The Writings of John Bradford, Vol. II - Containing Letters, Treatises, RemainsCosimo, Inc., 1. dets 2007 - 484 pages The English religious martyr JOHN BRADFORD (1510-1555) was an Anglican who spent the last several years of his life in the Tower of London, imprisoned by the newly ascended Catholic queen Mary Tudor. Bradford spent his years in the Tower, before he was burned at the stake as a heretic, sharing his thoughts on God with anyone who would read them. In Volume II of Bradford's collected writings-some composed before his incarceration, and some during-discover his letters, treatises, and other assorted works, including: . treatise on the old man and the now . treatise on the flesh and the spirit . declaration concerning religion . letter to the Queen and Parliament . admonition to lovers of the Gospel . farewell to the city of London . and much more. |
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Page xv
... conscience of the great weighty burden ( for so I did write to you ) : yea , the Lord hath in manner unburthened me of the lesser burden also ; for I have an assurance of the payment of the same by Candlemas , " that is , February 2 ...
... conscience of the great weighty burden ( for so I did write to you ) : yea , the Lord hath in manner unburthened me of the lesser burden also ; for I have an assurance of the payment of the same by Candlemas , " that is , February 2 ...
Page xvi
... conscience , and acknowledged himself to me , that he had deceived the king ; and willing he was to make restitution : and so the first Lent came to my hands twenty pounds to be restored to the king's use . I was promised twenty pound ...
... conscience , and acknowledged himself to me , that he had deceived the king ; and willing he was to make restitution : and so the first Lent came to my hands twenty pounds to be restored to the king's use . I was promised twenty pound ...
Page xxvii
... conscience I judge more worthy to be a bishop , than many of us that be bishops already to be a parish- priest 8. " The division however of the bishopric of Durham , though passed into law , March 15539 , was not acted upon during the ...
... conscience I judge more worthy to be a bishop , than many of us that be bishops already to be a parish- priest 8. " The division however of the bishopric of Durham , though passed into law , March 15539 , was not acted upon during the ...
Page xxxii
... conscience , to try what should become of his just doing . Within three days after , he was sent for to the Tower of London , where the queen then was , to appear there before the council . There was he charged with this act of saving ...
... conscience , to try what should become of his just doing . Within three days after , he was sent for to the Tower of London , where the queen then was , to appear there before the council . There was he charged with this act of saving ...
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... conscience - stricken on account of his own connivance , and that Sir John Harrington was , in the issue , compelled to make restitution to the government . It has been supposed , with much probability , that Bp Latimer , in the ...
... conscience - stricken on account of his own connivance , and that Sir John Harrington was , in the issue , compelled to make restitution to the government . It has been supposed , with much probability , that Bp Latimer , in the ...
Contents
VIII | 22 |
To Traves December 1 1549 | 33 |
XVII | 39 |
To Harrington and wife December 20 1553 | 59 |
To Harrington and wife February 12 1554 | 70 |
To his mother about Febr 24 1554 | 78 |
XXXVIII To Mistress Coke July 23 1554 | 101 |
To Harrington and wife on confession | 108 |
XCI | 226 |
XCIV | 237 |
XCVII To Adn Philpot | 243 |
THREE PIECES FROM EMMANUEL MSS CAMBRIDGE | 254 |
CONFUTATION OF FOUR ROMISH DOCTRINES editorial preface | 267 |
173 | 274 |
How Gods word teacheth of Christs sacrifice | 277 |
Praying for the dead | 287 |
XLVI | 128 |
XLIX | 135 |
LIII | 142 |
LV | 151 |
Bp Ridley to Bradford about December 20 1554 | 158 |
LX | 164 |
To Trewe and others about January 30 1555 | 180 |
LXXII | 184 |
Bp Ridley to Bradford probably middle of April 1555 | 213 |
Bp Ridley to Bradford | 220 |
Praying to saints | 294 |
175 | 306 |
177 | 345 |
first time | 351 |
V | 368 |
IV Bp Hooper to Sir William Cecil April 17 1551 | 395 |
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Page xxv - Trust ye not in lying words, saying: — "The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord are these.
Page xi - A pure revival will always be marked by " the wisdom that is from above, which is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.