust where exiled is Veritie and cast downe to the dust what though false Iudges doe me dam as Susan was most chaste yet by a Daniell sure I am to be absolued at the laste The Lord send me a iudge vpright to listen to my cause Then dout I not to put to flight those that nowe lye and glose Now whether shall I for remedy seeke that I may it fynde Thou Lord direct my steppes ready to some that will me frende The clergy say I am heresy with me they fyght apace For fashed blindes them so wilfully they haue no better grace Learned men which did me defend doe now their iudgement turne For liuynges sake they do intend lyke wandering starres to runne The lawiers say they could not thriue since Scripture came in place Their vauntage is whē men do striue and not by truth and peace The gentlemen whiche once me had ●n praise and eke in price Now say for them I am to sad and would haue them be wise The Marchaunt man saith he must lyue and cannot with me gaine But all to riches his mind doth giue with much daunger and paine Wemen say they must nedes obey thir husbandes when they lyst Therfore in them I may not say to haue anye greate trust The common sort vnlearned be to them I may not leane They knowe not by deuinitie my cause for to maintaine Thus haue all persons som pretence from me quite to decline And am put to my owne defence to keepe my selfe from ruyne yet in this may I glory plaine that though with fewe I stand I am of power and strength certaine more then all my foes band For God so hath indued my tonge with wysdome and with grace That I can shew ther doings wrong which dare stand face to face Therfore mine enemies vilanously put me from mens hearinges Least I should most manifestly tell them of their leasynges For this they would out of mennes eyes Gods worde to kepe so hie That where they preache boldly lyes none might agaynst them replye Al to maintaine their pompe pryde their belly slouth and ease They force me in thraldome to bide for that I them displease Ah England what is the trespas that against god thou hast done That thou wouldst loue darkenes alas more then light of the Sunne Ah I le of moste nobilitie why art thou become bande To that proude harlots falsitie the ruine of all the lande Woo that I must that day beholde whiche came to make the free I would I had thee neuer tolde ●he trueth in eache degree Then were thy synne muche more les whiche knowledge maketh great And of the same mightst seeke redres to turne away the threate This dampnacion God doth say the father of all right That light is come nowe of the day yet in darkenes men more delight Thus do I wepe w t aboundāt teares with sighes and eke with grones Ah that men wil not geue their eares vnto my lawfull mones Finis quod Iohn Bradforde ¶ The instruction of a Father to his Children which he wrote a few dayes before his burnynge GIue eare my Chyldren to my wordes Whome God hathe dearelye bought Lay vp his lawes within your hertes and print them in your thought For I your father haue foresene the frayle and fylthy way Which flesh bloud would folow faine euen to their owne decay For all and euery liuyng beast their cribbe do knowe full well But Adams heyres aboue the rest are ready to rebell And all the creatures of the earth full well do kepe their way But Adams heires euē frō their birth are apt to goe astray For earth and ashes is his strength his glory and his gayne And into ashes at the length he shall returne againe For fleshe doth florishe lyke a floure and growe vp like a grasse And is consumed in an houre as it is come to passe For I the ymage of your yeares your treasure and your trust Am nowe dyeng before your face and shal consume to dust For as you see your Fathers fleshe consumed into clay Euen so shall ye my children deare consume and weare away The sun the moone eke the stars that serue the day and night The earth and euery earthly thinge shall be consumed quyte And al the worship that is wrought that hath bene heard or sene Shal clean cōsume turne to nought as it had neuer bene Therfore see that ye folowe me your father and your frende And enter into the same lande which neuer shall haue ende I leaue you here a little booke for you to looke vpon That you may see your fathers face when he is dead and gon Who for the hope of heauenly thinges while he did here remayne Gaue ouer all his golden yeares in prisone and in payne where I among mine iron bandes inclosed in the darke A fewe dayes before my death did dedicate this warke And in example of your youth to whome I wishe all good I preche you here a perfect trouth and seale it with my bloud To you mine heires of erthly things wich I do leaue behinde That you may reade vnderstande and keepe it in your minde That as ye haue bene heires of that whiche once shall weare a way Euen so ye

