A68831:1803
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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But M. More peppereth his conclusion lest men should feel the taste, saying, if we endeavour our selves and captive our understanding to believe. O how beetle-blind is fleshly reason? the will hath none operation at all in the working of faith in my soul, no more then the child hath in the begetting of his father. For saith Paul it is the gift of God and not of us. My wit must conclude good or bad ere my will can love or hate. My wit must show me a true 1cause or an apparent cause why, ere my will have any working at all. And of that peppering it well appeareth what the Popes faith is: even a blind imagination of their natural wit, wrought without the light of the spirit of God, agreeing unto their voluptuous lusts in which their beastly will so delighteth that he will not let their wits attend unto any other learning for unquieting him self and stirring from his pleasure and delectation.
But M. More pepereth his conclusiō lest men should feele the tast, saying, if we endeuour our selues and captiue our vnderstandyng to beleue. O how betleblynd is fleshly reason? the will hath none operation at all in the workyng of fayth in my soule, no more then the child hath in the begettyng of hys father. For sayth Paule it is the gift of God and not of vs. My witte must cō clude good or bad yer my will can loue or hate. My witte must shew me a true 1cause or an apparent cause why, yer my will haue any workyng at all. And of that peperyng it well appeareth what the Popes fayth is: euen a blynd imagination of their naturall witte, wrought without the light of the spirite of God, agreing vnto their voluptuous lustes in which their beastly wil so deliteth that hee will not let their wittes attēde vnto any other learning for vnquietyng hym selfe and styrring from his pleasure and delectation.
- 1Wit must first show a cause, and then will is sturted to work.Wit must first shew a cause, and then will is sturted to worke.