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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

whiche that you maye the rather attaine and get to youre comfortes as I haue goone aboute to be a meane to sturre vp by Goedes grace this desiae of repētaunce so throughe the same grace of God wyll I go aboute now to shew you how you may haue your desier in this behalfe And fyrste concernynge this part namely sorow for your synnes and hartye lamentynge of the same For this yf you desier the hauynge of it you muste beware that you thinke not that of your selues or of your owne free wyll by any meanes you cā get it you may easely deceaue your selues and mocke your selues thinking more of your selues then is semelye Al good thynges and not peces of good thinges but all good thinges sayeth S. Iames commeth from God y e father of light If therefore pennaunce be good as it is good then the partes of it be good From God therefore do they come and not of our free wyll It is the Lorde that mortifieth that bringeth downe that humbleth sayth the scripture in sundrye places After thou haddest striken my thigh sayeth Ieremye I was ashamed ▪ Lo he sayth after thou haddest striken me and therfore praieth he euen the last wordes almoost he writeth Turne vs lord and we shal be turned the whiche thing Dauyd doth very often Wherfore fyrst of all yf thou wouldest haue this parte of pennaunce as for the whole because it is goddes gyft Acte xi ii Timo. ii so for this parte go thou vnto God make some lyttel prayer as thou canst vnto his mercy for the same in this or lyke sorte Mercifull father of our sauioure Iesus Christe bcause I haue synned and done wickedly and thorowe thy goodnes haue receaued a desire of repentaunce whereto this longe sufferaunce doth draw my hard heart I besech thy mercy in Christ to work the same repentaunce in me by thy spyryt power and grace to humble mortifye and feare my conscyence for my synnes to saluation that in thy tyme thou mayeste comforte and quycken me thoroughe Iesus Christ thy dearly beloued sonne Amē After this sort I say or otherwyse as thou thynkeste good yf thou wylte haue this fyrst parte contricion or sorowe for thy synnes do thou begge it of God thorow Christe And when thou haste asked it as I haue laboured to dryue the frome trustynge in thy selfe so nowe I gooe aboute to moue thee from flatterynge of thy selfe from sluggyshnes and negligence to be diligente to vse these meanes folowynge Vnto prayer which I would thou shouldest fyrst vse as thou canst Secondly get thee Gods lawe as a glasse to toote in for in it and by it commeth the trewe knowledge of synne withoute whiche knoweledge there can be no sorowe For howe can a man sorrowe for his synnes whyche knoweth not his synnes As when a man is sycke the fyrste steppe to health is to knowe his syckenesse euen so to saluation the fyrste steppe thereto is to knowe thy dampnation due for thy synnes The lawe of God therefore muste be gotten and well tooted in that is we muste looke in it spirituallye and not corporallye or carnally as the outward word or letter doth declare and vtter and so our sauioure teacheth vs in the .v. of Math expoundinge the .vi. and .vii. commaundementes not onely after the outward dede but also after the hearte makynge there the anger of the hart a kynd of murther lustinge after an other mans wyfe a kind of adulterye And this is one of the differences betwene Gods lawe and mannes lawe That of this mannes lawe I meane I am not condempnable so longe as I obserue outwardely the same But Goddes lawe goeth to the roote and to the harte condempnynge me for the inwarde mocion althoughe outwardlye I lyue moste holely As for example Yf I kyll no man though in my heart I hate mans law cōdempneth me not but otherwise doeth gods law And why for it seeth the fountayne whence the euyl doeth spring If hatred wer taken out of the hearte loftinesse in lookes detraction in tonge murther by hand could neuer ensue Yf lustinge were out of the heart curiositie in countenaunce wantōnes in wordes thē baudie boldnesse in body would not appeare In that therfore this outwarde euyll springes out of the inward corrupcion seynge gods lawe also is a lawe of libertie as sayth S. Iames And spirituall as sayth S. Paul Perfectly and spiritually it is to be vnderstand yf we wyll truelye come to the knowledge of our synnes For of this inwarde corruption reason knoweth but litle or nothinge I had not knowē sayth Paul y e lusting which to reason to them which are gyded only by reasō is thoughte but a trifle I had not knowen sayth he this lusting to haue been sinne yf y e law had not sayd Non concupisces thou shalt not lust To the knowledge therfore of our sinne w tout which we cānot repent or be sory for our sinne let vs secondly gette gods law as a glasse to toote in that not only litterally outwardly or partely but also spiritually inwardlye throughly let vs cōsidre the hart so shall we see the foule spottes we are stayned withal at least inwardly wherby we y e rather may be moued to harti sorow sighīg For as s Austen sayth it is a glas which feareth no bodie but euen loke what a one part so it paintes the oute In the law we see it is a foule spot not to loue the Lord our God w tal al I say our heart soule power might strength that cōtinually In the law it is a foule spotte not onely to make to our selues any grauen ymage or similitude to bow therto c but also not to frame our selfes wholly after the ymage wherto we ar made not to bow to it to worship it In the law we se y t it is a foule spot not only to take gods name in vain but also not earnestli hartely euen cōtinually to call vpō his name only to geue thākes vnto him to beleue to publishe to liue his holy word In gods law we se it is a foule spot to our soules not only to be an opē prophaner of y e saboth day but also not to rest frō our own words works y t y e lord might both speake wor vs by vs not to heare his holy worde not to communicate hys Sacramentes not to geue occasion to others to holynes by our example in godlye workes reuerēt esteminge of the ministerie of his worde In Gods law we see it a foule spot to our soules not only to be an opē disobeyer of our parents magistrates maysters and such as be in anye auctoritie ouer vs but also not to honour such euen in our heartes not to geue thākes to God for them not to pray for them to ayde to helpe or releue them to beare with their infirmities c. In Gods lawe we

¶ 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