A68831:1849
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 again, the second marriage then of no man is, or can be a Sacrament by that doctrine. And yet I will describe you the marriage of Christ as well by his marriage that hath had ix. wives, and hath now the tenth, as by his that hath now the first.
And againe, the second mariage thē of no man is, or can be a Sacramēt by that doctrine. And yet I will describe you the mariage of Christ as well by his mariage that hath had ix. wyues, and hath now the tenth, as by his that hath now the first.
O will they say, his wife was no 1virgin, or he when they were married. Sir the signification standeth not in yt virginity but in the actual wedlock. We were no virgins when we came to Christ but common whores believing in a thousand Idols.
O will they say, his wyfe was no 1virgine, or he when they were maried. Sir the signification standeth not in yt virginitie but in the actuall wedlocke. We were no virgines when we came to Christ but cōmon whores beleuing in a thousand Idoles.
- 1We were Idolaters when we came to Christ.
And in the second marriage or tenth and the will, the man hath but one wife and all his are hers, and his other wives be in a land where is no husband or wife. I say therefore with Paul that this is a devilish doctrine and hath a similitude of godliness with it, but the power is away. The mist of it blindeth the eyes of the simple and beguileth them, that they can not see a thousand abominations wrought under that cloak.