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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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Good works are called the fruits of the spirit, Gal. 5. for the sprite worketh them in us, and sometime fruits 1of righteousness, as in the second Epistle to the Cor. and 9. chapter, before all works therefore, we must have a righteousness within the hart, the mother of all works, & from whence they spring. The righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, & of them that have y• spirit of this world, is yt glorious show & outward shining of works. But Christ 2saith to us Mar. 5. except your righteousness, exceed the righteousness of the scribes & Pharisees, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven. It is righteousness in yt world, if a man kill not. But a Christen perceiveth righteousness if he love his enemy, even when he suffereth persecution and torment of him, and the pains of death, and mourneth more for his adversaries blindness, then for his own pain, and prayeth God to open his eyes and to forgive ⟨p. 74⟩him his sins, as did Steven in the Acts of the Apostles the vij. Chapter 3and Christ Luke xxiij.
Good workes are called the fruites of the spirite, Gal. 5. for the sprite worketh them in vs, and sometyme fruites 1of righteousnes, as in the second Epistle to the Cor. and 9. chapter, before all workes therfore, we must haue a righteousnes within the hart, the mother of all workes, & frō whēce they spring. The righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises, & of them that haue y• spirite of this world, is yt glorious shew & outward shining of workes. But Christ 2