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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
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.
For if thou repent not of thy sin, so it is impossible that thou 1shouldest believe that Christ had delivered thee from the danger thereof. If thou believe not that Christ hath delivered thee, so is it impossible that thou shouldest love Gods commandments. If thou love not the commandments, so is Christs spirit not in thee, which is the earnest of forgiveness of sin, and of salvation.
For if thou repent not of thy sinne, so it is impossible that thou 1shouldest beleue that Christe had deliuered thee from the daunger therof. If thou beleue not that Christ hath deliuered thee, so is it impossible that thou shouldest loue Gods commaundementes. If thou loue not the commaundementes, so is Christes spirite not in thee, which is the earnest of forgeuenesse of sinne, and of saluation.
- 1Faith followeth repentance of sin.Faith foloweth repentaunce of sinne.
For Scripture teacheth, first repentance, 1then faith in Christ, that for his sake sin is forgiven to them that repent: then good works, which are nothing save the commandment of God only. And the commandments are nothing else, save the helping of our neighbours at their need, and the taming of our members, that they might be pure also, as the hart is pure thorough hate of vice and love of virtue, as Gods word teacheth us, which works must proceed out of the faith: that is, I must do them for the love 2which I have God, for that great mercy which he hath showed me in Christ, or else I do them not in the sight of God. And that I faint not in yt pain of the slaying of the sin that is in my flesh, mine help is the promise of the assistance of the power of God, and the comfort of the reward to come, which reward I ascribe unto the goodness, mercy, and truth, of the promiser, that hath chosen me, called me, taught me, &