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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Riches is the gift of God given man 1to maintain y• degrees of this world, and therefore not evil: yea and some must be poor and some rich, if we shall have an order in this world. And God our father divideth richesse and poverty among his children according to his godly pleasure and wisdom. And as 2richesse doth not exclude the from the blessing, so doth not poverty certify thee: But to put thy trust in the living god maketh y• heir thereof. For if thou trust in the living God: Then if thou be poor, thou covetest not to be rich, for thou art certified y• thy father shall minister unto thee food & raiment, and be thy defender: & if thou have riches thou knowest that they be but vanity, and that as thou broughtest them not into the world, so shalt thou not carry them out: and that as they be thine to day, so may they be an other mans to morrow, and that the favour of God only both gave and also keepeth thee & them, and not thy wisdom or power: and that they, neither ought else can help at need, save the good will of thy heavenly father only. Happy and blessed then 3are the poor in spirit: that is to say the rich that have not their confidence nor consolation in the vanity of their richesse: and the poor that desire not inordinately to be rich, but have their trust in the living: God for food and raiment and for all that pertaineth either to the body or the soul: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Riches is the gift of God geuen mā 1to mayntaine y• degrees of this world, and therefore not euill: yea and some must be poore and some rich, if we shal haue an order in this world. And God our father deuideth richesse and pouertie among his childrē accordyng to his godly pleasure and wisedome. And as 2richesse doth not exclude the from the blessing, so doth not pouertie certifie thee: But to put thy trust in the liuyng god maketh y heyre therof. For if thou trust in the liuing God: Thē if thou be poore, thou couetest not to be rich, for thou art certified y thy father shall minister vnto thee fode & raymēt, and be thy defēder: & if thou haue riches thou knowest that they be but vanitie, and that as thou broughtest them not into the world, so shalt thou not carie them out: and that as they be thyne to day, so may they be an other mans to morow, and that the fauour of God onely both gaue and also kepeth thee & them, and not thy wisedome or power: and that they, neither ought els cā helpe at nede, saue the good will of thy heauenly father onely. Happy and blessed then