A68831:1734
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.
If a priest said mass in his gown, would ye not rise against him and slay him, and that for the false faith that ye have in the other garments. For what honour can those other garments do to God more then his gown or profit unto your souls▪ seeing ye understand nought thereby? And thereto in the collects of Saints ye say, save me God and give me everlasting life for the merits of this or that Saint, every man after his fantasy, choosing him one Saint singularly to be saved 1by. With which collects I pray you show me, how standeth the death of Christ? Paul would say that Christ dyed in vain if that doctrine were true.
If a priest sayd masse in his gowne, would ye not rise against hym and slea hym, and that for the false fayth that ye haue in the other garmētes. For what honour can those other garmentes do to God more then hys gowne or profite vnto your soules▪ seyng ye vnderstand nought thereby? And therto in the collectes of Saintes ye say, saue me God and geue me euerlastyng lyfe for the merites of thys or that Saint, euery man after his phantasie, chusing hym one Saint singularly to be saued 1by. Wyth which collectes I pray you shew me, how standeth the death of Christ? Paule woulde say that Christ dyed in vayne if that doctrine were true.
- 1Prayer to Saints is a great superstition.Prayer to Saintes is a great superstition.
And thereto in as much as ye say, the Saints merit or deserve not in heaven, but in this world only, it is to be feared least their merits be sore wasted, and the deservings of many all spent through our holy fathers so great liberality.