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A68831	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.; Works	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.; Barnes, Robert, 1495-1540. Works. aut; Frith, John, 1503-1533. Works. aut; Foxe, John, 1516-1587. Actes and monuments. Selections.	1573 (1573)	STC 24436; ESTC S117761	1,582,599	896

not commaūded to care for hys flocke as well as Peter Moreouer if to fede Christes shepe is to be greatest as no doubt to fede Christes flocke is to be great and most to fede is to be greatest in which office though Peter was great yet Paule was greater how commeth it that the pope by that authoritie chalēgeth to be greatest yet this viij hundred yeares fedeth not at all but poysoneth their pasture with the venemous leuen of hys traditions and with wrestyng the text vnto a contrary sense Then came he to this text Math. xvj Thou art Peter and vppon this rocke I will builde my congregation or Church Lo saith Antichrist the carnall beast Peter is the rocke whereon the Church of Christ is built I am his successour and therfore the head of Christes Church When Christ ment by the rocke the confession that Peter had confessed saying Thou art Christ the sonne of the lyning God which art come into this world This fayth is the rocke wheron Christes Churche is built For who is of Christes Churche but he onely that beleueth that Christ is Gods sonne come into this worlde to saue sinners This faith is it against which hell gates cā not preuaile This fayth is it which saueth the congregation of Christ and not Peter Thē he goeth forth vnto that which foloweth Vnto thee I will geue the keyes of the kyngdome of heauen and what soeuer thou byndest in earth it shal be bound in heauen c. Loe sayth he in that he sayth what soeuer thou bindest in earth he excepteth nothyng therfore I may make lawes and binde both King Emperour When Christ as he had no worldly kyngdome euen so he spake of no worldly bindyng but of bindyng of sinners Christ gaue hys Disciples the keye of the knowledge of the law of God to binde all sinners and the keye of the promises to loose al that repent to let them into the mercy that is layed vp for vs in Christ Then cōmeth he vnto an other text which Christ rehearseth Mathew last saying All power is geuen me in heauen and earth go ye therfore and teach all natiōs Baptising them in the name of the father and the sonne of the hely ghost teachyng them to kepe all that I commaūded you And behold I am with you vnto the worldes end Loc sayth the Pope Christ hath all power in heauen and earth without exceptiō and I am Christes Vicare wherfore all power is myne and I am aboue all kynges and Emperours in temporall iurisdiction and they but my seruaūtes to kisse not my feete onely but my N. also if I list not to haue them stoupe so low When Christ as I sayd because he had no temporall kyngdome euen so he ment of no temporall power but of power to saue sinners which the processe of y e text declareth by that he sayth go ye therfore and teach and Baptise that is preach this power to al natiōs and wash of their sinnes through fayth in the promises made in my bloud Then hee commeth vnto an other text Heb. vij which is The priesthode beyng translated the law must needes be translated also Now saith the pope the Priesthode is translated vnto me wherefore it pertayneth vnto me to make lawes and to binde euery man And y ● Epistle meaneth no such thyng but proueth euidently that the ceremonies of Moyses must ceasse For the Priestes of the olde Testament must nedes haue bene of the tribe of Le●i as Aarō was whose duty for euer was y e offeryng of sacrifices Wherfore when that Priesthode ceased the sacrifices ceremonies ceased also Now y t Priesthode ceased in Christ whiche was a Priest of y e order of Melchisedeke not of the order of Aaron for then he must haue bene of the tribe of Le●i and that he was not but of the tribe of Iuda of the seede of Dauid Wherefore they that are vnder Christes Priesthode are vnder no sacrifices or ceremonies And of this maner iuggle they with all the Scripture whiche falshed lest the laye men should perceaue with reading the processe of the text is all their feare what soeuer they pretend Moreouer that thou mayst perceaue the Popes falshed marke Christ sayd vnto Peter I will geue not I geue neither sayd he I will geue vnto the onely Therfore looke in the. xx chapter of Iohn where hee gaue them the keyes after his resurrection and thou shalt see that he gaue them vnto all indifferently saying As my father sent me so send I you Whether sent he thē into all the world and vnto all natiōs What to do to preach the law that the people might repent and the promises that they might beleue in Christ for the remission of sinnes saying receaue the holy ghost who soeuers sinne ye forgeue they shall be forgeuen By which holy ghost he gaue them vnderstādyng of the Scripture and of all that they should preach as thou mayst see Luke last where he opened their wittes to vndestand the