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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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They will say yet more shamefully, that no man can understand the Scriptures without Philautia, that is to say, Philosophy. A man must first be well seen in Aristotle, ere he can understand the Scripture say they. 1Aristotle's doctrine is, that the world was without beginning, and shall be without end, and that the first man never was, and the last shall never be. And that God doth all of necessity, neither careth what we do, neither will ask any accounts of that we do. 2Without this doctrine how could we understand the Scripture that saith, God created the world of nought, and God worketh all thing of his free will, and for a secret purpose, & that we shall all rise again, and that God will have accounts of all that 3we have done in this life. Aristotle saith. Give a man a law, and he hath power of himself to do or fulfil the law, and become meth righteous with working righteously. 4But Paul and all the scripture saith, that the law doth but utter sin only, and helpeth not. Neither hath any man power to do the law, till the spirit of God be given him through faith in Christ. Is it not a madness then to say that we could not understand the Scripture without Aristotle? 5Aristotle's righteousness, and all his virtues spring of mans free will. And a Turk and every Infidel and Idolater may be righteous, and virtuous with that righteousness & those virtues. Moreover Aristotle's felicity and blessedness standeth in avoiding of all tribulations, and in riches, health, honour, worship, friends and authority, which felicity pleaseth our spiritualty well. Now without these and a thousand such like points, couldest thou not understand Scripture, which 6saith that righteousness cometh by Christ, and not of mans will, and how that virtues are the fruits, and the gift of Gods spirit, and that Christ blesseth us in tribulations, persecution, and adversity. How, I say, couldest thou understand the scripture without Philosophy, in as much as Paul in the