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The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs,…
The whole works of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principal teachers of this Church of England collected and compiled in one tome together, being before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the praise of God, and profit of all good Christian readers.The vvhole workes of W. Tyndall, Iohn Frith, and Doct. Barnes, three worthy martyrs, and principall teachers of this Churche of England collected and compiled in one tome togither, beyng before scattered, [and] now in print here exhibited to the Church. To the prayse of God, and profite of all good Christian readers.
London: printed by John Daye, 1573London: printed by Iohn Daye, 1573
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Then followeth the cause why lay men can not rule temporal offices which is the falsehood of the Bishops. There shalt thou find of miracles & ceremonies without signification, of false anointing & lying signs & false names and how the spirituality are disguised in falsehood, & how they roll the people in darkness and do all thing in the ⟨p. 183⟩Latin tongue and of their petty pillage, Their polling is like a soaking consumption wherein a man complaineth of feebleness and of faintness and wotteth not whence his disease cometh: it is like a pock that fretteth inward and consumeth the very marrow of the bones.
Then foloweth the cause why laye mē can not rule tēporall offices which is the falshead of the Bishops. There shalt thou finde of miracles & ceremonies without signification, of false annoynting & lyeng signes & false names and how the spiritualtie are disguised in falshead, & how they rowle the people in darkenes and do all thing in the ⟨p. 183⟩Latin toung and of their pety pyllage, Their polling is like a soking consūption wherin a man cōplaineth of feblenes and of fayntynes and wotteth not whence his disease commeth: it is lyke a pocke that freateth inward and consumeth the very marow of the bones.
There seest thou the cause why it is impossible for kings to come to the 1knowledge of the truth. For the sprites lay await for them & serve their appetites at all points and through confession buy and sell and betray both them, and all their true friends & lay baits for them and never leave them till they have blinded them with their sophistry & have brought them into their nets. And then when the king is captive, they compel all the rest with violence of his sword. For if any man will not obey them be it right or wrong they cite him, suspend him, and curse or excommunicate him. If he then obey not they deliver him to Pilate, that is to say, unto the temporal officers to destroy him. Last of all there findest thou the very cause of all persecution, which is the preaching against hypocrisy.