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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.
Who soever heareth these words of me and doth them, I will liken him unto a wise man that built his house upon a rock, and there fell a rain, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, but it fell not, for it was grounded upon a rock. And all that hear of me these words, and do them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man that built his house upon the sand, and there fell ⟨p. 246⟩a rain, and the floods came, and the winds bl•w, and dashed upon that house, and it fell, and the fall thereof was great.
Who soeuer heareth these words of me and doth them, I will lyken him vnto a wise man that built hys house vppon a rocke, and there fell a rayne, and the floudes came, and the windes blew, and beate vppon that house, but it fell not, for it was grounded vpon a rocke. And all that heare of me these wordes, and do them not, shalbe lykened vnto a foolishe man that buylt his house vpon the sand, and there fell ⟨p. 246⟩a rayne, and the floudes came, and the windes bl•w, and dashed vpon that house, and it fell, and the fall therof was great.
Christ hath two sorts of hearers, of 1which neither of them do there after. The one will be saved by faith of their own making without works. The other with works of their own making without faith. The first are those voluptuous which have yielded them selves up to sin saying: tush God is merciful, & Christ dyed for us: that must save us only, for we cannot but sin without resistance. The second are the hypocrites which will deserve all with their own imagined works only. And of faith they have no other experience, save that it is a little meritorious where it is painful to be believed: As that Christ was borne of a virgin, and that he came not out the way that other children do, he no, that were a great inconvenience but above under her arm & yet made no hole, though he had a very natural body, & as other men have: and that there is no bread in the Sacrament nor wine: though the five wits say all yea. And the meritorious pain of this belief is so heavy to them, that except they had feigned them a thousand wise similitudes and lousy likenesses, and as many mad reasons to stay them with all, and to help to captivate their understanding, they were like to cast all of their backs. And the only refuge of a great many to keep in that faith, is to cast it out of their minds & not to think upon it. As though they forgive not, yet it they put the displeasure out of their minds and think not of it till a good occasion be given to avenge it, they think they love their neighbour well enough all the while, and be in good charge.