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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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Finally it is ten times better then the reason of the counsel is, and yet Saul with all his good reason, with all his good devotion, with all his good purpose, with all his fat beasts, is repelled of God for ever & all because he stuck to his good intention & left the commandment of God. Some men will think it but a light thing whether they receive yt blessed blood by it self, or else with the body: but as light as they think it, yet is it Gods word, yet is it Christs ordinance, yet did the Apostles observe it, yet did the holy Church so fulfil it. And if yt word of God were away, by reason it were but a light thing to Baptise in water or in wine, but the word of God is open that it must be done with water and not in wine, and yet there is no cause why, but the word of God.
Finally it is ten tymes better then the reason of the counsell is, and yet Saul with all his good reason, wyth all his good deuotion, with all his good purpose, with all his fatte beastes, is repelled of God for euer & all bycause hée stucke to his good intention & left the commaundement of God. Some men will thinke it but a light thynge whether they receiue yt blessed bloud by it selfe, or els with the body: but as light as they thinke it, yet is it Gods word, yet is it Christes ordinaūce, yet did the Apostles obserue it, yet did the holy Church so fulfill it. And if yt word of God were away, by reason it were but a light thyng to Baptise in water or in wyne, but the worde of God is open that it must bée done with water and not in wyne, and yet there is no cause why, but the worde of God.
Moreover, by reason it was but a light thing to say: Be glad y• daughter of Sion, behold thy king cometh to 1thee sitting on an Ass & on her fool. This saying by reason is not alonely simple, but also foolish, to say that a king shall come riding on an Ass, yea and on a borrowed Ass, and thereof to make so much a doe as though it were a notable thing: who would not now mock a king if he did so ride, notwithstanding all this, these be the words of God, yea and also fulfilled in very deed of our master Christ in his own proper person.