A68831:1598
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 moreover, as Paul saith. Ro. 1ix. not all that came of Israel are right Israelites, neither are all they Abraham's sons that are Abraham's seed, why so? because they followed not the steps of y• faith of their grandfathers. Even so, not all they that were called and also came unto the marriage which God the father made between Christ 2his Son & all sinners, brought their marriage garment with them, that is to were, true faith wherewith we be married unto Christ, and made his flesh & his blood and one spirit with him, his brethren and heirs with him, and the sons of God also. But many of them (to fulfil the saying of Christ, that the kingdom of heaven, which is the gospel, is like a net that ketcheth good & bad) were driven into the net and compelled to confess that Jesus was Christ and that seed that was promised Abraham and Messiah that should come: not of any inward feeling that the spirit 3of God gave them, neither of any lovely consent that they had unto the law of God that it was good, mourning, both because they had broken it, and because also they had no power to fulfil it, and therefore to obtain mercy and power came to Christ and unto the father through him, with the hart of natural children which receive all thing freely of their fathers bounteous liberality, and of love become servants unto their brethren for their fathers sake: But were compelled only with violence of the scripture which every where bare witness unto Christ, and agreed unto all that he did, and overcome also with the power of miracles that confirmed the same. That is to say, they came with a story faith, a popish faith, a faithless faith, and a feigned faith of their own making, and not as God in the scripture describeth the faith, so believing in Christ, that they would be justified by their own deeds, which is the denying of Christ. As our Papists believe, which more mad than those Jews, believe nothing by the reason of the scripture, ⟨p. 276⟩but only that such a multitude consent thereto, compelled with violence of sword, with falsifying of the scripture and feigned lies. Which multitude yet is not the fifth part so many