Actes and monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church. [vol. 2, part 1] with an vniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times, horrible troubles, and great persecutions agaynst the true martyrs of Christ, sought and wrought as well by heathen emperours, as nowe lately practised by Romish prelates, especially in this realme of England and Scotland. Newly reuised and recognised, partly also augmented, and now the fourth time agayne published and recommended to the studious reader, by the author (through the helpe of Christ our Lord) Iohn Foxe, which desireth thee good reader to helpe him with thy prayer.

Heresies and errours collected by the Byshops out of the booke of Tyndall, named the wicked Mammon with the places of the booke annexed to the same,* 1.1 oute of which euery Article is collected.

1. FAith onely iustifieth. Fol. 59.

* 1.2This Article being a principle of the Scripture, and the ground of our saluation, is playne enoughe by S. Paule and the whole body of the scripture: Neither can a∣ny make this an heresie,* 1.3 but they must make S. Paule an hereticke, and shew themselues ennemies to the promises of grace, and to the crosse of Christ.

2. The law maketh vs to heare God, because we be borne vnder the power of the Deuill.* 1.4 Fol. 59.

3. It is impossible for vs to consent to the will of God. Fol. 59.

* 1.5The place of Tyndall from whence these Articles be wrasted, is in the wicked Mammon, as followeth. Whych place I beseeche thee indifferente to reade, and then to iudge.

* 1.6In the faith which we haue in Christ, & in Gods pro∣mises, finde we mercy, life, fauour, & peace. In the law we finde death, damnation and wrath, moreouer the curse and vengeance of God vpon vs. And it (that is to say, the law) is called of Paul, the ministratiō of death and damnation. In the lawe wee are prooued to be the ennemies of God, and that we hate hym. For howe can we be at peace wyth God, and loue hym, seeing we are cōceiued and borne vn∣der the power of the Deuill, and are his possession & king∣dome, hys captiues and bondmen, and led at hys will, and he holdeth our hearts, so that it is impossible for vs to con∣sent to the will of God? Muche more is it impossible for a man to fulfill the lawe of hys owne strength and power, seeing that we are by birth and nature the heires of the e∣ternall damnation. &c.

4. The lawe requireth impossible things of vs Fol. 59.

Read the place.* 1.7 The law when it commaundeth y^t thou shalt not lust, geueth thee not power so to do: but daumeth thee because thou canst not so doe.* 1.8 If thou wilt therefore be at peace with God and loue hym, then must thou turne to the promises and to the gospel, which is called of Paul the ministration of righteousnesse and of the spirite.

5. The spirit of God turneth vs & our nature, that we do good: as naturally as a tree doth bring fourth fruit. Fol. 65.* 1.9

The place is this: the spirite of God accompanyeth fayth and bringeth with her light, wherwith a man behol∣deth himself in the law of God, and seeth his miserable bō∣dage & captiuitie, and humbleth himselfe,* 1.10 & abhorreth him∣selfe. She bringeth Gods promises of all good thynges in Christ: God worketh with his word, & in his worde. And as hys word is preached, fayth rooteth her selfe in y^e harts of the elect: and as fayth entreth: and the worde of God is beleued, the power of God looseth the hart from the capti∣uitie & bondage vnder sinne: and knitteth & coupleth hym to God & to the will of God, altereth hym & changeth him cleane, fashioneth and forgeth hym a new, geueth him po∣wer to loue and to do that which before was impossible for him either to loue or doe, and turneth him into a new na∣ture: so that he loueth that which before hee hated, & hateth that which he before loued, and is cleane altered and chan∣ged, and contrary disposed: and is knitt and coupled fast to gods will, and naturally bringeth fourth good workes: y^t is to say, that which God commandeth to do, & not things of his owne imagination: and that doth hee of his owne accord, as a tree bringeth forth fruit of his owne accord. &c.

6. Workes doe onely declare to thee that thou art iustified. Fol. 65.

If Tindall say,* 1.11 that workes doe onely declare our iusti∣fication, he doth not thereby destroy good works: but one∣ly sheweth the right vse and office of good workes: to be noted to merite our iustificatiō, but rather to testify a liue∣ly fayth, which onely iustifieth vs, The article is playn by the scripture, and S. Paule.

7. Christ with all his workes did not deserue heauen. fol. 69.

Reade the place. Al good workes must be done freely w^t a single eye, without respect of any thing,* 1.12 so that no profit be sought thereby. That commaundeth Christ, where hee sayth. Free haue you receaued, free geue agayne. For look as Christ with all his workes did not * 1.13 deserue heauen (for that was his already) but did vs seruice therewith, & ney∣ther looked for, nor sought his owne profite, but ours and the honour of god his father onely: euen so we withal our workes, may not seeke our owne profite, neither in thys world, nor in heauen, but must and ought freely to worke to honour God withall, and without all maner of respect, seeke our neighbours profite, and do him seruice. &c.

