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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.
When soever the children of Israel fell from the way which God commanded them to walk in, he gave them up under one tyrant or an other. As soon as they came to the knowledge of them selves and repented crying for mercy and leaning unto the truth of his promises he sent one to deliver them, as the histories of the Bible make mention.
When soeuer the children of Israell fel from the way which God cōmaunded them to walke in, he gane them vp vnder one tyraūt or an other. As soone as they came to the knowledge of thē selues and repented crying for mercy and leaning vnto the truth of his promises he sent one to deliuer them, as the hystories of the Bible make mention.
A Christen man in respect of God 1is but a passive thing, a thing that suffereth only and doth nought, as the sick in respect of the Surgeon or Physician doth but suffer only. The Surgeon lanceth and cutteth out the dead flesh, searcheth the wounds, thrusteth in tents, seareth, burneth, soweth or stitcheth, and leieth to corsies to draw out y• corruption, & last of all leieth to healing plasters & maketh it whole. The Physician likewise giveth purgations and drinks to drive out the disease and then with restoratives bringeth health. Now if the sick resist the razor, the searching iron, and so forth, doth he not resist his own health and is cause of his own death? So likewise 2is it of us, if we resist evil rulers which are the rod & scourge wherewith God chastiseth us, the instruments wherewith God searcheth out wounds and bitter drinks to drive out the sin and to make it appear, and corsies to draw out by the roots the core of the pox of the soul that fretteth inward. A Christen man therefore 3receiveth all thing of the hand of God both good and bad, both sweet and sour, both wealth & woe. If any person do me good, whether it be father