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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

by our eies by our nose by our taste and by our handling also And therefore the Sacrament full well may bee called séeable sensible tasteable and touchable words As therefore when many windowes be opened in an house the more light may come in then when ●here is but one opened euen so by the perception of the Sacraments a Christian mans conscience hath more helpe to receiue Christ then simply by the woord preached heard or meditated And therefore mee thinketh the Apostle full well calleth the Sacraments obsignations or sealings of Gods promise Read Rom. the 4. of Circumcision And thus much for the answere to the obiection aforesayd Now to returne from whence wée came namely to the consideration of the second thing what the Sacrament is I haue told you that it is not simply bread and wine but rather Christs body so called of Christ and so to be called and estéemed of vs ▪ But héere let vs marke what body and what blood Christ called it The Papists still babble This is my body This is my blood But what body it is what blood it is they shew not Looke therefore my dearely beloued on Chr●sts owne words and you shal see that Christ calleth it his body broken and his blood shedde Marke I say that Christ calleth it his body which is broken his blood which is shedde presently and not which was broken or shall bee broken which was shedde or shall be shedde as the Greeke Texts doe plainely shew thereby teaching vs that as God would haue the Passeouer called not which was the Passeouer or which shall be the Passeouer but plainely the Passeouer to the end that in the vse of it the passing ouer of the striking Angell should be set before their eyes as present so in the celebration of the Lords Supper the very Passion of Christ should be as present beholden with the eies of faith For which end Christ our Sauiour did specially institute this Supper saying Doe ye this in remembrance of mee or as Paul sayth Shew you the Lords death till hee come The Supper of the Lord then is not simply Christs body and blood but Christs body broken and his bloud shed Wherefore broken Wherefore shedde Forsooth that teacheth Christ himselfe saying Broken for you Shed for your sinnes and for the sinnes of many Héere now then wee haue occasion in the vse of the Sacrament to call to mind the greatnesse and grieuousnesse of sinne which could not be taken away by any other meanes then by the shedding of the most precious blood and breaking of the most pure body of the onely begotten sonne of GOD Iesus Christ by whom all things were made all things are ruled and gouerned c. Who considering this geare shall not bee touched to repent Who in receite of this Sacrament thinking that Christ saith to him Take eate this is my body which is broken for thee This is my blood which is shedde for thy sinnes Can but tremble at the grieuousnesse of his sinnes for the which such a price was payd If there were no plague at all else to admonish man of sinne how grieuous a thing it is in Gods sight surely that one were enough But alas how are our hearts bewitched through Sathans subtilties and the custome of sinne that wee make sinne a thing of nothing God open our eyes in time and giue vs repentance which we sée this Sacrament doth as it were enforce vs vnto in the reuerence and true vse of the same Againe in hearing that this which wee take and eate is Christs body broken for our sinnes and his bloud shedde for our iniquities wée are occasioned to call to mind the infinite greatnes of Gods mercie and trueth and of Christs loue towards vs. For what a mercie is this that God would for man béeing lost through his wilfull sinnes be content yea desirous to giue his owne onely Sonne The Image of his substance the brightnesse of his glorie béeing in his owne bosome to bée made man for vs that wee men by him might be as it were made Gods What a mercie is this that GOD the Father should so tender vs that hee would make this his Sonne béeing equall with him in diuinitie a mortall man for vs that wée might be made immortall by him What a kindnesse is this that the almightie Lord should send to vs his enemies his deare darling to bee made poore that wee by him might be made rich What bowels of compassion was this that the omnipotent Creator of Heauen and earth would deliuer his owne onely beloued Sonne for vs creatures to be not onely flesh of our flesh and bone of our bones that wee might by him through the holy Ghost be made one with him and so with the Father by communicating the merits of his flesh that is righteousnesse holinesse innocencie and immortalitie but also to be a slaine Sacrifice for our sinnes to satisfie his iustice to conuert or turne death into life our sinne into righteousnesse hell into Heauen miserie into felicitie for vs What a mercie is this that GOD will rayse vp this his sonne Christ not onely to iustifie