8. Labouring by good workes to come to heauen, thou sha∣mest Christes bloud. Fol. 9.

Read the place.* 1.14 If thou wouldest obteine heauen with the merites and deseruings of thine owne works, so doest thou wrong, yea and shamest the bloud of Christ, and vnto thee Christ is dead in vaine. Now is the true beleuer heire of God by christes deseruings,* 1.15 yea and in Christ was pre∣destinate and ordained vnto eternall life before the worlde began. And when the Gospell is preached vnto vs, we be∣leue the mercy of God, and in beleuing we receiue the spirit of God, which is the earnest of eternall life, and we are in eternal life already, and feele already in our harts y^e sweet∣nes thereof, and are ouercome with the kindnes of God & Christ: and therefore loue the will of God, and of loue are ready to woorke freely, and not to obtaine that whyche is geuen vs freely, and whereof we are heyres already, &c.

9. Saintes in heauen can not helpe vs thither. fol. 69.

Whether saintes can helpe vs vnto heauen, see y^e scrip∣ture,* 1.16 and marke wel the office of the sonne of God our on∣ly Sauiour and redeemer, and thou shalt not nede to seeke any further.

10. To builde a Churche in the honour of our Ladye or anye other Saincte, is in vaine, they cannot helpe thee,* 1.17 they be not thy friends, fol. 71.

Read the place of Tind. What buildest thou Churches, foundest Abbeys, Chauntreis, & Colledges in the honour of Saintes, to my mother, S. Peter, Paule,* 1.18 and Saintes that be deade, to make of them thy friendes? They neede it

not: yea they be not thy friends. Thy friends are thy poore neighbours,* 1.19 which neede thy help and succour. Thē make thy friendes with the vnrighteous Mammon, that they may testifie of thy fayth, and that thou mayest knowe and feele that thy faith is right, and not fayned, &c.

11. All flesh is in bondage of sinne, and can not but sinne, fol. 74.

This Article is euident enough of it selfe, confirmed by the scripture, and needeth no allegations.

12. Thou canst not be damned without Christ be damned, nor Christ be saued without thou be saued, fol. 76.

Reade the pla••e: A phisition serueth but for sicke men, & that for such men as feele their sicknes, & moorne therefore, and long for health.* 1.20 Christ likewise serueth but for sinners only that feele their sin, and that for such sinnes as sorow & mourne in their harts for health. Health is the power or strength to fulfill the law, or to keepe the cōmandements: Now he that longeth for that health, that is to say, for to do the law of God, is blessed in Christ, and hath a promise that his lust shall be fulfilled, and that hee shall be made whole. Blessed are they which hunger and thirst for righ∣teousnes sake (that is, to fulfill the law) for their lust shall be fulfilled,* 1.21 Matth. 5.

This longing, and the consent of the hart vnto the lawe of God is the working of the spirit, which God hath pou∣red into thine hart, in earnest that thou mightst be sure that God will fulfill all his promises that he hath made thee. It is also the seale and marke which God putteth on all men that he chooseth vnto euerlasting life. So long as thou seest thy sinne, and mournest, and consentest to the lawe, and longest (though thou be neuer so weake) yet the spirit shall keepe thee in al temptations from desperation, and certifie thine hart, that God for his truth shall delyuer thee, and saue thee, yea and by thy good deedes shalt thou be saued, not which thou hast done, but which Christ hath done for thee. For Christ is thine, and al his deedes are thy deedes, Christ is in thee, and thou in him, knit together in∣separably, neyther canst thou be damned, except Christ be damned with thee, neither can Christ be saued, except thou be saued with him, &c. The like comfortable wordes he hath afterwarde, fol. 38. which are these. He that desireth mercy, the same feeleth his owne misery and sin, and moor∣neth in his hart to be deliuered, that he might honor God, and God for his truth must heare him, which saith by the mouth of Christ: Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousnes, for they shall be satisfied. God for hys truthes sake must put the righteousnes of Christ in hym, and wash his vnrighteousnes away in the blood of Christ. And be the sinner neuer so weake, neuer so feeble and fraile though he haue sinned neuer so oft and so greeuous, yet so long as this lust desire and mourning to be deliuered, re∣maineth in him, God seeth not his sinnes, reckoneth them not for his truthes sake, and loue in Christ. He is not a sin∣ner in the sight of God that would be no sinner. Hee that would be deliuered, hath his hart loose already, His hart sinneth not, but mourneth, repenteth, and consenteth vn∣to the lawe and will of God, and iustifieth God, that is, beareth record that God which made the law, is righteous and iust. And such an hart trusting in Christes bloud, is accepted for full righteousnes, and his weakenes, infirmi∣tie, and frailtie, is pardoned, and his sinnes are not looked vpon, vntill God put more strength in him, and fulfill his desire, &c.

