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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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How many things also resisted the promises of God to Jacob? And yet 1Jacob conjureth God, with his own promises saying: O GOD of my father Abraham: and GOD of my father Isaac, O Lord which saidest unto me, return unto thine own country, and unto the place were thou waste borne, and I will do thee good: I am not worthy of the lest of those mercies, nor of that truth, which thou hast done to thy servant, I went out with a staff, and come home with two droves, deliver me out of the hands of my brother Esau, for I fear him greatly. &c. And God delivered him, and will likewise all that call unto his promises, with a repenting hart, were they never so great sins. Mark also the weak infirmities ⟨p. 5⟩of the man. He loveth one wife more then an other, one son more then an other. And see how God purgeth him. Esau threateneth him: Laban beguileth him. The beloved wife is long barren: his daughter is ravished: his wife is defiled, and that of his own son. Rachel dyeth, Joseph is taken away, yea & (as he supposed) rent of wild beasts. And yet how glorious was his end? Note the weakness of his children, yea and the sin of them, and how God through their own wickedness saved them. These examples teach us, that a man is not at once perfect the first day he beginneth to live well. They that be strong, therefore must suffer with the weak, & 2help them in unity, and peace, one with an other until they be stronger.
How many thynges also resisted the promises of God to Iacob? And yet 1Iacob coniureth God, with hys owne promises saying: O GOD of my father Abraham: and GOD of my father Isaac, O Lord which saydest vnto me, returne vnto thine owne countrey, and vnto the place were thou waste borne, and I wil do thee good: I am not worthy of the lest of those mercyes, nor of that trouth, whiche thou hast done to thy seruaunt, I went out with a staffe, and come home with two droues, deliuer me out of the handes of my brother Esau, for I feare him greatly. &c. And God deliuered him, and will likewise all that call vnto his promises, with a repentyng hart, were they neuer so great sinnes. Marke also the weake infirmities ⟨p. 5⟩