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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 right: for if we will not know God to keep his laws, how should 1God know us, to keep us & to care for us, and to fulfil his promises of mercy unto us? saith not Paul. Ro. i. of the heathen: Sicut non probaverunt habere deum in noticia, ita tradidit illos Deus. As it seemed them not good, or as they had no lust, or as they admitted it not, nor allowed for right in their hearts to know God as God, to give him the honour of God, that is: to fear him as God, and as avenger of all evil, and to seek his will: even so God gave them up to follow their own blindness, and took his spirit and his grace from them, and would no longer rule their wits. Even so if we cast of us, the yoke of our temporal laws which are yt laws of God, and drawn out of the ten commandments and law natural, and out of love thy neighbour as thy self: God shall cast us of and let us slip, to follow our own wit. And then shall all go against us, what soever we take in hand: in so much that when we gather a parliament to reform or amend ought, that we there determine shall be our own snare, confusion, and utter destruction, so that all the enemies we have under heaven could not wish us so great mischief as our own council shall do us, God shall so blind the wisdom of the wise. If any man have any godly counsel, it shall have none audience: Error, madness, and dazing shall have the upper hand.
And right: for if we will not know God to keepe his lawes, how should 1God know vs, to keepe vs & to care for vs, and to fulfill his promises of mercy vnto vs? sayth not Paul. Ro. i. of the heathen: Sicut non probauerunt habere deum in noticia, ita tradidit illos Deus. As it seemed them not good, or as they had no lust, or as they admitted it not, nor alowed for right in theyr hartes to know God as God, to geue him the honor of God, that is: to feare him as God, and as auenger of all euill, and to seeke hys will: euen so God gaue them vp to follow their owne blyndnesse, and tooke his spirite and his grace from them, and woulde no longer rule their wittes. Euen so if we cast of vs, the yoke of our temporall lawes which are yt lawes of God, and drawen out of the ten commaundementes and lawe naturall, and out of loue thy neighbour as thy self: God shall cast vs of and let vs slippe, to follow our owne wit. And then shall all goe agaynst vs, what soeuer we take in hand: in so much that when we gather a parliament to reforme or amēoe ought, that we there determine shalbe our owne snare, confusion, and vtter destruction, so that all the enemies we haue vnder heauen coulde not wishe vs so great mischiefe as our owne coūcell shall do vs, God shall so blinde the wisedome of the wise. If any man haue any godly councell, it shall haue none audience: Errour, madnesse, and dasing shall haue the vpper hand.