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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.
Woe be to you scribes, and pharisees hypocrites, saith Christ, Math. xriij. for 1ye devour widows houses under a colour of long prayer. Our hypocrites rob not the widows only: but Knight, Squire, Lord, Duke, King, and Emperor, and even the whole world under the same colour: teaching the people to trust in their prayers, and not in Christ, for whose sake God hath forgiven all the sin of the whole world, unto as many as repent and believe. They fear them with purgatory, and promise to pray perpetually, 2least the lands should ever return home again unto the right heirs. What hast thou bought with robbing thy heirs, or with giving the hypocrites that which thou robbest of other men? Perpetual prayer? Yea perpetual pain. For they appoint thee no time of deliverance, their prayers are so mighty. The Pope for money can 3empty purgatory when he will. It is verily purgatory. For it purgeth and maketh clean riddance: yea it is hell. For it devoureth all things. His fatherhood sendeth them to heaven with scala coeli: that is, with a ladder to scale 4the walls. For by the door Christ, will they not let them come in. That door 5have they stopped up, and that because ye should buy ladders of them. For some they pray daily which gave them perpetuities, and yet make Saints of them, receiving offerings in their 6names, and teaching other to pray to them. None of them also which taketh upon them to save other with their prayers, trusteth to be saved thereby 7themselves, but hire other to pray for them.
Wo be to you scribes, and phariseis ypocrites, sayth Christ, Math. xriij. for 1ye deudure widdowes houses vnder a coulor of long prayer. Our hypocrites robbe not the widdowes onely: but Knight, Squyre, Lord, Duke, Kyng, and Emperour, and euen the whole world vnder the same couloure: teaching the people to trust in their prayers, and not in Christ, for whose sake God hath forgeuen all the synne of the whole worlde, vnto as many as repēt and beleue. They feare thē with purgatory, and promyse to pray perpetually,