and regenerate vs but also in his person to demonstrate vnto vs our state which we shall haue for in his comming we shall be like vnto him Oh wonderfull mercie of God which would assume this his Christ euen in humane body into the heauens to take and keepe there possession for vs to leade our captiuitie captiue to appeare before him alwaies praying for vs to make the throne of Iustice a throne of mercy the seat of glory a seat of grace so that with boldnesse we may come and appeare before God to aske and find grace in time conuenient Againe what a veritie and constant trueth in God is this that he would according to his promise made first to Adam and so to Abraham and others in his time accomplish it by sending his sonne so graciously Who would doubt hereafter of any thing that he hath promised And as for Christs loue oh whose heart can bee able to thinke of it any thing as it deserueth He being God would become man hée being rich would become poore he being Lord of all the world became a seruant to vs all hée beeing immortall would become mortall miserable and taste of all Gods curses yea euen of hell it selfe for vs. His blood was nothing too deare his life hee nothing considered to bring vs from death to life But this his loue néedeth more heartie weighing then many words speaking and therefore I omit and leaue it to your considerations So that in the receiuing of this Supper as I would you would tremble at Gods wrath for sinne so would I haue you to couple to that terrour and feare true faith by which ye might be assuredly perswaded of Gods mercie towards you and Christs loue though all things else preached the contrary Doe euery of you surely thinke when you heare these words Take eate this

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

vp thy firy brande and vexe poore Abell still Though Abel haue no fleshly strengthe thy furious wrath to tame yet God wil preserue him at the length to thy rebuke and shame Although his flesh thou lay ful lowe thy wrath to satisfie yet by the death of Lamethes bowe for his bloud thou shalt die Though Ismael had the greater stay before the promis begonne yet God bad Abraham put away the bond maide with her sonne Though Iacob fled his brothers ire to cause the fury cease yet God gaue him his whole desire and brough● him home in peace when Israel out of Egipt fled from him that helde them thrall The lord preserued the righteous sede and drowned their enemies all when that Golias in his great pryde his hie blastes out did blowe The lord soone laied his pompe asyde and brought his boastinges lowe when king Saule sought Dauids life without Dauids offence The Lord at last ended that strife and Saule made recompence when Acheor to a tree was bounde because he truth did tell He was soone healed of that wounde by the God of Israell when Holifernus in his rage against Goddes flocke did stand Then soone did his pryde asswage euen by a womans hand when A man made a gallowes strong for Mardocheus the Iewe Himselfe was hanged theron ere long for God is iust and true when Susan was without refuge and like to suffer paine The Lord that is a righteous iudge did pay her foes againe As Daniell in the Lions den was kept from wo and greefe So God preserueth righteous men and sendes them quicke reliefe when that the ouen was made red hot the children to destroy Gods angel the flame out swot and walked with them in ioy when Peter Iohn in pryson were for preaching of Gods worde Gods angel did the doore vnbarre as Luke doth well recorde Thus by examples strong and sure the Scripture doth witnes The enemies power can not endure for God doth it suppres when God made all thinges with his word he blest it with increase But soone the deuil brought Caine the sword bad him breake the peace So from that day vnto this houre Cain hath the sworde in hande Seking still Abell to deuoure either by sea or lande For by the deuils great enuie came death amongst mankynde And all that his dere children be fulfill their fathers mynde Dere christians be not nowe afraide to doe your maisters will For he doth promise to be your aide and your defence from ill His mercy is to succour those that trust to him at neede Feare not for God will your bands lose as he hath promised Therfore sticke harde vnto the worde the whiche you haue professed And then no doubt but that the Lorde will see your cause redressed Now seing we shall deliuered be as Esdras doth declare By death or life what cause haue we either to doubt or care But onely in our Lorde Iesus to put our confidence who in these daies is vnto vs a tower and strong defence All prayse be to the liuing God which iudgeth righteously And in all ages fulfyls his worde his name to magnify Finis ¶ The wordes of Maister Houper at his death O Lord Iesus that for whose loue I leaue wyllyngly this lyfe and desyre the bytter death of the crosse with the losse of all my worldlye thinges then eyther to abyde the blasphemie of thy moste