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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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And as they are false Prophets which prove with allegories, similitudes and worldly reasons that which is no where made mention of in the Scripture. Even so count them for false Prophets which expound the 1scriptures drawing them unto a worldly purpose clean contrary unto the example, living, and practising of Christ and of his Apostles and of all 2the holy Prophets. For saith Peter. ij. Pet. i. no prophecy in the Scripture hath any private interpretation. For the Scripture▪ came not by the will of man: but the holy men of God spake, as they were moved by the holy ghost. No place of the Scripture may have a private exposition, that is it may not be expound after the will of man or after the will of the flesh or drawn unto a worldly purpose contrary unto the open texts, and the general articles of the faith, and the whole course of the Scripture and contrary to the living and practising of Christ and the Apostles and holy Prophets. For as they came not by the will of man so may they not be drawn or expound after the will of man: but as they came by the holy ghost, so must they expound & understand by the holy ghost. The Scripture is that wherewith God draweth us unto him and not wherewith we should be lead from him. The Scriptures spring out of God and flow unto Christ, and were given to lead us to Christ. Thou must therefore go along 3by the Scripture as by a line, until thou come at Christ, which is the ways end and resting place. If any man therefore use the Scripture to draw thee from Christ and to nosell thee in any thing save in Christ, the same is a false Prophet. And that thou mayst perceive ⟨p. 173⟩what Peter meaneth, it followeth in y• text. There were false Prophets among the people (whose prophesies 4were belly wisdom) as there shall be false teachers among you: which shall privily bring in damnable sects (as thou seest how we are divided into 5