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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.
Now must the body be tame only, and that with the remedies that God hath ordained, and not killed. Thou must not forswear the natural remedy which God hath ordained, and bring thy self into such case that thou shouldest either break Gods commandment or kill thy self, or burn night and day without rest, so that thou canst not once think a godly thought: neither is it lawful to forsake thy neighbour, and to withdraw thy self from serving him, and to get thee into a den, and live idly profitable to no man, but robbing all men, first of faith, and then of goods and land, and of all he hath, with making him believe in the hypocrisy of thy superstitious prayers and Popeholy deeds. The prayer of faith, and the deeds thereof that spring of love are accepted before God. The prayer is good according to the proportion 1of faith, and the deed according to the measure of love. Now he that bideth in the world, as Monks call it, hath more faith then the cloisterer. For he hangeth on God in all things. He must trust God to send him good speed, good luck, favour, help, a good master, a good neighbour, a good servant, a good wife, a good chapman merchant, to send his merchandise safe to land, and a thousand ⟨p. 155⟩like. He loveth also more, which appeareth in that he doth service always unto his neighbour. To pray one for an other are we equally bound, and to pray is a thing that we may always do, what so ever we have in hand, and that to do may no man hire an other: Christs blood hath hired us all ready. Thus in the deed delighteth God as far forth as we do it either to to serve our neighbour with all, as I have said: or to tame the flesh, that we may fulfil the commandment from the bottom of the hart.
Now must the body be tame onely, and that wyth the remedies that God hath ordeined, and not kylled. Thou must not forswere the naturall remedy which God hath ordeined, and bryng thy selfe into such case that thou shouldest eyther breake Gods commaundement or kyll thy selfe, or burne nyght and day wythout rest, so that thou cāst not once thinke a godly thought: neyther is it lawfull to forsake thy neyghbour, and to withdraw thy selfe from seruing him, and to get thee into a den, and lyue idlely profitable to no man, but robbing all men, first of fayth, and then of goodes and land, and of all he hath, wyth makyng hym beleue in the hypocrisy of thy superstitious prayers and Popeholy deedes. The prayer of fayth, and ye deedes thereof that spring of loue are accepted before God. The prayer is good according to the proportion