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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 he feeleth not the power of faith, nor the working of the spirit in his hart, but interpreteth the scriptures which speak of faith and works, after his own blind reason & foolish fantasies, & not of any feeling that he hath in his hart: as a man rehearseth a tale of an other mans mouth, and wotteth not whether it be so, or no as he saith, nor hath any experience of yt thing it self. Now doth the scripture ascribe both faith & 1works not to us, but to God only, to whom they belong only, and to whom they are appropriate, whose gift they are, and the proper work of his spirit.
For he feeleth not the power of faith, nor ye working of the spirite in his hart, but enterpreteth the scriptures which speake of fayth and workes, after hys owne blynd reason & folish fantasies, & not of any feeling that he hath in his hart: as a man rehearseth a tale of an other mans mouth, and wotteth not whether it be so, or no as he sayth, nor hath any experience of yt thing it selfe. Now doth the scripture ascribe both fayth & 1workes not to vs, but to God only, to whom they belong onely, and to whō they are appropriate, whose gifte they are, and the proper worke of his spirit.
- 1True faith and good works, are the gift of God, and come not of our selves.True fayth and good workes, are the gift of God, and come not of our selues.
Is it not a froward and perverse blindness, to teach how a man can do nothing of his own self, and yet presumptuously take upon them the greatest and hiest work of God, even to make faith in themselves of their own power, and of their own false imagination and thoughts? Therefore I say we must despair of our selves, & pray God (as christs apostles did) to give us faith, & to increase our faith. When we have that, we need no other thing more. For she bringeth the spirit with her, and he not only teacheth us all things, but worketh them also mightily in us, and carieth us through adversity, persecution, death and hell, unto heaven and everlasting life,