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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.
And what is meant by that place in the tenth Chapter, where he saith, if we sin willingly after we have received yt knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice, for sin is declared immediately after. For he maketh a comparison between Moses and Christ, saying: if he which despised Moses law dyed without mercy, how much worse punishment is he worthy of, that treadeth the son of God underfoot, and counteth the blood of the covenant, by which blood he was sanctified, as an unholy thing, & blasphemeth the spirit of grace? By which words it is manifest that he meaneth none other by the fore words, then the sin of blasphemy of the spirit.
And what is ment by that place in the tenth Chapter, where he sayth, if we sinne willingly after we haue receiued yt knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice, for sinne is declared immediatly after. For he maketh a comparison betwene Moses and Christ, saying: if he which despised Moses law dyed without mercy, how much worse punishment is he worthy of, that treadeth the sonne of God vnderfoote, and counteth the bloud of the couenaunt, by whiche bloud he was sanctified, as an vnholy thyng, & blasphemeth the spirite of grace? By which wordes it is manifest that he meaneth none other by the fore wordes, then the sinne of blasphemy of the spirite.
For them that sin of ignorance or infirmity, there is remedy, but for him that knoweth the truth, and yet willingly yieldeth him self to sin, & consenteth unto the life of sin with soul and body, & had rather lye in sin, then have his poisoned nature healed, 1by the help of the spirit of grace, and maliciously persecuteth the truth, for him I say there is no remedy, the way to mercy is locked up, and the spirit is taken from him, for his unthankfulness sake no more to be given him. Truth it is, if a man can turn to God and believe in Christ, he must be forgiven how deep soever he hath sinned: but that will not be without the spirit, and such blasphemers shall no more have the spirit offered them. Let every man therefore fear God, and beware that he yield not him self to serve sin, but how oft soever he sin, let him be gin again and fight a fresh, and no doubt he shall at the last overcome, and in the mean time, yet be under mercy for Christs sake, because his hart worketh, and would fain be loosed from under the bondage of sin.