A68831:1257
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.
AS he rebuked their doctrine above, even so here he rebuketh their ⟨p. 217⟩works: for out of devilish doctrine can 1spring no godly works. But what works rebuketh he? verily such as as God in the Scripture commandeth, 2and without which no man can be a Christen man: even prayer, fasting and alms deed. For as the Scripture corrupt with glosses, is no more Gods word, even so the deeds commanded in the Scripture (when the intent of them is perverted) are no more godly deeds. What said the Scribes & Pharisees of him (think ye) when he rebuked such manner of works? No doubt as they said (when he rebuked their false glosses) how he destroyed the law and the Prophets, interpreting the Scripture after the literal sense, which killeth, & after his own brain, clean contrary to the common faith of holy Church, and minds of great Clerks and authentic expositions of old holy Doctors. Even so here what other could they say, then, behold the heretic, and did not we tell you before whereto he would come, and that he kept some mischief behind, and spued not out all his venom at once: see to what all his godly new doctrine that sounded so sweetly, is come? he preached all of love, and would have the people saved by faith, so long till that now at the last, he preached clean against all deeds of mercy, as prayer, fasting and alms deed, and destroyeth all good works. His disciples fast no more then dogs, they despise their divine service, & come not to Church, yea and if the holyest of all S. Francis order ask them alms, they bid him labour with his hands, and get his living, and say that he that laboureth not is not worthy to eat, & that God •ad that no such strong lubbers should loiter, and go a begging, and be chargeable to the congregation, and eat up that other poor men get with the▪ sweat of their boys: yea and at the last ye shall see, if we resist him not betimes, that he shall move the people to insurrection, as Caiaphas said, and the Romans shall come & take our land from us. As ye see in the text, Luk. xxiij. How (when they could not drive the people from him with those persuasions) they accused him to Pilate saying: we have found this fellow perverting the people, and forbidding to pay tribute to Cesar, and saying that he is Christ a king. Wherefore thou canst not be Caesars friend, if thou