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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.
Thy prayers and alms are come up into remembrance in the presence of GOD, (in the Acts. x.) That 1is God forgetteth thee not, though he come not at the first calling, he looketh on, and beholdeth thy prayers and alms. Prayer cometh from the hart. God looketh first on the hart, and then on the deed. As thou readest Gene. iiij. God beheld or looked first on Abel, & then on his offering. If the hart be unpure, the deed verily pleaseth not, as thou seest in Cain. Mark the order. In the beginning of the chapter thou readest, there was a certain man named Cornelius which feared god, gave much alms, and prayed God alway. He feared God, that is he trembled & quaked, to break the commandments of god. Then prayed he alway. Prayer 2is the fruit, effect, deed or act of faith & is nothing but the longing of the hart for those things, which a man lacketh & which god hath promised to give him. He doth also alms. Alms is y• fruit, effect or deed of compassion and pity, which we have to our neighbour. Oh a glorious faith and a right, which so trusteth God, and believeth his promises, that she feareth to break his commandments, and is also merciful unto her neighbour. This is that faith whereof thou readest namely in Peter, 3Paul and John, that we are thereby both justified and saved. And who soever imagineth any other faith, deceiveth him self, and is a vain disputer, and a brawler about words, and hath no feeling in his hart.
THy prayers and almes are come vp into remembraunce in the presence of GOD, (in the Actes. x.) That 1is God forgetteth thee not, though he come not at the first calling, he looketh on, and beholdeth thy prayers and almes. Prayer commeth from the hart. God looketh first on the hart, and then on the dede. As thou readest Gene. iiij. God beheld or looked first on Abell, & then on his offering. If the hart be vnpure, the dede veryly pleaseth not, as thou seest in Cain. Marke the order. In the begynnyng of the chapter thou readest, there was a certaine man named Cornelius which feared god, gaue much almes, and prayed God alway. He feared God, that is he trembled & quaked, to breake the cōmaundemētes of god. Then prayed he alway. Prayer