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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

Repentance or penante is no English woord but we borow it of the Latinistes to whom penance is a forethinking in Englysh in Greeke a beyng wyse afterwardes in Hebrew a conuersion or turning the which conuersion or turning in that it cannot be true harty vnto God especially without some good hope or trust of pardon for that which is already done and past I may well in thys sort define it namely that penance is a sorowing or forethinking of our sinnes past an earnest purpose to amend or turning to God with a trust of pardon This definition may be diuided into three partes First a sorowing for our syns Secondly a trust of pardon which otherwise may be called a perswasion of Gods mercy by the merites of Christ for the forgeuenes of our syns And thirdly a purpose to amend or conuersion to a new life The which third or last part cannot be called properly a part for it is but an effect of penance as towardes the end ye shall see by Gods grace But least suche as seeke for occasion to speake euyll should haue any occasion though they tary not out the end of thys Sermon I therefore diuide penauce into the three foresayde partes of sorrowing for our syn of good hope or trust of pardon and of a new life Thus you now see what penance is a sorowing for syn a purpose to amend with a good hope or trust of pardon This penance not onely differeth from that which men commonly haue taken to be penance in saying doing our enioyned Lady Psalters seuen Psalmes fastynges pylgrimages almes deedes and such like things but also from that which the more learned haue declared to consist of three partes namely Contrition Confession Satisfaction Contrition they cal a iust a ful sorow for their sin For this word iust ful in one of the differences betwene contritiō and attrition Confession they cal a numbring of al their sins in the eare of their ghostly father for as say they a Iudge cannot absolue without knowledge of the cause or matter so cannot the Priest or ghostly father absolue from other synnes then those which he doth heare Satisfaction they calamendes making vnto God for their syns by their vndue workes opera indebita woorkes more then they neede to do as they terme them This is their penāce which they preach write alow But how true this geare is how it agreeeth with Gods woord how it is to be alowed taught preached and writtē let vs a litle consider If a man repent not vntil he haue a iust and full sorrowing for his syns dearely beloued when shal he repent For in asmuch as hell fire the punishment of the Deuils is a iust punishment for syn In as much as in all syn there is a contempt of God which is all goodnes and therefore there is acontempt deserte or all ylnes alas who can beare or feele this iust sorowe this full sorow for our syns this their contricion which they do so discern frō their attrition Shal not man by this doctrine rather dispaire then come by repentāce If a mā repent not vntil he haue made confession of all his syns in the eare of his ghostly father if a man cannot haue absolution of his syns vntil his sins be told by tale and number in the Priestes eare in that as Dauid sa●●h non can vnderstand much lesse then vtter all his syns Delicta quis intelliget who can vnderstand his sins in that Dauid of him selfe complaineth els where how that his syns are ouerflowed his head as a heauy burthen doo oppresse him alas shal not a man by this doctrine be vtterly driuē from repentāce Though they haue gon about somthing to make plaister for their sores of confession or attrition to aswage this geare bidding a man to hope wel of his cōtrition though it be not so full as is required and of his confession though he haue not numbred all his syns if so be the hee do so much as in him lyeth dearely beloued in that there is none but y herein he is gilty for who doth as much as he may trow ye that this plaister is not lyke salt for sore eyes Yes vndoutedly when they haue done al they can for the appeasing of consciēces in these points this is the summe that we yet should hope wel but yet so hope that we must hand in a māmering douting whether our syns be forgeuen For to beleue remissionē pecca tornm that is to be certain of for geuenes of synnes as our Crede teacheth vs they count it a presumption Oh abomination and that not onely herein but in all their penance as they paynt it As concerning Satisfaction by their opera indebita vndne works that is by such workes as they neede not to do but of their own voluntarines wylfulnes wylfulnes in deede who seeth not monsterous abhomination blasphemy and euen open fighting agaynst God For if satisfction cān be done by man then Christ died in vaine for him that so satisfieth so raigneth he in vaine so is he a Bishop a Priest in vain Gods law requireth loue to God with all our hart soule power might strength to that ther is nothing can be done to ●●dward which is not conteined in this cōmaūdement nothing can ve don ouer aboue this Againe christ requireth to manwarde that wee should loue one another as he loued vs. And trow we