A68831:1487
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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But in the time of Moses when the congregation was increased, that they must have many preachers & also rulers temporal, then all was received in scripture, in so much that Christ and his Apostles might not have been believed without scripture for all their miracles. Wherefore in as much as Christs congregation is spread abroad 1into all the world much broader then Moses, and in as much as we have not the old testament only but also the new, wherein all things are opened so richly and all fulfilled that before was promised, & in as much as there is no promise behind of ought to be showed more save the resurrection: yea and seeing that Christ and all the Apostles with all the Angels of heaven, if they were here, could preach no more then is preached, of necessity unto our souls: How then should we receive a new article of the faith, with out scripture, as profitable unto my soul, when I had believed it, as smoke for •ore eyes. What helped it me to believe that our Ladies body is in heaven? What am I the better for the belief 2of Purgatory? to fear men thou wilt say. Christ & his Apostles thought hell •ough. And yet (besides that the fleshly imagination may not stand with Gods word) what great fear can there be of that terrible fire which thou mayst quench almost for three half pence?
But in the tyme of Moyses when the congregation was encreased, that they must haue many preachers & also rulers temporall, then all was receaued in scripture, in so much that Christ and his Apostles might not haue bene beleued without scripture for all their miracles. Wherefore in as much as Christes congregation is spred abroad 1into all the worlde much broader then Moses, and in as much as we haue not the olde testament onely but also the new, wherein all thinges are opened so richly and all fulfilled that before was promised, & in as much as there is no promise behinde of ought to be shewed more saue the resurrection: yea and seyng that Christ and all the Apostles with all the Angels of heauen, if they were here, could preach no more then is preached, of necessitie vnto our soules: How then should we receaue a new article of the fayth, with out scripture, as profitable vnto my soule, when I had beleued it, as smoke for ore eyes. What holpe it me to beleue that our Ladies bodye is in heauen? What am I the better for the beliefe