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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 proveth that the Saints be in heaven in glory with Christ already, saying: if God be their God they be in heaven, for he is not the God of the dead. There he stealeth away Christs argument wherewith he proveth the 1resurrection, that Abraham and all Saints should rise again, and not that their souls were in heaven, which doctrine was not yet in the world. And with that doctrine he taketh away the resurrection quite, and maketh Christs argument of none effect. For when Christ allegeth the Scripture that God is Abraham's God, & addeth to, that God is not God of the dead but of the living, and so proveth that Abraham must rise again: I deny 2Christs argument and say with M. More, that Abraham is yet alive, not because of the resurrection, but because his soul is in heaven. And in like manner Pauls argument unto the Corinthians is nought worth. For when 3he saith, if there be no resurrection, we be of all wretches the miserablest. Here we have no pleasure, but sorrow, care, and oppression. And therefore if we rise not again, all our suffering is in vain. Nay Paul, thou art unlearned▪ go to Master More and learn a new way. We be not most miserable, though we rise not again, for our souls go to heaven as soon as we be dead, and are there in as great joy as Christ that is risen again. And I marvel that Paul had not comforted the Thessalonians with that doctrine, if he had wist it, that the souls of their 4dead had been in joy, as he did with the resurrection, that their dead should rise again. If the souls be in heaven in as great glory as the angels after your doctrine, show me what cause should be of the resurrection.
And whē he proueth that ye Saintes be in heauen in glory wyth Christ already, saying: if God be their God they be in heauē, for he is not the God of the dead. There he stealeth away Christes argument wherewyth he proueth the 1resurrection, that Abraham and all Saintes shoulde rise agayne, and not that their soules were in heauē, which doctrine was not yet in the worlde. And wyth that doctrine he taketh away the resurrection quite, and maketh Christes argumēt of none effect. For when Christ alleageth the Scripture that God is Abrahams God, & addeth to, that God is not God of the dead but of the liuing, and so proueth that Abraham must rise agayne: I deny