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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.
Antichrist.
Antichrist of an other manner hath sent forth his disciples, those false anointed of which Christ warneth us 1before, that they should come & show miracles and wonders, even to bring the very elect out of the way, if it were possible. He anointeth them after the 2manner of y• Jews, and shaveth them & shoreth them after the manner of the Heathen Priests, which serve the Idols. He sendeth them forth not with false oil only, but with false names 3also. For compare their names unto their deeds, and thou shalt find them false. He sendeth them forth as Paul prophesied of them. ij. Thess. ij. with lying signs & wonders. What sign 4is the anointing? that they be full of the holy ghost. Compare them to the signs of the holy ghost which Paul reckoneth, and thou shalt find it a false sign. A Bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife. Nay saith yt 5Pope, the husband of no wife, but the holder of as many whores as he listeth. God commandeth all degrees, if they burn, and can not live chaste, to marry. The Pope saith, if thou burn take a dispensation for a Concubine, 6and put her away when thou art old, or else as our Lawyers say, si non caste tamen caute, that is, if ye live not chaste, 7see ye carry clean, and play the knave secretly. Harbarous, yea to whores and bawds, for a poor man shall as soon break his neck as his fast with them, but of the scraps and with the dogs, when dinner is done. Apt to teach, and as Peter saith. j. Pet. ij. ready always to give an answer to every man that axeth you a reason of the hope that ye have, and that with meekness. Which thing is signified by the boots which doctors of divinity