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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: God receiveth both perfect and weak in like grace for Christs sake, as a father receiveth all his children both small and great in like love. He receiveth them to be his sons and maketh 1a covenant with them, to bear their weakness for Christs sake, till they be waxen stronger, and how often soever they fall, yet to forgive them if they will turn again, and never to cast of any, till he yield him self to sin, and take sins part, and for affection and lust to sin, fight against his own profession to destroy it. And he correcteth and chastiseth his children ever at home with the rod of mercy and love, to make them better: but he bringeth them not forth to be judged after the condemnation of the law.
An other conclusion is this: God receaueth both perfite and weake in lyke grace for Christes sake, as a father receaueth all hys children both small and great in lyke loue. He receaueth them to be his sonnes and maketh 1a couenaunt with them, to beare theyr weakenes for Christes sake, till they be waxen stronger, and how often soeuer they fall, yet to forgeue them if they will turne agayn, and neuer to cast of any, till he yeld him selfe to sinne, and take sinnes part, and for affection and lust to sinne, fight agaynst his owne professiō to destroy it. And he correcteth and chastiseth his children euer at home with the rodde of mercy and loue, to make thē better: but he bryngeth them not forth to be iudged after the condemnation of the law.
- 1The conditions of the covenant.The conditions of the couenaunt.
An other conclusion is this: every man is two men, flesh and spirit. Which so fight perpetually one against an other, that a man must go either back or forward, and can not stand long in on state. If the spirit overcome