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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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For as much as with this, & divers such other texts, many have enforced to draw the people from the true faith, & from putting their trust in the truth of Gods promises, and in the merits and deserving of his Christ our Lord, and have also brought it to pass (for many false Prophets shall arise and deceive many, and much wickedness must also be, saith Christ Math. xxiiij. 1And Paul saith. ij. Timo. iij. Evil men and deceivers shall prevail in evil, 2while they deceive, and are deceived them selves) and have taught them to put their trust in their own merits, and brought them in belief, that they shall be justified in the sight of God, by the goodness of their own works, & have corrupt the pure word of God, to confirm their Aristotle with all. For though that the Philosophers, & worldly wise men were enemies above all enemies to the Gospel of God, and though the worldly wisdom can not comprehend the wisdom of God, as thou mayst see. i. Corint. j. and. ij. And though worldly righteousness can not 3be obedient unto the righteousness of God. Rom. x, Yet what so ever they read in Aristotle, it must be first true. 4And to maintain that, they rent and tear the Scriptures with their distinctions, and expound them violently contrary to the meaning of the text, and to the circumstances that go before and after, and to a thousand clear and evident texts. Wherefore I have taken in hand to expound this Gospel, & certain other places of the new Testament, and (as far forth as God shall lend me grace) to bring the Scripture unto the right sense, and to dig again the wells of Abraham, ⟨p. 62⟩and to purge & cleanse them of the earth of worldly wisdom, where with these Philistines have stopped them. Which grace grant me God, for the love that he hath unto his son Jesus our Lord, unto the glory of his name. Amen.
For as much as with this, & diuers such other textes, many haue inforced to draw the people from the true faith, & from puttyng their trust in the truth of Gods promises, and in the merites and deseruyng of his Christ our Lord, and haue also brought it to passe (for many false Prophetes shall arise and deceaue many, and much wickednes must also be, sayth Christ Math. xxiiij.