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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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By these three we keep the spirit of 1God, and both continue and also grow in righteousness and wax perfecter & perfecter in soul & body. And if these fail or that we understand not the right intent, we loose the spirit again, and the righteousness of faith, and the true understanding of the Scripture, and all our learning shall be but pure darkness. And then what a blindness is that, when the darkness of hell is called the light of heaven.
By these three we kepe the spirite of 1God, and both cōtinue and also grow in righteousnesse and waxe perfecter & perfecter in soule & body. And if these fayle or that we vnderstand not the right entēt, we loose the spirite againe, and the righteousnesse of fayth, and the true vnderstandyng of the Scripture, and all our learnyng shalbe but pure darckenesse. And then what a blyndenesse is that, whēthe darcknesse of hell is called the light of heauen.
- 1Alms, prayer, and fasting, how necessary.Almose, prayer, and fasting, how necessary.
As it is of alms & prayer, so it is 1of fasting: judge like of all three. Where any one of them is, there are they all three: and where any one is away, there is none at all. We must have the profession of all three ever written in our harts. I must ever love my neighbour and be ready to help, and when occasion is offered, then do it. I ought to consider and know that all cometh of God, and to knowledge that same to him in mine hart. And what so ever we need, we ought to know, that we must receive that of God, and therefore to call ever to him with a strong faith. Even so I must ever fight against my flesh, and therefore ever withdraw from it all that moveth it to rebel against the spirit.