maye possesse that parte which neuer shall decay In folowinge of your fathers feete in truth and eke in loue ye may be also heires with him for euermore aboue Haue god alwayes before your eyes withal your whole intente Commit not sinne in any wise keeke his commaundement Abhorre that arrant hoore of Rome and all her blasphemies And drinke not of her decretales nor yet of her decrees Geue honour to your mother deare remember well her paine And recompence her in her age in lyke with loue againe Be alwaies ayding at her hand and let her not decay Remember well your fathers fall who should haue bene her stay Geue of your portion to the poore as riches doth aryse And from the needy naked soule turne not away your eyes For he that will not here the crye of them that stand in neede Shal crye himselfe and not be harde when he would hope to speede If God haue geuen you increase and blessed well your store Remember ye are put in trust to minister the more Beware of foule and filthy lust let suche thinges haue no place kepe cleane your vessels in the Lord that he may you embrace ye are the temples of the Lord ●or ye are dearly bought And they that do defile the same shall surely come to nought Possesse not pride in any wise ●uilde not your house to hie But haue alwaies before your eies that ye be borne to dye Defraude him not that hired is your labour to sustaine But giue him alwaies out of hand his peny for his paine And as you would an other man against you should procede Doo you the same to them againe when they do stand in neede And part your porcion to the poore in money and in meate And feede the fainted feable soule with that whiche ye should eate Farewall my true and louyng wyfe my Children and my frendes I hope in God to haue you all when all thinges haue their endes And if you doe abide in God as you haue now begonne your course I warrant shal be shorte you haue not longe to ronne God graūt you so to ende your daies as he shall thinke it best That I may haue you in the heauens where I doe hope to rest ¶ Finis quod Mathewe Rogers A lamentable complaynt of the afflicted vnto god our onely healper ARyse O Lord why slepest thou set to thy hand in tyme of neede That wicked men thē selues may know ● be but mortal men in deed They doe exalt them selues on hie ●r to cast downe the simple sorte ●ostinge of their aucthoritie ●et none careth for Iosephes hurte They robbe the poore and fatherles ●king their good by violence ●he faythfull flocke they doe oppres ●herof we haue intelligence If we to them will not agree ●en shall we neither bye nor sell ●ut fast in prison for to lye stockes and Irons the trueth to tel ●hē they haue caught vs in their net ●n wil they not forgo their pray ●th shameful words they do vs thret ●uenting mischiefe euery daye Against the truth they kick spurne breath out threates w t maine might All Gods elect with fyre they burne or els doe put them to their flight They spoyle and wast in euery place the people that doe feare the lorde Like rauening wolues void of al grace thus they suppres Gods holy worde Locusters they are withouten fayle rysing out of the bottomles pitte Like stinking scorpions is their tayle throughout y e world gods flocke to bite The very trueth do they cast downe what can the righteous doe withall Refusyng Christ the corner stone with their workes build vp the wal Thus are we killed all the day longe for thy names sake we suffer payne As simple sheepe bochers amonge so vnder tyrauntes we remaine They feede thy flock with their decrees mainteining them with fyre sword Thus they defende most wicked lyes and kil the saintes of christ our Lord. Wilt thou now hide thy face O lorde the time of our tribulacion while the enemies of thy worde ●e set vp their abhominacion Thy promisse Lorde we doe beleue at thou wilt helpe vs in due tyme though that tirauntes doe vs greue death or life yet we are thyne For this we knowe assuredly ●e lordes right hād can sone chāge all ●herfore we praye moste hartely ●his churche in generall Helpe now O lord for thy names sake ● all mens thoughtes ar vaine truly ●is of my lyfe my leaue I take ●sting for euer to dwell with thee ●is ꝙ Raffe Allerton A briefe rehersal of parte of the aucthours trouble entituled God is my comforte IN trouble and aduersitie we do finde most assuredlye As the perfyt doeth testify that God is our comforte We do not feare the euil daies nor folow not the wicked waies Of Antechrist nor yet his lawes for God is our comforte Although we haue bene tyed in fetters so hath bene some of our betters As Peter Iohn and such others yet God was their comforte Both all day and night in the stockes with prety Irons and double lockes Abydyng tauntes rebukes mockes yet God is our comforte If we doe our Bochers displease then are we cast in little ease And often bytte with lyce and fleas yet God is our comforte Sumtime we are in lowlers tower or in the colehouse stinkyng flower Lokyng when they wil vs deuoure ●ut God is our comforte With whips rods they do vs threat ●aiyng doubtles we shall you beate If we will not the rownd God eate ●et God is our comforte we may not pray if it be harde ●nto God that is our sauegarde ●age him say they for a rewarde ●hough God be his comforte If we singe a Godly songe ●ut of the stockes we are not longe ●nd then they say we liue wronge ●ut God is our comforte Let them not haue theyr meate say they ●nd their drinke se you kepe awaye ●ut bread and water eche other day ●et God is our comforte They did keepe vs so Gentilly stockinge vs so tenderly ●ntill the bloud in our house dyd lye ●et God is our comforte Our Byble they haue taken awaye and our bookes whereon we dyd pray with other thinges the truth to saye yet God is our comforte Although w t cords thei haue vs bounde with gibes and giuers tricke and roūd yet in our troubles we haue founde that God is our comforte what if they burne vs in the fyre let this be onely our desyre To raigne with God in his empyre for he his our comforte Let all people be glad with me that standes to Christes veritie And take the crosse vp ioyfully for God is our comforte Se that no troubles turne your ha● nor of the fleshe to feare the smart So shall you surely haue your parte with Christ your whole comforte Finis quod R. A. ¶ The songe of the poore prisoners in Lolers tower CAyne wilt thou not withdrawe thy hande to cease thy frowarde wyll wilt thou lift