holye name or to abey vnto menne in breakynge of thy Commaundementes thou seest Lorde that where I myght lyue in wealth to worship a false god and to honour thine ennemy I choose rather the tormentes of my bodye and the losse of this my lyfe and I haue counted all thynges but vile dust and donge that I mighte wyn thee whiche death is more deare vnto mee then thousandes of gold and syluer such loue Lorde hast thou laid vp in my brest that I honger for thee as the deare that is wounded desireth the soile so send thy holy comforter to ayde comfort and strengthen this weke peece of yearthe whiche is of it selfe empty of al strēgth thou remembrest that I am but vyle duste and donge and of my selfe able to doo nothinge therfore O Lorde as thou of thine a customed loue hast bidden me to this banket counted me worthi to drink of this thy cuppe amōgest thine elect giue me strēgth against this thy ellyment that as to my sight it is moste yrkesom vntolerable so to mi mind it may at thy commaundemēt go as an obediēt seruaunt be swete and plesant and through the strength of thy holy spirite I may passe through the fury of this fire into thy bosom according to thi promisse and for this mortal lyfe receyue an immortalitie and for this corruptible receiue an incorruptibilite accept this bornt sacrifcie O heauenly Father not for the sacrifice sake but for thy dere sonnes sake my sauiour for whose testimoni I offer this my free wyl offering with al my hart with al mi strength with al my soule Oh heauenli father forgeue mee my sinnes as I forgeue all the worlde O swete sonne of God my sauyour sprede thy winges ouer me O God the holy ghost comforte strengthen and stablish me and as through thy mighty power thou hast brought me hyther to death so condyth me in to euerlasting blisse O Lord into thy handes I commende my spirite thou haste redemed me O God of truthe Lorde haue mercye vpon me Christ haue mercy vpon me Lord haue mercy vpon me Amen ¶ Finis ¶ These are the wordes that Maister Iohn Houper wrote on the wall with a cole in the newe Inne in Gloceter the night before he suffered COntent thy selfe with pacience w t christ to beare y e crosse of payne ●ho can or will recompence ● thousand folde with Ioyes againe ●et nothing cause thy hart to fayle ●ainch out thy bote hoise vp thy saile Put from the shore ●nd be thou suer thou shalt attayne ●nto the porte that shall remayne For euer more ●ere not death pas not for bandes ●nly in God put thy whole trust ●r he wil require thi blod at their hāds ● thou dost know y t once die thou must Only for that thy life if thou geue ●eth is no deth but amens for to liue Do not dispaire Of no worldly tirant see thou dreede ●y cōpace whiche is gods worde shall the leade ●nd the wind is faire ¶ Finis TWO NOTABLE Sermons Made by that worthy Martyr of Christ Master Iohn Bradford the one of Repentance and the other of the Lords Supper now newly imprinted Perused and allowed according to the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford dwelling on Adling hill 1599. To the Christian Reader Thomas Samson wisheth the felicity of speedy and full conuersion to the Lord. GOdly learned men doe write and publish bookes to profit the age in which they doe liue and the posterity This desire was in the Authour of this ●reatise Master Iohn

is my body broken for your sinnes Drinke this is my blood shedde for your sinnes That God the eternall Father embracing you Christ calleth and cleppeth you most louingly making himselfe one with you and you one with him and one with another amongst your selues You ought no lesse to bee certaine now that God loueth you pardoneth your sins and that Christ is all yours then if you did heare an Angell out of heauen speaking so vnto you And therefore reioyce and bee glad and make this Supper Eutharichiam a thankesgiuing as the Fathers named it Be no lesse certaine that Christ and you now are all one then you are certaine the bread and wine is one with your nature and substance after you haue eaten and drunke it Howbeit in this it differeth that you by faith are as it were changed into Christ and not Christ into you as the bread is for by faith he dwelleth in vs and we in him God giue vs faith in the vse of this Sacrament to receiue Christ as hee giueth vs handes to receiue the element simbole and visible Sacrament God grant vs not to prepare our téeth and belly as Saint Augustine saith but rather of his mercie hee prepare and giue vs true and liuely faith to vse this and all other his ordinances to his glory and our comforts He sweepe the houses of our hearts and make them cleane that they may bée a worthy harborough and lodging for the Lord. Amen Now let vs come and looke on the third and last thing namely wherfore the Lord did institute this Sacrament Our nature is very obliuious of GOD and of all his benefits And againe it is very full of dubitation and doubting of GODS loue and of his kindnesse Therefore to the ende these two