Scripture and sayd that repentauce and forgeuenesse of sinnes must be preached in his name to all nations and that they were witnesses to preach it Whereby thou seest that to bynde and to lose is but to preach to tell the people their faultes to preach mercy in Christ to all that repent And when he sayth all power is geuen me he sayth not go thou Peter preach but saith vnto all indifferently go ye and preach this power geuen me of my father to saue all that repent and to damne them that repent not but folow the lustes of their flesh with full desire to lyue beastly beyng enemyes vnto the law of God And Math. xviij Peter asked Christ howe oft hee should forgeue hys brethren whether seuē tymes And Christ sayd seuentie tymes seuen tymes As who should say as ost as he repenteth and asketh forgeuenesse Now though this were spokē vnto Peter onely because Peter onely moued the question yet pertaineth it not vnto vs all as well as vnto Peter Are not we as much bound to forgeue our neighbours that repēt and aske forgeuenesse as Peter Yes verely But because Peter onely asked the question therfore did Christ teach vs by Peter If an other had asked he would haue taught vs by that other And in lyke maner when Christ asked who say ye that I am if any other of the Apostles which beleued it as well as Peter had sayd as Peter did thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuyng God whiche art come into the world of sinners to saue them vnto him would Christ haue aūswered as he did to Peter that vppon the rocke of that his cōfession he wold haue built his church and would haue promised him keyes as well as he dyd Peter Yea and in the xviij chapter of Mathew Christ sayth to all the Apostles yea and to all congregatiōs

in the latter ende In the 8. and 9. chapters he exhorteth thē to helpe the poore saintes that were at Ierusalem In the 10. 11. and 12. he inueyegth against the false prophetes And in the last Chapter he threateneth them that had sinned and not amended themselues A Prologue vpon the Epistle of S. Paule to the Gallathians by W. Tyndall AS ye read Act. 15. how certaine came from Ierusalem to Antioche vexed y t disciples there affirming y t they coulde not be saued except they were circumcised Euen so after Paul had conuerted the Galathians coupled them to Christ to trust in him only for the remission of synne and hope of grace and saluation and was departed there came false apostles vnto thē as vnto the Corinthiās and vnto all places where Paul had preached and that in the name of Peter Iames and Iohn whom they called the hye Apostles and preached circumcision and the kepyng of the law to be saued by and minished Paules authoritie To the confounding of those Paul magnifieth hys office and Apostleship in the two first chapiters and maketh hymselfe equall vnto the hie Apostles and concludeth that euery man muste be iustified without deseruyngs without workes and without helpe of the law but alone by Christ And in the 3. and 4. he proueth the same with Scripture examples and similitudes and sheweth that the law is cause of more sinne and bryngeth the curse of God vpon vs and iustifieth vs not but that iustifiyng commeth of grace promised vs of GOD through the deseruyng of Christe by whome if we beleue we are iustified without helpe of the woorkes of the lawe And in the 5. and 6. he exhorteth vnto the workes of loue which folow fayth and iustifiyng So that in all his Epistle he obserueth this order First he preacheth the damnatiō of the law then the iustifiyng of fayth and thyrdly the workes of loue For on that cōdition that wee loue henceforth and worke is the mercy giuen vs or els if we will not worke the will of GOD henceforward we fall from fauour grace and the inheritance that is freely geuen vs for Christes sake through our owne fault we lose agayne A Prologue vpon the Epistle of Saint Paule to the Ephesians IN this Epistle and namely in the three firste Chapters Paul sheweth that the Gospell grace therof was foresene and predestmate of God from before the begynnyng and deserued through Christ now at the last sent forth that all men should beleue thereon thereby to be iustified made righteous liuyng and happy and to bee deliuered from vnder the damnation of the law and captiuitie of ceremonies And in the fourth he teacheth to auoyde traditions and mens doctrine and to beware of puttyng trust in any thyng saue Christ affirmyng that he onely is sufficient and that in him we haue all thynges and beside him neede nothyng In the v. and vj. he exhorteth to exercise the faith and to declare it abroad through good workes and to auoyde sinne and to arme them with spiritual armour agaynst the deuill that they might stand fast in time of tribulation and vnder the crosse The Prologue vpon the Epistle of Saint Paule to the Philippians by W. Tyndall PAule prayseth the Philippians and exhorteth them to stād fast in the true faith and to encrease in loue And because that false Prophetes study alwayes to impugne and destroy y ● true fayth he