A68831:1548
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 faith that dependeth of an other mans mouth is weak.
¶ The fayth that dependeth of an other mans mouth is weake.
IF I have none other feeling in my faith then because a man so saith, then is my faith faithless and fruitless. For if I have none other feeling that lechery is sin then that the Pope so 1preacheth, whom I see before my face set up in Rome a stews of xx. or xxx. thousand whores, taking of every piece tribute yearly, and his Bishops with all other his disciples following the ensample mightily, and the Pope therewith not content, but to set up thereto 2a stews of young boys against nature, the committers of which sin be burnt at a stake among the Turks, as Moses also commandeth in his law. And the Pope also to forbid all the spirituality, a multitude of xl or l. 3hundred thousand to marry, and to give them licence to keep every man his whore who so will: If I say, I have none other feeling in my faith that lechery is sin than this mans preaching, I think my faith should be to weak to bear much fruit. How could I believe a man that would say he loved me, if all his deeds were contrary? I could not believe God himself that he loved me, if in all my tribulations I had of him none other comfort then those bare words.
IF I haue none other feeling in my fayth then because a man so sayth, then is my fayth faithles and fruitles. For if I haue none other seeling that lecherie is sinne then that the Pope so 1preacheth, whom I see before my face set vp in Rome a stewes of xx. or xxx. thousand whores, taking of euery pece tribute yearly, and his Byshops with all other his disciples folowing the ensample mightely, and the Pope therewith not content, but to set vp thereto