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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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Remember that what soever good thing any man doth, that shall he receive of the Lord. Eph. vj.1 Remembering that ye shall receive of the Lord the reward of inheritance. Col. iij. These ij. texts are exceeding plain. Paul meaneth 2as Peter doth. i. Pet. ij. that servants should obey their masters with all their hearts, and with good will, though they were never so evil. 3Yea he will that all that are under power obey, even of hart, and of conscience to God, because God will have it so, be ye rulers never so wicked. The children must obey father and mother, be they never so cruel or unkind, likewise the wife her husband, the servant his master, the subjects and commons their Lord or King. Why? For ye serve the Lord saith he in the Collos. iij. We are Christs, and Christ hath bought us, as thou readest. Rom. xiiij. i. Cor. vj. i. Pet. i.4 Christ is our Lord and we his possession, & his also is the commandment. Now ought not the cruelness & churlishness of father and mother, of husband, master, Lord, or King, cause us to hate the commandment of our so kind a Lord Christ, which spared not his blood for our sakes, which also hath purchased for us with his blood, that reward of eternal life, which life shall follow the patience of good living, and whereunto our good deeds testify that we are chosen. Furthermore we are so carnal, that if yt rulers be good, we can not know whether we keep the commandment for the love that we have to Christ, and to god through him or no. But and if thou canst find in thine hart do good unto him that 5rewardeth the evil again, then art thou sure that the same spirit is in thee, that is in Christ. And it followeth in the same Chapter to the Colossians. He that doth wrong shall receive for the wrong that he hath done. That is God shall avenge thee abundantly, ⟨p. 93⟩which seeth what wrong is done unto thee, and yet suffereth it for a time, that thou mightest feel thy patience, and the working of his spirit in thee, and be made perfect. Therefore see that thou not once desire vengeance, but remit