* 1.2213. The commaundements be geuen vs, not to do them, but to know our damnation, and call for mercy of God, fol. 76.

* 1.23Reade the place. If thou wilt enter into life, keepe the commaundements. Math. 15, 19. First remember that whē God commaundeth vs to do any thing, he doth it not therefore because that we of our selues are able to doe that he commaundeth, but that by the lawe we might see and know our horrible damnation and captiuitie vnder sinne, and so repent and come to Christ and receiue mercy, &c.

14. Fasting is only to auoyde surfet, and to tame the body, all o∣ther purposes be nought, fol. 81.

The words of Tyndall be these. Fasting is to abstayne from surfetting or ouermuch eating, from dronkennes and cares of the world, as thou mayst reade Luke 20. And the end of fasting is to tame the body, that the spirite may haue y^e free course vnto God,* 1.24 and may quietly talke with God. For ouermuch eating and drinking, and care of worldly busines, presseth downe the spirit, choketh it, and tangleth it, that it can not lift vp it selfe to God. Now he that fasteth for any other entent then to subdue the body, that the Spi∣rit may wayte on God, and freely exercise it selfe in the things of God, the same is blinde, and wotteth not what he doth, erreth, and shooteth at a wrong marke, and hys entent and imagination is abhominable in the sighte of God, &c.

* 1.2515. To bid the poore man pray for me, is onely to remember him to do his dutie: not that I haue any trust in his prayer, fol. 82.

The words of Tindall be these. When we desire one a∣nother to pray for vs,* 1.26 that do we to put our neighbour in remembrance of his dutie, and not that we trust in his ho∣lines, our trust is in God, in Christ, and in the trueth of Gods promises. We haue also a promise that when two or three or moe agree together in one thing, according to the will of God, God heareth vs, notwithstanding as God heareth many, so heareth he few, & so heareth he one, if he pray after the will of God, & desire the honour of God, &c.

16. Though thou geue me a thousand pound to pray for thee, I am no more bound now then I was before, fol. 83.

The wordes be these. If thou geue me a thousand pound to pray for thee, I am no more bound then I was before.* 1.27 Mans imagination can make the commaundemente of God neither greater nor smaller, neither can the lawe of God either adde or diminish. Gods commaundemente is as great as himselfe, &c.

17. A good deede done and not of feruent charitie as Christes was, is sinne, fol. 83.* 1.28

The wordes of Tindall be these. Though thou shewe mercy vnto thy neighbour,* 1.29 yet if thou do it not with suche burning loue, as Christ did vnto thee, so must thou know∣ledge thy sinne, and desire mercy in Christ, &c.

18. Euery man is Lord of another mans good, fol. 83.

The words of Tindall be these. Christ is Lord ouer all, and euery Christian is heire annexed with Christ, & there∣fore Lord of all, and euery one lord of whatsoeuer an other hath. If thy brother or neigbour therefore neede, and thou haue to helpe him, and yet shewest not mercy, but with∣drawest thy hands from him, then robbest thou him of his owne, and art a theefe, &c. Reade more heereof in the xx. Article following.

19. I am bound to loue the Turke with the very bottome of my hart, fol. 83.

The place of this Article is this. I am bound to loue the Turke with all my might and power, yea and aboue my power: euen frō the ground of my hart,* 1.30 after the example that Christ loued me, neither to spare goods, body, or life, to win him to Christ. And what can I do more for thee, if thou gauest me all the world? Where I see neede, there can I not but pray, if Gods spirit be in me, &c.

20. The woorst Turke liuing hath as much right to my goodes at his neede, as my housholde, or mine owne selfe, fol. 83.* 1.31

Reade and marke wel the place in the wicked Mammon.

In Christ we are all of one degree without respect of persons. Notwithstanding, though a christen mans hart be open to all mē,* 1.32 and receyueth all men, yet because that his habilitie of goodes extendeth not so farre, this prouision is made, that euery man shall care for his owne houshold, as father and mother, and thyne elders that haue holpen thee, wife, children, and seruants. If thou shouldest not care and prouide for thine housholde, then were thou an Infidell, seeing thou hast taken on thee so to do, and for so much as that is thy part committed to thee of the congregati∣on When thou hast done thy dutie to thine housholde, and yet hast further aboundance of the blessing of God, that owest thou to the poore that can not labour, or woulde labour and can get no worke, and are destitute of friends: to the poore I meane, which thou knowest, to them of thine owne parish. If thy neigh∣bours which thou knowest, be serued, and thou yet haue super∣fluitie, and hearest necessitie to be among the breethren a thou∣sand mile off, to them art thou detter. Yea, to the very Infidels we be detters if they neede, as farrefoorth as we maintayne them not against Christ, or to blaspheme Christ. Thus is euery man that needeth thy helpe, thy father, mother, sister, and brother in Christ: euen as euery man that doth the will of the father, is fa∣ther, mother, sister and brother vnto Christ.

