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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.
But some will say: I will not hate my neighbour nor yet love him or do him 1good, yes y• must love him: for the first commandment out of which all other flow, is: thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine hart with all thy soul and with all thy might. That is, thou must keep all his commandments with love. Love must keep thee from killing or hurting thy neighbour and from coveting in thine hart what soever is his. And. 1. John. iiij. This commandment have we of him, that he which loveth God, love his brother also. And again. 1. John. iij. he that hath the substance of this world and seeth his brother have necessity, & shutteth up his compassion from him, how is the love of God in him? he then that helpeth not at need loveth not God, but breaketh the first commandment. Let us love therefore saith S. John, not with word and tongue, but in deed, and truth. And again S. John saith in the said place, he that loveth not his brother abideth yet still in death. And of love hath Moses texts enough. But the Pharisees glossed them out, saying they were but good councils if a man desired to be perfect, but not precepts. Exod. xxiij. if thou mete thine enemies Ox or Ass going astray, thou shalt in any wise bring them to him again. And if thou see thine enemies Ass fall down under his burden, thou shalt help him up again. And Levit. xix. thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine hart, but shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, that thou bear no sin for his sake. For if thou 2study not to amend thy neighbour when he sinneth, so art thou partaker of his sins. And therefore when God taketh vengeance and sendeth what soever plague it be, to punish open sinners, thou must perish with them. For thou diddest sin in the light of God as deep as they because thou diddest not love the law of God to maintain it withal thine hart, soul, power, and might. Is not he that seeth his neighbours house in jeopardy to be set on fire and warneth not, nor helpeth in time, to avoid the peril worthy (if his neighbours house be burnt up) that his be burnt also: seeing it was in his power to have kept all out of jeopardy, if he had would: as he would no doubt if he had loved his neighbour? Even so when God sendeth 3