A68831:1467
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.
¶ Why he useth love rather then charity.
¶ Why he vseth loue rather then charitie.
HE rebuketh me also that I translate 1this greek word [Greek or Hebrew] into love, and not rather into charity, so holy & so known a term. Verily charity is no known English, in that sense which agape requireth. For when we say, give your alms in the worship of God and sweet saint charity, and when the father teacheth his son to say blessing father for saint charity, what mean they? In good faith they wot not. Moreover when we say, God help you, I have done my charity for this day, do we not take it for a•s? And the man is ever childing and out 2of charity, and I beshrew him saving my charity, there we take it for patience. And when I say a charitable man, it is taken for merciful. And though mercifulness be a good love, or rather spring of a good love, yet is not every good love mercifulness. As when a woman loveth her husband godly, or a man his wife or his friend that is in none adversity, it is not alway mercifulness. Also we say not this man 3hath a great charity to god, but a great love. Wherefore I must have used this general term love, in spite of mine hart oftentimes. And agape & charitas were words used among the Hethe• ere Christ came, and signified therefore more then a godly love. And we may say well enough and have heard it spoken that the Turks be charitable one to an other among themselves, & some of them unto the christen to. Besides all this agape is common unto all loves.