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A13862	The testament of master Wylliam Tracie esquier, expounded both by Willism Tindall and Iho[n] Frith. Wherin thou shalt perceyue with what charitie y[e] chaunceler of Worcester burned whan he toke vp the deek carkas and made asshes of hit after hit was buried	Frith, John, 1503-1533.; Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1535 (1535)	STC 24167; ESTC S114878	16,876	37

seame not by his woorke both vertuou● and godly ▪ w c if it so be thinke not that he was y ● worsse bycause the deede bodye was burnt to asshes but rather lerne to knowe the greate desyre that hypocryses haue to fynde one craft or other to d●●e ● trueth w t and cause hit to be counted for heresye of the symple and vnlerned people which are so ignoraunt that they cannot spye their sotteltye hit must neades be heresie that towcheth any thing their ra●●en byle they will haue hit so who so euer saye naye onely the eternall god must be prayed to night and daye to amende them in whose power it onelye lyeth Who also graunt them ones ernestlye to thriste his true doctrine conteyned in the swete and pure fountaynes of his scriptures ād in his pathes to direct their wayys Amen ¶ Here endeth the Exposicion of Wyllyam Tyndall And foloweth Ihon Frithes ✚ Ihon Frith THer is nothing in this worlde tha● is so ferme stable or Godly but ●hat it maye be vndermynede and f●owardlye wrested of men spe●yally yf they be voyde of cherite As it is euydent by Wyllyam Tracyes Testament and last wyll that he lefte ageynste the which manye men and that of longe Contynewaunce haue blasphemously barked whetther of a godlye zele or of a dasynge brayne let other men iudge But this I dare boldly professe that his godly sayinges are vngodly handled which thinge I cannot so iustlye ascribe vnto ignoraunce as vnto rancor vnto y ● furyes I had amost● sayd for yf they had conferred all thinges vnto the ru●e of charite which enuyeth not which is not puffed vp which is not stur●ed to vengeaunce which thinketh none euyll but sufferith all thinges beleueth all thinges trustith all thinges and bearith all thinges they wolde not so hedelye haue condempned those thinges which myght haue bene full deuoutly expounded how be it t●ey haue not only atteptyd that thinge but haue procedyd vnto suche madnes that they haue taken vpon the to stryue w t deade folkes for it is a most comen iest in euery mānes mouth that after the maker of this Testament was departyd and buryed they toke vp his bodye burnt it whiche thinge declared their furye althoughe he felte no fyer Therfore we humblye requere ow●e most redowted prince with all his noble● and present assemblie that euen as al other thinges do of righte depende of theyr iudgement that euyn so they wolde by their discrete aduise cure this disease p●deringe all thynges with a more equall ballaunce Soo shall this enormous facte be loked vppon with worthye correction and the condicion of the comen welth shalbe more ●●yet marke yow therfore what thinges they are which they soo cruellye condempne ✚ Master Tracie In the name of God Amen I Willyam Tracie of Todyngton in y e cowntie of gloceter esquier make my Testament and last wyll as here after folowith ¶ First and before al other thinges I commyt me vnto God and to his mercye trustinge with owt any dowte or mystrust that by his grace and the merytes of Iesus Christ and by the vertue of his passion and of his resurrection I haue and shal haue remission of my synnes and resurrection of bodye and soule accordinge as hit is written Iob. xix I beleue that my redeamer lyueth and that ●n the last daye I shall ryse owte of the erth and in my flesh shall se my sauiour this my hope is layde vp in my bosome Frith IT is meruell but here be sumwhat that they improue for their mynde is so intoxicate that there is nothinge but thei will note it with a blacke cole yet all maye be establysshed by the testymonye of scripture for faith is the suer persuasion of our mynde of god and his goodnes towardes vs And wher as is a suer persuasion of the mynde there can be no doutinge or mystruste for he that douteth is lyke the floude of the see which is tossed with wyndes karried with violence and let not that man thinke that he shall obteyne any thinge of God Ia. i. And therfore saynte Austyne sayeth yf I doute I shalbe no holye seede furthermore wher as he loketh thorow the grace and merytes of Christe to optayne remission of his synnes suerly it is a