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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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When Christ saith Math. v. Blessed 1are ye when they rail on you, and persecute you, and say all manner evil sayings against you, and yet lye, and that for my sake, rejoice & be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. Thou mayest not imagine that our deeds deserve the joy and glory that shall be given unto us. For then (Paul saith Rom. xi.) favour were not favour, I can not receive it of favour, & of the bounteous of God freely, and by deserving of deeds also. But believe as the Gospel, glad tidings & promises 2of God say unto thee, that for Christs blood's sake only through faith, God is at one with thee, and thou received to mercy, and art become the son of God, and heir annexed with with Christ of all the goodness of God, the earnest whereof is the spirit of god poured into our hearts. Of which things the deeds are witnesses, and certify our consciences that our faith is unfeigned, and that the right spirit of God is in us. For if I patiently suffer adversity and tribulation for conscience of God only, that is to say, because I know GOD and testify the truth, then am I sure that God hath chosen me in Christ, and for Christs sake, and hath put in me his spirit, as an earnest of his promises, whose working I feel in mine hart, the deeds bearing witness unto the same. Now is it Christs blood only that deserved all the promises of God, & that which I suffer and do, is partly the curing, healing and mortifying of my members, and killing of that original poison, wherewith I was conceived and borne, that I might be altogether like Christ, and partly the doing of my duty to my neighbour, whose debtor I am of all that I have received of God, to draw him to Christ with all suffering, with all patience, and even with shedding my blood for him, not as an offering or merit for his sins, but as an ensample to provoke him. Christs 3blood only putteth away all the sin that ever was, is or shall be from them ⟨p. 73⟩that are elect and repent, believing the Gospel, that is to say, gods promises in Christ.