the we can do any good thing to our neighborwar● whych is not herein comprised Yea let them tel me when they do any thing so in the loue of god their neighbour but that they had nede to cry Remitte nobis debita nostra Forgeue vs our syns So far are we of frō satisfying Doth not Christ say VVhen you haue done althings that I haue commaunded you say that you be but vnprofitable feruantes Put nothing to my word saith god Yes workes of supererogation yea superabomination say they VVhat soeuer thinges are true sayth the Apostle saint Paul whatsoeuer thinges are honest whatsoeuer thinges are iust whatsoeuer things are pure whatsoeuer thinges pertaine to loue whatsoeuer thinges are of good report if there be any vertue or if ther be any praise haue you them in your minde and do them and the God of peace shal be with you I wene this wel looked on wyl pull vs from popish satisfactory workes which do deface Christes treasures satisfaction In heauen and in earth was there none found that could satisfie Gods anger for our sinnes or get heauē for man but onely the sonne of God Iesus Christ the Lyon of the tribe of Iuda who by hys bloud hath wrought the worke of satisfactiō and alonely is worthy all honour glory and praise for hee hath opened the booke with the seuen seales Dearely beloued therefore abhorre this abomination euen to thinke that there is any other satisfaction to Godward for synne then Christes bloud

with the Church all the good that euer it or any member of it had hath or shall haue This is the cōmunion of Sainctus which we beleue in our Creede which hath wayting on it remission of synnes resurrection of the flesh and lyfe enerlasting To the end that we should be most assured and certayne of all these Christ our Sauiour did institute this his Supper therfore would haue vs to vse it So that there is no man I trow which seeth not great cause of geuing thankes to God for this holy Sacrament of the Lord wherby if we worthely receine it we ought to be certayne that all our syns what soeuer they be are pardoned clearly that we are regenerate and borne agayne into a liuely hope into an inheritaunce immortall vnderiled and which can neuer wither away that bee are in the fellow shyp of God the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost that we are Gods Tenples at one with God and God at one with vs that we are mēbers of Christes Church and felowes with the Sainctes in all felicity that we are certayne of immortalitie in soule and body so of eternall lyfe then whych thyng what can be more demaunded Christ is ours and we are Christes he dwelleth in vs and we in him Oh happy eyes that see these things and most happy hartes that feele them My deare brethren let vs pray vnto the Lord to open our eyes to see these wōderfull thinges to geue vs fayth to feele them Surely we ought no lesse to bee assured of them now in the worthy receiuyng of this Sacrament then we are assured of the exteriour symboles and Sacramentes If an Angell from heauen should come and tell you these things then would you reioyce be glad And my deare hartes in the Lord I euen now though most vnwyrthy am sent of the Lord to tel you no lesse but that you worthely receiuing this Sacrament shall receiue remission of all your syns or rather certainety that they are remitted and that you are euen now Gods darlinges Temples and fellow inheritours of al the good that euer he hath Wherefore see that you geue thankes vnto the Lorde for this his great goodnes prayse hys name for euer Oh sayth one I cold be glad in very deede and geue thankes from my very hart if that I dyd worthely receiue thys sacrament But alas I am a very greuous synner I feele in my selfe very little repentance and fayth and therefore I am a frayde that I am vnworthy To the answering of thys obiection I thinke it necessarye to speake somthing of the worthy receiuing in this Sacrament in as great breuity and playnes as I can The Apostle wylleth al men to proue and examine themselues before they eate of the bread and drinke of the cup for they that eate and drinke vnworthely eate and drinke damnation Therefore this probacion and examination is necessary If men wyll try their golde and syluer whether they be coper or no is it not more necessary● that men should trye their consciences Nowe howe this should be the Papists teach amysse in sendyng vs to their auriculer confession which is impos sible The true probacion and tryall of a Christian con●cience consisteth altogether in faith and repentance Faith hath respect to the doctrine and articles of our beliefe repentance hath respect to maners conuersation Concerning the former I meane of faith we may see the Apostle teacheth vs. 2. Corint 11. Concerning the latter for our conuersation those syns which are called commonly mortall or deadly are to be remoued These syns are discerned from other syns by the Apostle Rom. 6. in saying Let not syn raygne and beare aswynge in your mortall bodies For truly then wee synne deadly when we geue ouer to synne and let it haue the bridle at his liberty when we striue not agaynstie but allow it and consent to it How be it if we striue against