things might bee something reformed and holpen in vs the Lorde hath instituted this Sacrament I meane that wee might haue in memorie the principall benefite of all benefits that is Christes death and that wee might bee on all parts assured of Communion with Christ of all kindenesse the greatest that euer God did giue vnto man The former to bée the ende wherefore Christ did institute this Sacrament hee himselfe doeth teach vs saying Doe yee this in remembrance of me The latter the Apostle doeth no lesse set foorth in saying The bread which we breake is it not the partaking or Cōmunion of the body of Christ Is not the Cuppe of blessing which wee blesse the partaking or Communion of the blood of Christ So that it appeareth the ende wherefore this Sacrament was instituted was and is for the reformation and help of our obliuion of that which we should neuer forget and of our dubitation of that whereof we ought to bee most certaine Concerning the former namely of the memorie of Christs death what commoditie it bringeth with it I will purpesely for times sake omit Onely a little will I speake of the commodities comming vnto vs by the partaking and Communion wée haue with Christ First it teacheth vs that no mā can communicate with Christ but the same must néedes communicate with Gods grace fauour where through sinnes are forgiuen Therefore this commoditie commeth herethrough namely that we should be certaine of the remission and pardon of our sinnes The which thing we may also perceiue by the Cup in that it is called the Cup of the newe Testament to which Testament is properly attributed on God behalfe obliuion or remission of our sinnes First I say therfore the Supper is instituted to this end that he which worthily receiueth should bee certaine of the remission and pardon of his sinnes and iniquities how many and great soeuer they be Howe great a benefite this is onely they knowe which haue felt the burthē of sinne which of al heauy things is the most heauy Againe no man can communicate with Christes body and blood but the same must communicate with his spirit for Christs body is no dead carcase Now he that cōmunicateth with Christs Spirite communicateth as with holines righteousnesse innocencie and immortalitie and with all the merites of Christes body so doeth hee with GOD and all his glorie and with the Church and all the good that euer it or any member of it had hath or shall haue This is The Communion of Saints which we beleeue in our Creede which hath wayting on it Remission of sinnes Resurrection of the flesh and life euerlasting To the ende that we should be most assured and certaine of all these Christ our Sauiour did institute this his Supper and therefore would haue vs to vse it So that there is no man I trowe which seeeth not great cause of giuing thankes to God for this holy Sacrament of the Lord whereby if wée worthily receiue it wée ought to bée certaine that all our sinnes whatsoeuer they bée are pardoned clearely that wée are regenerate and borne againe into a liuely hope into an inheritance immortall vndefiled and which can neuer wither away that wee are in the fellowship of GOD the Father the Sonne and the holy Ghost that wée are Gods Temples at one with God God at one with vs that wée are members of Christes Church and fellowes with the Saintes in all felicitie that wee are certaine of immortalitie in soule and body and so of eternall life then which thing what can bée more demaunded Christ is ours and we are Christes he dwelleth in vs and wée in him Oh happy eyes that sée these things and most happy heartes that feele them My deare brethren let vs pray vnto the Lord to open our eyes to sée these wonderfull things to giue vs faith to féele them Surely we ought no lesse to bee assured of them nowe in the worthy receiuing of this Sacrament then wée are assured of the exteriour symboles and Sacraments If an Angell from Heauen should come and tell you these things then would you reioyce and bée glad And my deare hearts in the Lorde I euen nowe though most vnworthy am sent of the Lorde to tell you no lesse but that you worthily receiuing this Sacrament shall receiue remission of all your sinnes or rather certainetie that they are remitted and that you are euen now Gods darlings Temples and fellow inheritours of all the good that euer he hath Wherefore sée that you giue thanks vnto the Lord for this his great goodnesse and prayse his Name for euer Oh sayth one I could be glad in very déed and giue thanks from my very heart if that I did worthily receiue this Sacramēt But alas I am a very grieuous sinner and I feele in my selfe very little repentance and faith and therefore I am afraid that I am vnworthy To the answering of this obiection I thinke it necessarie to speake some thing of the woorthy receiuing of this Sacrament in as great breuitie playnnesse as I can The Apostle willeth all men to prooue and examine themselues before they eate of the bread and drinke