faithfull saynge and worthye to be commendyd for it is euyn y e same that Peter professed Act. xv where he sayth vnto hym do all the prophetes bere witnesse that thorow his name as many as beleue in him shall receyue remission of their synnes morouer in that he trustith thorowe Christ to haue resurrection of body and soule they haue no cause to blame him for thus doyth paule argue yf Christe be rysen then shall we also ryse and yf Christe be not rysen then shall not we ryse but Christe is rysen for his sowle was not lefte in hell therfore shall we also ryse whom Christe shall bringe with him and be immortalle both bodye and sowle i. Cor. xv And therfore he doth both rightwislye and godlye deduce his resurrectiō by christes by whom the Father hath geuen vs all thinges or els we shulde not be But there are some that gather of his wordes that he shulde recounte the sowle to be mortall which thinge after my iudgement is more suttellye gathered then eyther truely or charitablye for seynge ther was neuer Christen man that euer so thoughte no not the verye pagaynes what godlye zele or brotherlye loue was there whiche caused them so to surmyse for a good man wolde not once dreame suche a thinge but I praye yow why shulde we not saye that the sowle doth verelye ryse which thorowe Christe risinge from y e fylthe of synne doth enter with the bodye into a newe conuersacion of lyfe whiche they shall leade to gether with oute possibilite of synninge we saye also of god by a certayne phrase of scripture that he arisethe whē he openythe vnto vs his power and presence And why maye we not saye the same thinge of the sowle which in the meane ceasone semeth to lye secret and then shal expresse vnto vs thorowe Christe her power and presence in takynge agayne her naturall bodye why shulde ye then condempne these thinges Ther is no man that can receyue venome by those wordes excepte he haue suche a spiderowse nature that he can turne an honye combe into perelous poyson Therfore let vs loke on the resydewe Master Tracie And as towching the wealth of my sowle y e faith that I haue taken and rehersed is sufficient as I suppose w t out any other mannis worke or workis Frith Here he onlye cleauith to god and his mercye beynge suerly persuaded that accordinge to the testimonye of Peter who so euer beleuyth in hym thorowe his name shall receyue remission of synnes Act. xv Paule also affirmeth that who so euer trusteth in hī shall not be confounded Roma x. And who can denye but this is most true when it is

✚ The Testament of master Wylliam Tracie esquier expounded both by William Tindall and Ihō Frith Wherin thou shalt perceyue with what charitie y e chaunceler of worcetter Burned whan he toke vp the deed carkas and made asshes of hit after hit was buried M.D.xxxv ✚ To the reader THou shalt vnderstande most deare Reader that after Wylliam Tyndall was so● Iudaslie betrayed by an English man a scole● of Louaine whose name is Philippes there were certaine thinges of his doynge founde which he had e●tended to haue put forthe to the furtheraunce of goddes woorde amongest which was this Testament of master Tracie expounded by hym sealffe where vnto was annexed the exposicion of the same of Iho● Frithes doynge and awne hand wrytinge which I haue caused to be put in Printe to the intente that al the worlde shulde see howe ernis●lye the Cannonistes and spiritual lawyers which be the chefe rul●rs vnder bysshopes in euerye dioces in so moche that in euery chatedrall church the deane chaunceler and archdeken ar cōmenly doctoures or bachelers of lawe do endeuer them sealues iustlie to iuge and spirituallye to geue sentence accordinge to charitye ●pon all the actes and dedes done of their diocessanes after the ensaumple of the chaunceler of worcetter which after master Tracie was buried of pure zeale and loue hardelye toke vp the deede carkas and burnt hit wherfore he did hit it shall euidentlye apere to y ● reader in this littell treatyse reade hit therfore I beseche the and iuge the spirites of oure spiritualitie and praye that the spirite of him that reased vpp Christe maye ones inhabite them mollyfye their hertes and so illumine them that they maye bothe se and shewe true light and no longer to resiste God ner his trueth Amen The Testament hit sealfe In the name of God Amen I Willyam Tracie of Todyngton in y ● cowntie of gloceter esquier make my Testament and last wyll as here after folowith ¶ First and before all other thinge I commyt me vnto God