warneth them of such worke learners or teachers of woorkes and prayseth Epaphroditus And all this doth hee in the first and seconde Chapters In the thyrd he reproueth faythles and mans righteousnes whiche false Prophetes teach and mainteyne And he setteth him for an ensample howe that he him selfe had liued in such false righteousnes and holinesse vnrebukeable that was so that no man could complaine on him and yet now setteth nought therby for Christes righteousnes sake And finally he affirmeth that such false Prophetes are the enemyes of the crosse make their bellye 's their GOD for further then they may safely and without all perill and sufferyng will they not preach Christ A Prologue vpon the Epistle of Saint Paule to the Colossians by W. Tyndall AS the Epistle to y t Galathians holdeth the maner and fashion of the Epistle to the Romains briefly comprehendyng all that is therein at length disputed Euen so this Epistle foloweth the ensample of the Epistle to the Ephesians conteynyng the tenour of the same Epistle with fewer wordes In the first Chapter he praiseth thē and wisheth that they continue in the fayth and grow perfecter therin thē describeth he the Gospell how that it is a wisedome that confesseth Christ to be the Lord and God crucified for vs and a wisedome that hath bene hyd in Christ sence afore the beginning of the world and now first begon to be opened throughe the preachyng of the Apostles In the ij he warneth them of mens doctrine and describeth the false Prophetes to the vttermost and rebuketh them accordyng In y t thyrd he exhorteth to be frutefull in the pure fayth with all maner of good workes one to an other and describeth al degrees and what their duties are In the fourth he exhorteth to pray and also to pray for him and saluteth them A Prologue vpon the first Epistle of S. Paul to the Thessalonians by W. Tyndall THis Epistle did Paule write of exceeding loue and care and prayseth them in the two firste chapters because they did receiue the Gospell earnestly and had in tribulation and persecution continued therin stedfastly and were become an ensample vnto all congregations and had thereto suffred of their own kinsmē as Christ and his apostles did of y e Iewes puttyng them therto in mynde how purely and godly he had lyued among thē to their ensample and thanketh God that hys gospel had brought forth such fruite among them In the third chapter he sheweth his diligence and care least hys so greate labor and their so blessed a beginning should haue bene in vayne Sathan his apostles vexyng them with persecution and destroying their faith with mens doctrine And therefore he sente Tymothie to them to comforte them and strengthen them in the fayth and thanketh GOD that they had so constantly endured and desireth God to encrease them In the fourth he exhorteth them to kepe themselues from sinne and to do good one to another And thereto he informeth them concernyng the resurrection In the fift he writeth of the last day that it should come sodenly exhortyng to prepare them selues thereafter and to kepe a good order concernyng obedience and rule The Prologue vpon the second Epistle of S. Paule to the Thessalonians by W. Tyndall BEcause in the fore epistle he had said y t the last day should come sodenly the Thessalonians thought that it should come shortly Wherefore in this Epistle he declareth hymselfe And in the first chapter he comforteth

them with euerlasting reward of their fayth and patience in sufferyng for the Gospell and with the punishment of their persecutours in euerlastyng payne In the second he sheweth that y t last day shoulde not come till there were first a departing as some men thinke frō vnder y e obedience of y t Emperour of Rome and that Antichrist shoulde set vp himselfe in y e same place as god and deceyue the vnthankefull worlde with false doctrine and with false and lying myracles wrought by the workyng of Sathan vntill Christ shoulde come and slay hym with his glorious commyng and spirituall preachyng of the worde of God In the third he geueth them exhortation and warneth them to rebuke y t idle that would not labour with their handes and auoyde their company if they would not amende A Prologue vpon the first Epistle of S. Paule to Tymothe by W. Tyndall THis epistle writeth S. Paul to be an ensample to all Bishoppes what they shoulde teache and how they should teache and how they should gouerne the congregation of Christe in all degrees that it should be no nede to gouerne christes flocke with the doctrine of their owne good meanynges In the first Chapiter he commaundeth that the bishop shall maynetayne y t right fayth and loue and resist false preachers which make the lawe and woorkes equall with Christ and hys Gospell And he maketh a shorte conclusion of all Christes learning wherto the law serueth and what the ende therof is also what the Gospell is and setteth himselfe for a comfortable ensample vnto all sinners and troubled consciences In the second he commaundeth to pray for all degrees