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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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And secondarily, if thou find ought amiss, when thou seest thy self in the glass of Gods word, think it necessary wisdom, to amend the same betimes, monished and warned by the ensample of other men, rather then to tarry until thou be beaten also.
And secondarily, if thou fynde ought amisse, when thou seest thy selfe in the glasse of Gods worde, thinke it necessary wisdome, to amend the same betymes, monished and warned by the ensample of other men, rather then to tary vntill thou be beaten also.
And thirdly, if it shall so chance, that the wild lusts of thy flesh shall blind thee, & carry thee clean away with 1thee for a time: yet at yt latter end, when the God of all mercy shall have compassed thee in on every side with temptations, tribulation, adversities and cumbrance, to bring thee home again unto thine own heart, and to set thy sins which thou wouldest so fain cover, and put out of mind with delectation of voluptuous pastimes, before the eyes of thy conscience: then call the faithful ensample of Jonah, and all like stories unto thy remembrance, and with Jonah turn unto thy father 2that smote thee, not to cast thee away, but to lay a corrosive, and a fretting plaster unto the pock, that lay hid and fret inward, to draw the disease out, & to make it appear, that thou mightest feel thy sickness, and the danger thereof, and come and receive the healing plaster of mercy.
And thirdly, if it shall so chaunce, that the wylde lustes of thy flesh shall blynde thee, & cary thee cleane away wt 1the for a tyme: yet at yt latter end, when the God of all mercy shall haue compassed thee in on euery syde with temtations, tribulation, aduersities and combrance, to bryng thee home againe vnto thine owne harte, and to set thy sinnes which thou wouldest so fayne couer, and put out of mynde with delectation of voluptuous pastunes, before the eyes of thy conscience: then cal the faythfull ensample of Ionas, and all like stories vnto thy remembrance, and with Ionas turne vnto thy father