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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.
The Scripture hath a body without, 1and within a soul, spirit & life. It hath without a bark, a shell, and as it were an hard bone, for the fleshly minded to gnaw upon. And within it hath pith, kernel, marry, and all sweetness for Gods elect, which he hath chosen to give them his spirit, & to write his law, and the faith of his son in their hearts.
The Scripture hath a body without, 1and within a soule, spirite & lyfe. It hath without a barke, a shel, and as it were an harde bone, for the fleshlye mynded to gnaw vpon. And within it hath pith, cornell, mary, and all swetenes for Gods elect, which he hath chosen to geue them hys spirite, & to write hys law, and the fayth of hys sonne in their hartes.
- 1The scripture hath a body and a soul.The scripture hath a body and a soule.
The scripture containeth iij. things in it: First, the law to condemn all 1flesh: Secondarily, the Gospel, that is to say, promises of mercy for all that repent and knowledge their sins, at ⟨p. 24⟩the preaching of the law, and consent in their hearts that the law is good, and submit themselves to be scholars to learn to keep the law, and to learn to believe the mercy that is promised them: and thirdly, the stories & lives of those scholars, both what chances fortuned them, & also by what means their schoolmaster taught them, and made them perfect, and how he tried the true from the false.
The scripture conteineth iij. thinges in it: First, the lawe to condemne all