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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.
Where the spirit is, there is feeling. For yt spirit maketh us feel all things. Where the spirit is not, there is no feeling, but a vain opinion or imagination. A Physician serveth but 1for sick men, and that for such sick men as feel their sicknesses, & morn therefore, and long for health. Christ likewise serveth but for sinners only as feel there sin, and that for such sinners, that sorrow and morn in their hearts for health. Health is power or strength to fulfil the law, or to keep the commandments. Now he that longeth for that health, that is to say, for to do the law of God, is blessed in Christ, and hath a promise that his lust shall be fulfilled, & that he shall be made whole. Math. v. blessed are they which hunger & thirst for righteousness sake (that is to fulfil the law) for their lust shall be fulfilled. This longing and consent of the hart unto the law of God, is the working of the spirit, which God hath poured into thine hart, in earnest that y• mightest be sure y• God will fulfil all his promises that he hath made thee. It is also the seal & mark which God putteth on all men that he chooseth unto everlasting life. So long as thou seest thy sin, and mornest, & consentest to the law, & longest (though thou be never so weak) yet the spirit shall keep thee in all temptations, from desperation, and certify thine hart, that God for his truth, shall deliver thee ⟨p. 76⟩and save thee, yea & by thy good deeds shalt thou be saved, not which thou hast done, but which Christ hath done for thee. For Christ is thine, and all his deeds are thy deeds. Christ is in thee, and thou in him knit together inseparably. Neither canst thou be damned, except Christ be damned with thee. Neither can Christ be saved, except thou be saved with him. Moreover thy hart is 2good, right, holy and just. For thy hart is no enemy to the law, but a friend & a lover. The law and thy hart are agreed, and at one, and therefore is God at one with thee. The consent of the hart unto the law, is unite and peace between God and man. For he is not mine enemy, which would fain do me pleasure, and morneth because he hath not wherewith. Now he that opened thy disease unto thee, and made thee long for health, shall as he hath promised, heal thee, and he that hath loosed thy hart, shall at his godly leisure, lose thy members.