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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
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Finally in as much as God hath created all, and Christ bought all with his blood, therefore ought all to seek God & Christ in all, & else nothing.
Finally in as much as God hath created all, and Christ bought all with his bloud, therefore ought all to seeke God & Christ in all, & els nothing.
But contrariwise unto monks, 1friars, and to y• other of our holy spirituality the belly is all in all, & cause of all love. Offer thereto, so art thou father, mother, sister, and brother unto them. Offerest thou not, so know they thee not, thou art nether father mother sister brother, nor any kin at all to them. She is a sister of ours, he is a brother of ours say they, he is verily a good man, for he doth much for our religion. She is a mother to our convent: we be greatly bound to pray for them. And as for such and such (say they) we know not whether they be good or bad, or whether they be fish or flesh, for they do nought for us: we be more bound to pray for our benefactors (say they) and for them that give us, than for them that give us not. For them that give little are they little bound, and them they love little: and for them that give much they are much bound, and them they love much. And for them that give nought are they naught bound, and them they love not at all. And as they love thee when thou givest: so hate they thee when thou takest away from them, and run all under a stool, and curse thee as black as pitch. So is cloister love belly love, 2cloister prayer belly prayer, and cloister brotherhood belly brotherhood. Moreover love that springeth of Christ seeketh not her own self (1. Cor. 13.) but forgetteth her self, and bestoweth her upon her neighbours profit, as 3Christ sought our profit and not his own. He sought not the favour of god for himself, but for us, yea he toke the wrath and vengeance of God from us unto himself, and bare it on his own back to bring us unto favour. Likewise doth a Christen man give to his brethren, & robbeth them not as friars and monks do: but as Paul commandeth