A68831:1697
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.
SO now the church of God is double, 1a fleshly and a spiritual: the one will be and is not, the other is & may not be so be called, but must be called a Lutheran, an heretic, and such 2like. Understand therefore, that God when he calleth a congregation unto his name, sendeth forth his messengers to call generally, which messengers bring in a great multitude amazed and astonied with miracles and power of the reasons which the preachers make, and therewith be compelled to confess that there is but one God of power & might above all, & that Christ is God and man, and borne of a virgin, and a thousand other things. And then the great multitude that is called and not chosen, when they have gotten this faith common as well to the devils as them, & more strongly persuaded unto the devils then unto them, then they go unto their own imaginations, saying: we may no longer serve Idols, but God that is but one. And the manner of service they fetch out of their own 3brains and not of the word of God, and serve God with bodily service as they did in times past their Idols, their hearts serving their own lusts still. And one will serve him in white, an other in black, an other in grey, & an other in pied. And an other to do 4God a pleasure withal, will be sure, that his show shall have two or three good thick soles under, and will cut 5him above, so that in summer while the weather is hot thou mayst see his bare foot, & in winter his sock. They will be shorne and shaven and Sadducees: that is to say, righteous, and Pharisees, that is separated in fashions from all other men. Yea and they will consecrate themselves altogether unto God, and will anoint their hands, and hallow them as the chalice, from all manner lay uses: so that they may serve neither father nor mother, master, Lord or Prince, for polluting themselves, but must wait on God only, to gather up his rents, tithes, offerings, & all other duties. And all the sacrifice that come, they consume in the altar of their bellies, and make Calil of it, that is, a sacrifice that no man may have part of. 6