A68831:867
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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¶ Of Confession.
Confession is divers? One followeth true faith inseparably. And is the ⟨p. 147⟩confessing and knowledging with the 1mouth, wherein we put our trust and confidence. As when we say our Credo: confessing that we trust in God the father almighty, and in his truth & promises: & in his son Jesus our Lord, and in his merits and deservings: & in the holy Ghost, and in his power, assistance and guiding. This confession is necessary unto all men that will be saved. For Christ saith Matthew. x. he that denieth me before men, him will I deny before my father that is in heaven. And of this confession saith the holy Apostle Paul in the x. chapter. The belief of the hart justifieth: and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe. This is a wonderful text for our Philosophers or rather sophisters, our worldly wise enemies to the wisdom of God, our deep & profound wells without water, our clouds without moisture of rain, that is to say, natural souls without the sprite of God, and feeling of godly things. To justify and to make safe are both one thing. And to confess with the mouth is a good work, and the fruit of a true faith, as all other works are.
COnfession is diuers? One foloweth true fayth insparably. And is the ⟨p. 147⟩confessing and knowledging with the 1mouth, wherein we put our trust and confidēce. As when we say our Credo: confessing that we trust in God the father almighty, and in his truth & promises: & in his sonne Iesus our Lord, and in his merites and deseruinges: & in the holy Ghost, and in his power, assistance and guiding. This confession is necessary vnto all men that wyll be saued. For Christ saith