A68831:583
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.
So in the Gospel, the curates which in every parish preach the Gospel, ought of outie to receive an honest living for them, and their households, & even so ought the other officers, which are necessarily required in the common wealth of Christ. We need not to use filthy lucre in the Gospel, to chop & change, and to play the Taverners, altering the word of God, as they do their wines to their most advantage, and to fashion Gods word after every mans mouth, or to abuse the name of Christ, to obtain thereby authority and power, to feed our slow bellies. Now seest thou what prayer is, the end thereof, and wherefore it serveth.
So in the Gospell, the curates which in euery parishe preach the Gospell, ought of outie to receiue an honest liuing for them, and their housholds, & euē so ought the other officers, which are necessarily required in the common wealth of Christ. We neede not to vse filthy lucre in the Gospell, to chop & chainge, and to play the Tauernars, altering the word of God, as they do their wines to their most aduaūtage, and to fashion Gods worde after euery mans mouth, or to abuse the name of Christ, to obtaine thereby authoritie and power, to feede our slowe bellies. Now seest thou what prayer is, the ende thereof, and wherfore it serueth.
If thou give me a thousand pound to pray for thee, I am no more bound then I was before. Mans imagination 1can make the commandment of God neither greater nor smaller, neither can to the law of God, either add or minish. Gods commandment is as great as himself. I am bound to love the Turk with all my might and power, yea, and above my power, even from the ground of my hart, after the ensample that Christ loved me, neither to spare goods, body, or life, to win him to Christ. And what can I do more for thee, if thou gavest me all the world? Where I see need, there can I not but pray, if Gods spirit be in me.
If thou geue me a thousand pound to pray for thee, I am no more bound then I was before. Mans imagination 1