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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

¶ A Sermon of repentaunce made by Iohn Bradforde Luke xiii Excepte you repent you shall all lykewyse peryshe Apoc. ii Remembre whence thou arte fallen and repent thee ¶ To the Christian reader Iohn Bradforde wyssheth the true knowledge and peace of Iesus Christ oure alone and omnisufficiente sauiour GReat and heauie is Goddes anger agaynst vs as the moste greuous plague of the death of our late kynge a prince of all that euer was sithen christes ascention into heauen in anye region pereles nowe fallen vpon vs doth pronosticate For when Goddes iudgemente hath begonne wyth his chylde thus oure deare dearlynge let othermen thynke as they can I surelye cannot be perswaded otherwyse but that a greuous and bytter cuppe of Goddes vengeaunce is readye to be powred oute for vs Englyshmen to drynke of The whelpe God hath beaton to fraye the bandogge Iudgement is begonne at Gods house In Goddes mercye to hym wardes he is taken awaye that his eyes shulde not see the miseries we shall fele he was to good to tarrye with vs so wycked so frowarde so peruerse so obstinate so malicious so hypocriticall so couetous vncleane vntrue prowde carnall c a generation I wyll not goe about to paynte vs oute in oure coulours All the worlde which neuer saw Englande by heare saye seeth England God by his plagues and vengeaunce I feare me wyll paynt vs oute and poynte vs oute ▪ we haue so mocked with hym and his Gospell that we shall feele it is no bourdyng w t him Of longe tyme we haue couered our couetousnes carnalitie vnder the cloke of his Gospell so that all men shall see vs to oure shame ▪ when he shall take his Gospell awaye and geue it to a people that wyll brynge forth the frutes of it then shal we appeare as we be To let his Gospell tary with vs he can not for we despyse it contempne it are glutted with it we disdayne his Manna it is but a vyle meat thynke we we woulde be agayne in Egypt and syt by the greasy fleshe pottes to eate agayne our garlike onions and leekes Sithen Gods gospell came amongest vs we saye now we had neuer plentye therefore agayne let vs goe and worshyp the quene of heauen Chyldren begynne togather stickes the fathers kyndle the fyer and y e wemen make the cakes to offer to the quene of heauen and to prouoke the lorde to anger The earth can not abyde now the wordes sermous of Amos the cause of all rebellion is Amos and his preaching It is Paul and his felowes that makes all out of order Summa the Gospell is nowe 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the outcaste and curse of the realme and so are the preachers therfore out of the doores w t them So that I saye God can not let his Gospel tary w t vs but must nedes take it away to do vs some pleasure therein for so shall we thynke for a tyme as the Sodomitanes thought when Lot departed from them as the old world thought when Noe crept into his arcke as the Iero solomytances thought when the apostles wente thence to Peltis Thē were they mery thē was all pastyme When Moyses was absente then went they to eatynge and drynkynge and rose agayne to playe Then was al peace al was wel nothynge amysse But alas sodenlye came the floude and drowned them the fyer and burnte them vp Titus and besieged them Gods wrath waxed hote agaynst them Then was weale awaye mournynge and woe then was cryenge out wringing of handes renting of clothes sobbyng and sighynge for the miseries fallen out of the whiche they coulde not scape But oh you morners cryers out ye renters of clothes why mourne you what is the cause of your mysery The Gospell is gone goddes word is lytle preached you were not disquieted with it Noe troubleth you not Lot is departed the apostles are gone what now is y e cause of these your miseries Wyll you at y ● length confesse it is your sinnes Naye now it is to late God called vpō you and you would not heare hym therfore yell and crye out now for he wyl not heare you You bowed your eares from hearyng of Gods law therfore your prayer is execrable But to come again to vs Englishmen I fear me I say for oure vnthankfulnes sake for our impietie and wickednes as God hath taken awaye our kinge so wil he take awaye his gospel yea so we would haue it then shoulde all be well thinke manye Wel if he take that awaye for a tyme perchance we shal be quyet but at length we shall fele the want to our woe at length he wyll haue at vs as at Sodome at Ierusalem ▪ and other places And now he begineth to brew such a brewing wherin one of vs is like to destroy an other so make an opē gappe for forren enemies to deuoure vs and destroy vs. The father is against the sonne y e brother agaynste the brother And lorde w t what cōscience Oh be thou merciful voto vs in thyne anger remember thy mercy suffre thy selfe to be intreated be reconciled vnto vs naye reconcyle vs vnto the. Oh thou god of iustice iudge iustly oh thou sonne of God which camest to destroy y e workes of Sathan destroye his furoures nowe smokinge and almooste sette on fyre in this real me We haue synned we haue sinned therfore art thou angrye Oh be not angrye for euer Geue vs peace peace peace in the lorde Set vs to warre against synne against Sathan against our carnall desyres and geue vs the vyctory this waye This victorye we obtayn by fayth This fayth is not without repentaunce as hir gentleman vssher before hyr Before hir I say in discernynge true fayth from false fayth lyppe fayth Englishmens fayth for els it sprynges oute of true fayth This vssher then of repentaunce if we trulye possessed we shoulde be certayne of true fayth and so assured of the victorye ouer death hell and Sathan his workes then which he hath styrred vp woulde quayle God woulde restore vs politike peace ryght should be right haue ryght Gods Gospel should tarry with vs religion shuld be cherished superstition suppressed and so we yet somethynge happye notwithstandynge the great losse of our moste graciouse liege soueraygne Lorde All these woulde come to passe you see yf the gentleman vssher I spake of I meane repentaunce were at ynne with vs. As if he be absēt we may be certayn y e lady faith is absent wherfore we cā not but be vanquished of the world the flesh and the deuyll and so will Sathans workes prosper though not in al thinges to bleare our eyes yet in that thinge which the most of all desyreth Therfore to repentaunce for our selues priuatelye and for the realme and churche publikely eueryone shoulde laboure to styrre vp both oure selues others This to the