and to his mercye trustinge with owt any dowte or mystrust that by his grace and the merytes of Iesus Christ and by the vertue of his passion and of his resurrection I haue and shall haue remission of my synnes and resurrection of bodye and soule accordinge as hit is written Iob. xix I beleue that my redeamer lyueth and that in the last daye I shall ryse owte of the erth and in my flesh shall se my sauiour this my hope is layde vp in my bosome And as towching the wealth of my sowle y ● faith that I haue taken and rehersed is sufficient as I suppose w t out any other mannis worke or workis My grounde my belefe is that ther is but one god one mediatour betwene god man which is Iesus christ 〈◊〉 that I do except none in heauen nor in erth to be my media●oure betwene me and god but onely Iesus Christ al other be but peticioners in receyuīge of grace but none able to geue influence of grace And therfore wil I bestowe no part of my goodes for that intent that any man shulde saye or do to healp my soule for therin I trust onely to the promyse of god he that beleueth and is baptyzed shalbe saued and he that beleueth not shalbe damned marcke the last chapter And towchynge the buryynge of my bodye it auayleth me not what be done therto where in sainct Austine de cura agenda pro mortuis saith that they are rather the solace of them that lyue than wealthe or cowmforth of them that are departed and therfore I remit hit onely to the discretion of myne execu●ours And towchinge the distribution of my temporall goodes my purpose is by the grace of god to bestowe them to be accepted as frutes of faith So that I do not suppose that my merite be by good bestowi●e of them but my merite is the faith of Iesus Christ onely by which faith such workes are good accordinge to the wordes of out lorde Math. xxv I was hongrye and thou gauest me to eate and it folowith that ye haue done to the least of my bretherne ye haue done to me c. and euer we shulde consyder the trwe sentence that a good worke maketh not a good man but a good man maketh a good woorke for faith makethe the man booth good and rightwyse for a rightwyse man lyueth by faith Rom. i ▪ and what so euer springeth not owte of faith is synne Rom. xiiij And all my temporall goodes that I haue not geuyn or delyuered or not geuen by wrytinge of myne awne hande beringe the date of this present wryting I do leaue and geue To Margarete my wife and to Richard my sonne which I make myne executours witnes this myne awne hande the x. daye of October in the .xxij. yere of the raygne of kynge Henry the viij Tyndall Now leat vs examen the partes of this Testamēt sentence by sentence First to commyt oure selues to God aboue all is the first of all preceptis and the first stone in the foundacion of our faith that is that we beleue and put owre trust in one god one all true one almyghty all good and all mercyfull cleauinge faste to his trueth myght mercye and goodnes suerly certyfied and full persuaded that he is oure God ye oures and to vs all true withoute all falsheed and gyle and cannot fayle in his promyses And to vs almyghtye that his will cannot be lea● to fulfill all the trueth that he hath promysed vs And to vs all good ād all mercyfull what so euer we haue done and howe so euer greuously we haue trespassed so that we cum to hym the waye that he hath appointed which waye is Iesus Christ onlye as we shall see folowingly this first clause than is the first commawndement or at at the least the first sentence in the first commawndement and the first article of our crede And that this trust and confidence in the mercy of God is thorow Iesus Christ is the second article of oure crede confirmed and testified thorow out all scripture That Christ bringeth vs in to this grace Paule proueth Rom. v. sayinge Iustified by fayth we ar ●t peace with God thorowe Iesus Christ oure Lorde By whom we haue an entrynge in vnto this grace in which we stand and Ephe. iij. By whome saith Paule we haue a boold entringe in thorowe y e faith that is in him ▪ and in the second of the sayde Epistle By hym we haue an entrynge in vnto the father and a lytle before in the same chapter he is oure peace And Ihon in the fyrst chapter Beholde the Lambe of God whiche takethe awaye the synne of the worlde whiche synne was the busshe that stopped the entrynge in and keapt vs owt and the swerde wherwith was kepte the entrynge vnto the tre of ly●● frome Adam and all his ofsprynge And in the second of the first of Peter whiche