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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.
This do, and thou shalt live. Luc. x. that is to say, love thy Lord God with all thy hart, with all thy soul, & with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbour as thy self. As who should say, if thou do this, or though thou canst not do it, yet if thou •ealest lust thereunto, and thy spirit sigheth, mourneth, and longeth after strength to do it, take a sign and evident token thereby, that the spirit of life is in thee, and that thou art elect to life everlasting by Christs blood, whose gift and purchase is thy faith, and that spirit that worketh the will of God in thee, whose gift also are thy deeds, or rather the deeds of the spirit of christ, and not thine, and whose gift is the reward of eternal life, which followeth good works.
THis do, and thou shalt liue. Luc. x. that is to say, loue thy Lord God with all thy hart, with all thy soule, & with all thy strength, and with all thy mynde, and thy neighbour as thy self. As who should say, if thou do this, or though thou canst not do it, yet if thou •ealest lust thereunto, and thy spirite sigheth, mourneth, and longeth after strength to do it, take a signe and euident token thereby, that the spirite of life is in thee, and that thou art electe to life euerlasting by Christes bloude, whose gift and purchase is thy fayth, and that spirite that worketh the will of God in thee, whose gift also are thy deedes, or rather the deedes of the spirite of christ, and not thine, and whose gift is the reward of eternal life, which foloweth good workes.
It followeth also in the same place of Luke. When he should depart, he plucked out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take the charge or cure of him, and what soever thou spendest more, I will recompense it thee at my coming again. Remember this is a parable, and a parable may not be expounded word by 1