and chargeth that women shall not preache nor weare costly apparell but to be obedient vnto the men In the thyrd he describeth what maner persons the Byshop or Priest and their wyues should be also the Deacons and their wiues and commēdeth it if any man desire to be a Byshop after that maner In the fourth hee prophesieth and sheweth before of the false Byshops spirituall officers that should aryse among the Christen people and be do and preach cleane contrary to the fore described ensample and should depart from the fayth in Christ and forbyd to marye and to eate certain meates teachyng to put trust therin both of iustifiyng and forgiuenesse of sinnes also of deseruyng of eternall life In the fift he teacheth howe a Byshop should vse him self toward yong and old concernyng widowes what is to be done which should be found of the common cost and teacheth also how men should honour the vertuous Bishops and Priestes and how to rebuke the euill In the sixt he exhorteth y t Byshops to cleaue to the Gospell of Christ and true doctrine to auoyde vayne questions and superfluous disputynges which gēdre strife quench the truth and by which also the false Prophetes get them authoritie and seke to satisfie their insatiable couetousnesse The Prologue vpon the second Epistle of Saint Paule vnto Timothe W. Tyndall IN this Epistle Paul exhorteth Timothe to go forward as he had begō to preach y t Gospel with all diligence as it neede was seyng many were fallen away and many false spirites and teachers were sprong vp already Wherfore a Byshops part is euer to watche and to labour in the Gospell In the third and fourth he sheweth before and that notablie of the ieoperdous tyme toward the end of y t world in which a false spiritual liuing should disceine y e whole world with outward hypocri●ie and apparance of holinesse vnder which all abhominatiōs should haue their free passage and course as we alas haue sene this prophesie of S. Paule fulfilled in our spiritualtie vnto the vttermost iote The Prologue vpon the Epistle of S. Paul to Titus THis is a short Epistle wherin yet is conteyned all that is needefull for a Christen to know In the first Chapter he sheweth what maner a man a Byshop or Curate ought to be that is to witte vertuous and learned to preach and defende the Gospell to confounde the doctrine of trustyng in woorkes and mens traditions whiche euer fight agaynst the faith and cary away the cōscience captiue from the fredome that is in Christ into the bondage of their owne imaginations and inuentions as though the thynges should make a man good in the light of God whiche are to no profite at all In the secōd he teacheth all degrees old young men womē maisters and seruauntes how to behaue thē selues as they which Christ bought with his bloud to be his proper or peculiar people to glorifie god with good workes In the thyrd he teacheth to honour temporall rulers and to obey thē and yet bryngeth to Christ agayne and to the grace that hee hath purchased for vs that no man should thinke that the obedience of Princes lawes or any other woorke should iustifie vs before God And last of all he chargeth to auoyde the company of the stubburne and of the heretickes A Prologue vpon the Epistle of Saint Paule vnto Philemon by W. Tyndall IN this Epistle S. Paule sheweth a godly ensample of Christen loue Here in we see how Paule taketh poore Onesimos vnto him and maketh intercessiō for him vnto his master and helpeth him with all that he may and behaueth him selfe none otherwise then as though he him selfe were the sayd Onesimos whiche thyng yet he doth not with power and authoritie as hee well might haue done but putteth of all authoritie and whatsoeuer he might of right do that Philemon might do likewise toward Onesimos and with great mekenesse and wisedome teacheth Philemon to see his dutie in Christ Iesu The Prologue vpon the first Epistle of Saint Peter by William Tyndall THis Epistle dyd S. Peter write to the heathen that were conuerted and exhorteth them to stād fast in the faith to grow therein and waxe perfect through all maner of sufferyng and also good workes In the first he declareth the iustifiyng of fayth through Christes bloud and comforteth them with the hope of the lyfe to come and sheweth that we haue not deserued it but that the prophetes prophesied it shoulde be geuen vs as Christ which redemed vs out of synne and all vncleannesse is holy so he exhorteth to lead an holy conuersation because we be richly bought and made heyres of a riche inheritāce to take hede that we lose it not agayn through our owne negligence In the 2. Chapter he sheweth that Christ is the foundation and hed corner stone wheron al are built through fayth whether it be Iew or Gentile how that in Christ they are made priestes to offer themselues to GOD as Christ dyd hymselfe and to slea the lustes of the fleshe that fyght againste the soule And first he teacheth them in generall to obey the worldly rulers than in special he teacheth y t seruantes to obey their maisters