A68831:1632
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 when he saith holy strange gestures. 1I answer, for the holiness I will not swear: but the strangeness I dare well avow. For every Priest maketh them of a sundry manner & many more madly then the gestures of Jack anapes. And when he saith that they were left from hand to hand sense the Apostles time, it is untrue. For the Apostles used the Sacrament as Christ did, as thou mayst see. 1. Cor. xj. More 2over the Apostles left us in the light & taught us all the counsel of God, as Paul witnesseth Acts. xx. and hid nothing in strange holy gestures and apes play the significations whereof no man might understand.
And when he sayth holy straunge gestures. 1I aunswere, for the holynesse I will not sweare: but the straungenesse I dare well auow. For euery Priest maketh them of a sundry maner & many more madly then the gestures of Iack anapes. And when he sayth that they were left from hand to hand sence the Apostles time, it is vntrue. For the Apostles vsed the Sacramēt as Christ dyd, as thou mayst see. 1. Cor. xj. More 2ouer the Apostles left vs in the light & taught vs all the counsell of God, as Paule witnesseth Actes. xx. and hid nothyng in straunge holy gestures and apes play the significations wherof no man might vnderstand.
- 1Holy strange gestures is like anapes play.Holy straunge gestures is like anapes play.
- 21. Cor. 11.
And a Christen man is more moved to pity saith he, at the sight of the cross, then without it. If he take pity as Englishmen