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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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An other conclusion is this: of them that 1believe in Christ for the remission of sin and love the law, are a thousand degrees and not 2so few, one perfecter or weaker than another: of which a great sort are so feeble that they can neither go forward in their profession & purpose, nor yet stand except they be helped and borne of their stronger brethren, and tended as young children are by the care of their fathers and mothers. And therefore doth God command the elder to care for the younger. As Paul teacheth Rom. xv, saying: we that be stronger, ought to bear the feebleness of the weaker. And Gala. vj. brethren if any man be caught in any fault, ye that be spiritual (and 3are grown in knowledge and have gotten the victory of your flesh) teach such with the spirit of softness, not calling them heretics at the first chop, & threatening them with fire and fagots. But alter alterius onera portate (saith he) & sic adimplebitis legē Christi. That is to say: bear each others burden, & so shall ye fulfil the law of Christ. Even so verily shall ye fulfil the law of Christ, and not with smiting your brethren, and putting stumbling blocks before their weak feet, and killing their consciences, and making them more afraid of shadows and bugs, then to break their fathers commandments, and to trust in words of wind and vanity more then in their fathers promise.
An other conclusion is this: of them that 1beleue in Christ for the remission of sinne and loue the law, are a thousand degrees and not 2so few, one perfecter or weaker thē another: of which a great sort are so feble that they cā neither go forward in their profession & purpose, nor yet stand except they be holpe and borke of their strōger brethren, and tended as young childrē are by the care of their fathers and mothers. And therfore doth God commaund the elder to care for the younger. As Paule teacheth Rom. xv, saying: we that be stronger, ought to beare the feblenes of the weaker. And Gala. vj. brethren if any man be caught in any fault, ye that be spirituall (and