A68831:1319
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.
Moreover when the people be fallen from their profession and from the law: 1as it shall be impossible for the preacher, to keep the great multitude together, if the temporal sword be slack and negligent in punishing open offences (as 2they ever have and will be, save in those points only wherein lieth the pith of their own profit and advantage, and the weight of their honour & main tenaunce of their dignities) and when God also (as his promise is) hath brought upon them the curses of the law: hunger, dearth, battle, pestilence ⟨p. 229⟩and all manner of plagues with all misfortune and evil luck. Then let the true preachers be importune, & show the people the causes of their misery & wretched adversity, and expound the law to them and bring them to knowledge of their sins, and so bind their consciences and draw them to repentance and to the appointment & covenant of the Lord again. As many 3holy Prophets, Priests and Kings in the old Testament did call the people back and brought them again in time of adversity, unto the appointment of the Lord. And the Priest, Prophet or King in Gods stead smote hands with them, and took an oath of them, to be the Lords people and to turn again to the Lords covenant, for to keep his law and to believe in his promises. And God immediately withdrew his hand and rid them out of all captivity and danger, & became as merciful as ever before.
Moreouer when the people be fallē from their professiō and from the law: 1as it shalbe impossible for the preacher, to kepe the great multitude together, if the temporal sword be slacke and negligent in punishing open offences (as 2they euer haue and wilbe, saue in those poyntes onely wherein lyeth the pith of their owne profite and aduauntage, and the weight of their honour & main tenaunce of their dignities) and when God also (as hys promise is) hath brought vppon them the curses of the law: hunger, dearth, battaile, pestilence