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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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If thou wilt vow of thy goods unto God, thou must put salt unto this sacrifice: that is, thou must minister knowledge in this deed as Peter teacheth. 2. Pet. 1. Thou must put oil of Gods word in thy Lamp, and do it according to knowledge, if thou wait for the coming of the bridegroom to enter in with him into his rest. But thou peradventure wilt hang it about the image to move men to devotion. Devotion is a fervent love unto gods commandments, and a desire to be with God, and with his everlasting promises. Now shall the sight of such riches as are showed at S. Thomas shrine, or at Walsingham, move a man 1to love the commandments of god better, and to desire to be loosed from his flesh, and to be with God, or shall it not rather make his poor hart sigh, because he hath no such at home, and to wish part of it in another place? The priest shall have it in Gods stead. Shall the priest have it? If the Priest be bought with Christs blood, then he is Christs servant & not his own, and ought therefore to feed Christs flock with Christs doctrine, and to minister Christs Sacraments unto them purely for very love, and not for filthy lucre's sake, or to be Lord over them as Peter teacheth. 1. Pet. v. and ⟨p. 20⟩Paul, Acts. xx. Beside this, Christ is ours, and is a gift given us, and we be heirs of Christ, and of all that, is Christs. Wherefore the Priests doctrine is ours, and we heirs of it, it is the food of our souls. Therefore if 2he minister it not truly, and freely unto us without selling, he is a thief, & a soul murderer: and even so is he if he take upon him to feed us, & have not wherewith. And for a like conclusion, because we also with all that we have, be Christs, therefore is the priest heir with us also of all that we have received of God, wherefore in as much as yt priest waiteth on yt word of God, and is our servant therein, therefore of right we are his debtors, and owe him a sufficient living of our goods, and even thereto a wife of our daughters owe we unto him, if he require her. And now when we have appointed