A68831:1509
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.
And therefore a Christen man must 1be patient and suffer long to win his brother to Christ, that he which attendeth not to day, may receive grace & hear to morrow, we see some at their very latter end, when cold fear of death hath quenched the heat of their appetites, learn & consent unto the truth, whereunto before they could give none care, for the wild rages of lusts that blinded their wits.
And therefore a Christen man must 1be patient and suffer long to win his brother to Christ, yt he which attēdeth not to day, may receaue grace & heare to morowe, we see some at their very latter ende, when colde feare of death hath quenched the heate of their appetites, learne & consent vnto the truth, wherunto before they could geue none care, for the wylde rages of lustes that blynded their wittes.
- 1Christian men must be patient.Christian mē must be patient.
And though Gods elect can not so fall that they rise not again, because that the mercy of God ever waiteth 1upon them, to deliver them from evil, as the care of a kind father waiteth upon his son, to warn him and to keep him from occasions, and to call him back again if he be gone to far: yet they forget themselves ofttimes, & sink down into trances and fall a sleep in lusts for a season. But as soon as they be awaked they repent & come again without resistance. God now and then withdraweth his hand and leaveth them unto their own strength, to make them feel that there is no power to do good but of God only, lest they should be proud of that which is none of theirs. God laid so sore a weight of persecution upon Davids back that 2