A68831:1516
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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¶ Whether the Pope and his sect be Christs Church or no.
¶ Whether the Pope and his sect be Christes Church or no.
That the Pope and his spirit •e not the Church may this wise be 1proved. He that hath no faith to be saved through Christ, is not of Christs 2Church. The Pope believeth not to be saved through Christ. For he teacheth 3to trust in holy works for the remission of sins and salvation: as in the works of penance enjoined, in vows, in pilgrimage, in chastity, in other mens prayers and holy living, in Friars & Friars coats, in Saints merits, and the significations put out, he teacheth to believe in yt deeds of the ceremonies & of the Sacraments ordained at the beginning to preach unto us and to do us service, & not that we should believe in them and serve them. And a thousand such super••iciousnesses setteth he before us in stead of Christ, to believe in, neither Christ nor Gods word, neither honourable to God nor serviceable unto our neighbour nor profitable unto our selves for the taming of the flesh, which all are the denying of Christs blood.
THat the Pope and his spirite •e not the Church may this wise be 1proued. He that hath no fayth to be saued through Christ, is not of Christes