it if it displease vs then trulye though synne be in vs for we ought to obey God without all resistaunce or vnwillyngnes yet our syns be not of those syns which seperate vs from God but for Christes sake shall not be imputed vnto vs beleuing Therfore my dearely beloued if that your synnes doo now displease you if you purpose vnfaynedly to be enemies to iyn in your selues and in others as you may during your whole lyfe if you hope in Christ for pardon if you beleue according to the holy scriptures and articles of the Christiā fayth set forth in your Creede if I say you nowe trust in Gods mercy through Christes merites if you repent and earnestly purpose vefore God to amende your lyfe and to geue ouer yourselues to serue the Lord in holynes and righteousnes al the daies of your life although before this present you haue most greuously synned I publish vnto you that you are worthy gestes for this table you shall be welcome to Christ your syns shall be pardoned you shall be endned with hys spirit and so with communion with hym and the Father the whole Church of God Christ wyll dwell in you you shall dwell in hym for euermore Wherefore behaue your selues accordinglye wyth ioyfulnes and thankes geuing Do you nowe appeare before the Lord make cleane your houses open the dores of your hartes by repentance and faith that the Lord of hostes the kyng of glory may enter in and for euer hereafter beware of all suche thynges as myght displease the eyes of hys Maiesty Flie from syn as from a Toade come away from popery and all Antichristian religion be diligent in your vocations be diligent earnest in prayer harken to the voyce of God in hys word with reuerence lyue worthys your profession Let your lyght in your lyfe so shine that men may see your good workes and glorify your father which is in heauen As you haue beene darkenes followed the works of darknes so now henceforth be light in the Lord haue society with the workes of light Now hath God renue● hys couenaunt with you in Gods sight now are you as cleane and healed frō all your sores of synnes Go your wayes syn no more lest a worse thing happen vnto you See that your house beyng new swept be furnished with godlines and vertue and beware of idlenes lest the deuil come with seuen spirits worse then himselfe and so take his lodging and then your latter end wyll be worse then the first God our Father for the tender mercy and merites of hys soune be mercyful vnto vs forgeue vs al our syns and geue vs his holy spirit to purge cleanse sanetify vs that we may bee holye in hys sight through Christ that we now may be made ready worthy to receiue thys holy Sacrament with the fruits of the same to the full reioyning strengthening of our harts in the lord To whom be all honour glory world without ende Amen To God be all praise for euer ●il 3. 17. Luke 7. Hebr. 11. Iere. 44. Iere. 7. Amos. 7. Acte 17. Gene. 19. Gene. 6. Exod 2 Math. 4. Deut 6. 2 Math. 22 Mark. 20 L●ke 10. Iohn 3. Math. 6. L●ke 17. Aoc. 22. Deu. 4. 1. Esay 45. 1. Iohn 2. Hebr. 2. Rom. 1. Iames. 1. 1. Reg. 2. Iere. 31. Lamen 5 Acte 11. 2. Tim. 2. Iame. 2. Roma 7. Rom. 7. Iob. 15. Apo● ● 2. Tim. 2. Gene. 6. Genes 19. Genes 9 Iosua Caleb Num. 14. Leuit. 24 Num. 15. 1. Reg. 5. 3. Regu 21. 22. 4. Reg. 21. 4. Reg. 10. Gene. 6. Genes 19. Genes 19 Iosua Caleb Num. 14. Leuit. 24 Num. 15. Tim. 2. 1. Reg. ● 3. Reg● 21. 2● 4. Reg. ●● 4. Reg. 10. Gene 9 Genes ▪ ●9 Genes ●9 Iosua Caleb Num. 14. Leuit. 24 Num. 15. Tim. 2. 1. Reg. ● 3. Reg● 21 22. 4. Reg. 21 ▪ 4. R●g ●● Esay 3● Math. 7. Hebr. 10. Gene. 9 Genes 19 Genes 19 Leuit. 24 T●● ● Reg. ● Esay 3u Math. 7. Hebr. 10. Num ▪ 14 Two Sacramentes in christes church Baptisme is in place of circumcision Christian mens chudrē ought to be baprised Galat 4. who dyd institute this Sacrament 2 what the Sacramēt is Upon trāsubstantiation all popery almost is buylded The Sacrament of the popysh Masse is not the crament of christes body The first reason against trāsubstantiation An aunswer to the Papistes cauill for the foresayd reason Math. 26 Exod. 7. The ●●cōd reason against trāsubstan Math. 19 Mark. 14 Luke 22. 1. Cori. 11. The third reason against trāsubstantiacion 1. Cor. 10. The iiij reason against tr●substantiation The fyft reason Ireneus Augustinus Chrysostomus The syxt reason against trāsubstantiation ●ipriax in Sermone de Chrysmat Augustinus ad Bonifacium The vij 〈…〉 Calat 3. An aunswer to the Papistes cauill for y foresayd reason The .viij. reason The nidth reason Christes presence in the supper An obiection ●n answer An other obiection of Christs presence in the Sacrament Athanasius Hylarius Cyrillus Basilius Ambrosius Epiphanius Hieronimus Chrysostomus Augustinus Christes presence in the supper wherfore the Sacrament was instituted ☞ Note though I apply thys thus yet I woulde not that any men shuld think that cōmunionē sāctorum in the Creede is not set foorth there for the better explication of that which preceedeth it namelye what the holy catholike Church i● An obiection of ●nworthy receiuyng The aunswar Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdeley and Iohn Wyght The .xxx. of September Anno Domini 1574.