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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

spryngeth oute of the hearynge not of Masses Mattens Cannons councels doctours decrees but out of the hearing of gods word Get the gods word but not that part whiche serueth speciallye to contricion that is the lawe but the other part which serueth specially to consolacion and certayn perswasiō of gods loue towards the that is the Gospel or publication of Gods mercy in Christ I meane the free promyses But here thou must knowe y t there is two kyndes of promises one which are properly of y e law another which ar properly of the Gospell In the promyses of the lawe we may in dede behold Goddes mercy but so that it hāgeth ouer the condicion of our worthynes as yf thou loue the Lord with al thy hearte c thou shalte fynde mercy This kynd of promyses though it declare vnto vs Goddes loue which promiseth wher he nedeth not yet vnto him that feleth not Christe whiche is the ende of the law they are so farre from cōfortinge that vtterly with the law they bringe manne to greate dispayre so greatly we are corrupt for none so loueth GOD as he oughte to doe From these therfore get the to the other promyses of the Gospel in which we may see suche plentie and franke liberalite of Gods goodnes that we can not but be muche comforted though we haue very depelye synned For these promyses of the gospell doe not hange on the condicion of oure worthynesse as the promyses of the law do but they depende and hange on Goddes trueth that as GOD is true so they can not but be perfourmed to al thē which lay holde on them by faith I had almost sayd which cast them not away by vnbelefe Marke in them therfore two thinges nameli that as wel they are free promyses without anye condiciō of our worthines as also that they are vniuersal offred to al all I saye which are not so stubborne as to kepe styll ▪ theyr handes whereby they should receaue this almesse in theyr bosomes by vnbeliefe As concerning infantes and children you know I now speake not but cōcerning such as be of yeres of discrecion And now you loke that I shuld geue you a tast of these promyses whiche are both free and vniuersall excepting none but suche as excepte themselues Well you shall haue one or two for a saye In the thyrde of Iohn sayeth our Sauiour so God the Father loued the world that he woulde geue his dearling his owne only sonne that all that beleue in hym should not perish but haue euerlasting lyfe Lo syr he sayeth not that some might haue lyfe but al sayth he And what all all y t loue him wyth all theyr heartes all y t haue lyued a godly lyfe naye all y t beleue in him all thoughe thou hast liued a most wicked and horrible lyfe yf nowe thou beleue in him thou shalte be saued Is not this swete geare Agayne sayth Christ Mat. xi come vnto me all you that labor and are laden and I wyll refresh you Let vs a little loke on thys letter come vnto me Who shuld come Lord Priestes Holy men Monkes Freres Yea coblers tinkers whores theues murtherers also yf they lamente theyr sinnes Come vnto me sayth he all ye that labour and are laden that is which are afrayd for your sinnes And what wilte thou doe Lorde and I wyll refreshe you sayth he Oh what a thinge is this and I wyll refresshe you wote you who spake thys he that neuer tolde lye he is the trueth there was neuer gyle founde in hys mouth and now wyl he be vntru to the good brother whiche arte sorie for thy greuous sinnes no forsoth Heauen and earth shall passe and perishe but his woorde shall neuer fayle Sainct Paule sayth i. Tim. ij God would haue all men saued lo he excepteth none And to Titus ij the grace of God bringeth saluacion to all mē As frō Adam all haue receyued sinne to dampnation so by Christ al haue grace offred to saluacion yf they reiect not the same I speake not nowe of infantes I saye nor I nede not to enter into the matter of predestinacion In preathinge of repentaūce I would gather wher I could with Christ As surely as I lyue sayth god I wyll not the death of a synner Arte thou a synner yea Lo god sweareth he wyll not thy death howe canste thou nowe perishe Consyder wyth thy selfe what profyte shouldeste thou haue to beleue this to be true to others yf not to thy selfe also Sathan doeth so Rather consyder wyth Peter that the promyse of saluacion pertayneth not only to them whiche are nye that is to suche as are fallen a lyttle but also to all whome the LORDE hath called be they neuer so farre of Loe nowe by me the Lorde calleth thee thou manne thou woman that art very farre of The promyse therfore pertayneth to thee nedes muste thou be saued excepte thou wyth Sathan say GOD is false and yet yf thou do so GOD is faythful and can not denye him selfe as thou shalt feele by hys plages in hell for so dishonoringe God to thinke that he is not true Wyll he be founde false now the matter hangeth not on thy worthynesse but it hangeth on Gods truth Clap hold on it and I warrante thee Christe is the propiciation of oure synnes yea for the synnes of the whole world Beleue this man I know thou beleuest it saye therefore in thy hearte styll Domine adauge mihi fidē lord increase my fayth Lord help my vnbelefe Blessed are they which see not by reason this geare but yet beleue Hope man past all hope as Abrahā dyd Roma iiij And thus muche for a taste of these promyses which are euerye where not only in the new testament but also in the olde Reade the last ende of Leuiticum xxvi The Prophete Esay from the .xl Chapt. in the .xxx. sayth he God tarrieth loking for thee to shewe the mercy reade the .ij. Regum xxiiij Psalm xxxiij Ioel. ij c. Howebeit yf thys geare wyll not serue yf yet thou fealeste no fayth no certayne perswasion of Gods loue then vnto praier and diligent consyderinge of the free and vniuersall promyses of the Gospell Thyrdely set before the those benefites which god hath to foregeuen thee and presently geueth thee Cōsyder how he hath made the a manne or a woman whiche myghte haue made the a tode a dogge And why did he this verely because he loued the trow est thou that yf he loued the whē thou wast not to make the such a one as he most graciouslye hath made y e wil he not troweste thou now loue the beinge his handye worke doeth he hate any thinge that he made is there vnablenes with him doth he loue for a day and so fare wel no forsoth he loueth to thende his mercye endureth for euer Say therfore with Iob Operimanuum tuarum porrige dexteram to the woorke of thy hand