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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.
To fulfil the law is, to do yt works thereof, and what soever the law commandeth 1with love, lust, and inward affection and delectation, and to live godly and well, freely, willingly, and without compulsion of the law, even as though there were no law at all. Such lust and free liberty to love the law, cometh only by the working of the spirit in the hart, as he saith in the first Chapter.
To fulfill the law is, to do yt workes therof, and what soeuer the lawe commaundeth 1with loue, lust, and inward affection and delectation, and to lyue godly and well, freely, willyngly, and without compulsion of the lawe, euen as thoughe there were no lawe at all. Such lust and free libertie to loue the law, commeth onely by the workyng of the spirite in the hart, as hee sayth in the first Chapter.
- 1As the law is spiritual so it must be fulfilled spiritually.
Now is the spirit none otherwise given, then by faith only, in that we believe the promises of God, without wavering how that God is true, and will fulfil all his good promises toward us for Christs blondes sake, as it is plain in the first Chapter, I am not ashamed, saith Paul, of Christs 1glad tidings, for it is the power of GOD unto salvation to as many as believe, for at once and together even as we believe the glad tidings preached to us, the holy ghost entereth into our hearts, and looseth the bonds of the devil, which before possessed our hearts in captivity, and held them that we could have no lust to yt will of God in the law, and as the spirit cometh by faith only, even so faith cometh by hearing the word, or glad tidings of God, when Christ is preached how that he is Gods son and man also, dead and risen again for our sakes, as