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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.
The sprite of God accompanieth faith, & bringeth with her light, wherewith a man beholdeth himself in the law of God, and seeth his miserable bondage and captivity, and humbleth 1himself, and abhorreth himself: she bringeth Gods promises of all good things in Christ. God worketh with his word, and in his word. And as his word is preached, faith rooteth her self in the hearts of the elect: and as faith entereth and the word of God is believed, the power of God looseth the hart from the captivity, and bondage under sin, and knitteth and coupleth him to God, and to the will of God: altereth him, changeth him clean, fashioneth, and forgeth him a new, giveth him power to love, and to do that which before was unpossible for him either to love or do, and turneth him into a new nature: so that he loveth that which he before hated, and hateth that which he before loved, and is clean altered, changed, and contrary disposed, and is knit and coupled fast to Gods will, and naturally bringeth forth good works, that is to say, that which God commandeth to do, and not things of his own imagination. And that doth he of his own accord, as a tree bringeth forth fruit of her own accord. And as thou needest not to bid a tree to bring forth fruit, so is there no law 2put unto him that believeth, and is justified through faith (as saith Paul in the first Epistle to Timothy the first chapter.) Neither is it needful, for the law of god is written & graved in his heart, and his pleasure is therein. And as without commandment, but even of his own nature, he eateth, drinketh, seeth, heareth, talketh, & goeth, even so of his own nature, without coaction or compulsion of yt law, bringeth he forth good works. And as a whole man when he is a thirst, tarrieth but for drink, and when he hungereth abideth but for meat, and then drinketh and eateth naturally: even so is the faithful ever a thirst, & an hungered after ⟨p. 66⟩the will of God, and tarrieth but for occasion. And whensoever an occasion is given, he worketh naturally the will of God. For this blessing is given to all them that trust in Christs blood, that they thrust and hunger to do gods will. He that hath not this faith, is but an unprofitable babbler of faith and 3works, and wotteth neither what he babbleth, nor what he meaneth, or whereunto his words pertain.