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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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Notwithstanding this text offereth 1us an apt and an hansom allegory or similitude to describe our wicked Ham, Antichrist the Pope, which many hundred years hath done all the shame that hart can think unto the pri•ey member of God which is the word of promise or y• word of faith as Paul calleth it Rom. x. and the Gospel and Testament of Christ wherewith we are begotten, as thou seest. i. Peter. i. and James. i. And as the cursed children of Ham grew into giants so mighty and great that the children of Israel seemed but grasshoppers in respect of them: so the cursed sons of our Ham the Pope his Cardinals, Bishops, Abbots, Monks, and Friars are become mighty giants above all power and authority, so that the children of faith in respect of them, are much less then grasshoppers. They heap mountain upon mountain 2& will to heaven by their own strength by away of their own making & not by the way Christ. Never the latter those giants for the wickedness & abominations which they had wrought, did God utterly destroy, part of them by the children of Loth, and part by the children of Esau and seven nations of them by the children of Israel. So no doubt shall he destroy these for like abominations & that shortly. For their kingdom is but the kingdom of lies and falsehood which must needs perish at the coming of the truth of Gods word, as the night vanisheth away at the presence of day. The children of Israel slew not those giants, but the power of God, Gods truth & promises as thou mayst see in Deut. So it is not we that shall destroy those giants, as thou mayst see by Paul. ij. Thess. ij. speaking of our Ham Antichrist. Whom the Lord shall destroy (saith he) with the spirit of his mouth that is, by the words of truth) and by the brightness of his coming (that is, by the preaching of his Gospel.)
Notwithstandyng this text offereth 1vs an apte and an hansome allegory or similitude to describe our wicked Ham, Antichrist the Pope, which many hūdred yeares hath done all the shame that hart cā thinke vnto the priey mēber of God which is the word of promise or y word of faith as Paule calleth it