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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.
By this means then, thou wilt that no man teach an other, but that every man take the Scripture, and learn by himself. Nay 1verily, so say I not. Nevertheless, seeing that ye will not teach, if any man thirst for the truth, and read the Scripture by himself, desiring God to open the door of knowledge unto him, god for his truths sake will, and must teach him. Howbeit my meaning is, that as a master teacheth his prentice to know all the points of the mete yard, first how many inches, how many feet, and the half yard, the quarter, and the nail, and then teacheth him to mete other things thereby: even so will I that ye teach the people 2Gods law, and what obedience God requireth of us unto father and mother, master, Lord, King, and all superiors, and with what friendly love he commandeth one to love an other. And teach them to know that natural venom, and birth poison, which moveth the very harts of us to rebel against the ordinances and will of God, and prove that no man is righteous in the sight of God, but that we are all damned by the law. And then (when thou hast meeked them, and feared them with the law) teach them the testament, and promises which God hath made unto us in Christ, and how much he loveth us in Christ. And teach them the principles, and the ground of the faith, and what the sacraments signify, and then shall the spirit work with thy preaching, & make them feel. So would it come to pass, that as we know by natural wit, what followeth of a true principle of natural reason: even so by the principles of the faith, & by y• plain scriptures, & by the circumstances of the text, should we judge all mens exposition, and all mens doctrine, and should receive the best, and refuse the worst. I would have you to teach them also the properties, and manner of speakings of the scripture, and how to expound proverbs and similitudes. And then if they go abroad, and walk by the fields, and meadows of all manner doctors and Philosophers, they could catch no harm. They should discern the poison from the honey, and bring home nothing, 3but that which is wholesome.
By this meanes then, thou wilt that no man teach an other, but that euery man take the Scripture, and learne by hymselfe. Nay