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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.
Seek the kingdom of heaven therefore and the righteousness of the same, and be sure thou shalt ever have sufficient, and these things shall be ministered unto thee, that is to say: shall come of their own accord by the promise of God: yea Christ promiseth thee an hum dredfolde even in this life, of all that thou leavest for his sake. If that were true would some say, who would not rather serve him then Mammon? yet is it true. For first if thou be servant of Mammon, thou must keep thy God, and thy God not thee. And every man that is stronger then thou, will take thy God from thee. Moreover God will take either thee from thy Mammon, or thy Mammon from thee, ere thou wouldest, to avenge▪ him self of thy blind unkindness, that when he hath made thee and given thee all, thou forsakest him and servest his mortal enemy. But if thou follow Christ, all the world (and let them take all the devils 1in hell to them) shall not be able to disappoint thee of a sufficient living. And though they persecute thee from house to house a thousand times, yet shall God provide thee of an other with all things sufficient to live by. Now compare the surety of his, with y• incertainty of the other: & then the blessed end of this (that heaven is promised thee also) with the miserable departing from the other so sore against thy will, and then the desperation that thy hart •eeleth that thou art all ready in hell. And then may not this be well called a thousand fold more then the other.
Seke the kingdome of heauen therfore and the righteousnesse of the same, and be sure thou shalt euer haue sufficient, and these thynges shalbe ministred vnto the, that is to say: shall come of their owne accord by the promise of God: yea Christ promiseth thee an hū dredfolde euen in this life, of all that thou leauest for his sake. If that were true would some say, who would not rather serue him then Mammon? yet is it true. For first if thou be seruaunt of Mammō, thou must kepe thy God, and thy God not thee. And euery man that is strōger then thou, will take thy God from thee. Moreouer God will take either thee from thy Mammon, or thy Mammon from thee, ere thou wouldest, to aduenge▪ him selfe of thy blynd vnkyndnesse, that when he hath made thee and geuen thee all, thou forsakest him and seruest his mortall enemy. But if thou folow Christ, all the world (and let them take all the deuils