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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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And as thy love to the law increaseth, so 1doth thy faith in Christ, and so doth thine hope and longing for the life to come. And as thy love is cold, so is thy faith weak, & thine hope and longing for the life to come little. And where no love to the law is, there is neither faith in Christ for the forgiveness of sin, nor longing for the life to come: but in stead of faith, a wicked imagination that God is so unrighteous that he is not offended with sin. And in stead of hope, a desire to live ever here, and a greediness of worldly voluptuousness.
And as thy loue to the lawe increaseth, so 1doth thy fayth in Christ, and so doth thyne hope and longing for the life to come. And as thy loue is colde, so is thy fayth weake, & thine hope and longing for the lyfe to come litle. And where no loue to the lawe is, there is neither fayth in Christ for the forgeuenes of sinne, nor longing for the lyfe to come: but in steede of fayth, a wicked imagination that God is so vnrighteous that he is not offended with sinne. And in stede of hope, a desire to liue euer here, and a gredines of worldly voluptuousnesse.
- 1Faith, love and hope are insepararable in this life.Fayth, loue and hope are insepararable in this lyfe.
And unto all such is the Scripture locked 1up and made impossible to understand. They may read it and rehearse the stories thereof, and dispute of it, as the turks may, and as we may of the turks law. And they may suck pride, hypocrisy and all manner of poison there out to slay their own souls, and to put stumbling blocks in other mens ways, to thrust them from the truth? and get such learning therein as in Aristotle's Ethics and moral philosophy, and in the precepts