A68831:1504
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.
¶ The manner and order of our election.
¶ The maner and order of our election.
Even so goeth it with Gods elect. God chooseth them first, and they not God, as thou readest John. xv. And 1then he sendeth forth and calleth them, and showeth them his good will which he beareth unto them, and maketh them see both their own damnation in the law, and also the mercy that is laid up for them in Christs blood, and thereto what he will have them do. And 2then when we see his mercy, we love him again, and choose him and submit our selves unto his laws to walk in them. For when we err not in wit, reason and judgement of things, we can not err in will and choice of things. The choice of a mans will doth naturally and of her own accord follow the judgement of a mans reason, whether he judge right or wrong. So that in teaching only resteth the pith ⟨p. 260⟩of a mans living. How be it, there be swine that receive no learning but to defile it. And there be dogs that rent all good learning with their teeth. And there be Pope holy, which following a righteousness of their own feigning, resist the righteousness of God in Christ. And there be that cannot attend to hearken unto the truth for rage of lusts, which when lusts abate, come and obey well enough.
EVen so goeth it with Gods electe. God chuseth thē first, and they not God, as thou readest