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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
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And that the Apostles should teach ought by mouth which they would not write, I pray you for what purpose? because they should not come into the hands of the Heathen for mocking, saith M. More. I pray you what thing more to be mocked of the Heathen could they teach, then the resurrection, and that Christ was God and man, and dyed between two thieves, and that for his deaths sake, all that repent and believe therein should have their sins forgiven them, yea and if the Apostles understood thereby as we do, what madder thing unto heathen people could they have taught them that bread is Christs body, & wine 1his blood. And yet all these things they wrote. And again purgatory, confession in the ear, penance and satisfaction for sin to Godward, with holy deeds, and praying to Saints with such like, as dumb sacraments and ceremonies, are marvellous agreeable unto the superstition of the Heathen people, so that they needed not to abstain from writing of them, for fear least the Heathen should have mocked them.
And that the Apostles should teach ought by mouth which they woulde not write, I pray you for what purpose? because they should not come into the handes of the Heathen for mocking, saith M. More. I pray you what thing more to be mocked of the Heathen coulde they teach, then the resurrection, and that Christ was God and man, and dyed betwene two theeues, and that for his deathes sake, all that repent and beleue therein should haue their sinnes forgeuen them, yea and if the Apostles vnderstoode thereby as we do, what madder thing vnto heathen people coulde they haue taught thē yt bread is Christes body, & wyne 1his bloud. And yet all these thynges they wrote. And agayne purgatory, confession in the eare, penaunce and satisfaction for sinne to Godward, with holy deedes, and praying to Saintes with such like, as dumme sacraments and ceremonies, are maruelous agreable vnto the superstition of the Heathen people, so that they needed not to abstaine from writing of thē, for feare least the Heathen should haue mocked them.
- 1The Heathen thought nothing more madder thē the doctrine of the resurrection.The Heathē thought nothing more madder thē the doctrine of the resurrection.