Moreouer, if any be an Infidel and a false Christian, and forsake his houshold, his wife, children, and suche as can not helpe them∣selues, then art thou bound to them, if thou haue wherewith, e∣uen as much as to thine owne housholde, and they haue as good right in thy goodes, as thou thy selfe, &c. And if the whole world were thine, yet hath euery brother his right in thy goodes, and is heire with thee, as we are all heyres with Christ, &c.

21. Almes deserueth no meede, fol. 84.* 1.33

The place is this: He that seeketh with his aliues more then to be mercifull, to be a neighbour, to succour his bro∣thers neede, to doe his duetie to his brother,* 1.34 to geue hys brother that he oweth him, the same is blinde▪ and seeth not what it is to be a christen man, and to haue fellowship in Christes bloud, &c.

22. There is no worke better then another to please God, To make water, to wash dishes, to be a sowter or an Apostle, all is one. To wash dishes and to preach is all one as touching the deed to please God, fol. 44.

The words of Tindall be these. As pertayning to good works, vnderstand that all workes are good whyche are

done within the lawe of God in fayth, and with thankes∣giuing to God,* 1.35 and vnderstande that thou in thy doing them pleasest God, whatsoeuer thou doest within the law of God, as when thou makest water, &c.

Moreouer, put no difference betweene workes, but whatsoeuer commeth into thy handes, that doe, as tyme, place, and occasion geueth, and as God hath put thee in degree, high or low. As touching to please God, there is no worke better then an other. God loketh not first on thy workes as the world doth, as though the beautifulnes of the world pleased him, as it doth the world, or as though he had neede of them, but God looketh first on the hart, what faith thou hast to his wordes, how thou beleeuest him, and how thou louest him for his mercy that hee hath shewed thee: he looketh with what hart thou workest, and not what thou workest, how thou acceptest the degree that he hath put thee in, and not of what degree thou art, whe∣ther thou be an Apostle or a Shomaker. Set this example before thine eyes. Thou art a kitchen Page, and washest thy maisters dishes. Another is an Apostle, and preacheth the word of God. Of this Apostle, harke what S. Paule sayth: If I preach (sayth he) I haue naught to reioyce in, for ne∣cessitie is put vnto me. As who shoulde say, God hath made me so, wo is vnto me if I preach not. If I doo it willinglye (saith he) then haue I my rewarde: that is, then am I sure that Gods spirit is in me, and that I am elect to eternall life. If I do it against my will, an office is committed vnto mee: that is, if I doe it not of loue to God, but to get a liuing thereby, and for a worldly purpose, and had leauer other∣wayes liue: then do I that office which God hath put me in, and yet please not God my selfe, &c. Moreouer, howso∣euer he preach, he hath not to reioice in that he preacheth. But if he preach willingly with a true hart & of conscience to God, then hath he his reward, that is, then feeleth he the earnest of eternall life, and the working of the spirite of God in him. And as he feeleth Gods goodnes and mercy, so be thou sure he feeleth his owne infirmitie, weakenes, and vnworthines, and mourneth and knowledgeth hys sinne, in that the hart will not arise to worke wyth that ful lust and loue that is in Christ our Lord. And neuerthelesse is he yet at peace with God through faith & trust in Christ Iesu. For the earnest of the spirit that worketh in him, te∣stifieth and beareth witnes vnto his hart, that God hath chosen him, and that his grace shall suffice him, whyche grace is now not idle in him. In his workes putteth hee no trust.

Now thou that ministrest in the kitchen, and art but a kitchen page, receiuest all things of the hand of God, kno∣west that God hath put thee in that office: submittest thy selfe to his will, and seruest thy maister, not as a man, but as Christ himselfe, with a pure hart, according as Paule teacheth: puttest thy trust in God, and with him seekest thy reward. Moreouer, there is not a good deede done, but thy hart reioiceth therein, yea when thou hearest that the word of God is preached by this Apostle, and seest the people turne to God, thou consentest vnto the deede, thy harte breaketh out in ioy, springeth and leapeth in thy brest that God is honoured, and in thine hart doest the same that the Apostle doth, and happly with greater delectation, and a more feruent spirit. Now, he that receaueth a Prophete in the name of a Prophet, shall receiue the reward of a Pro∣phet. That is, he that consenteth to the deede of a Prophet, and maintaineth it, the same hath the same spirite, and ear∣nest of euerlasting life, which the Prophete hath, and is e∣lect as the Prophet is.* 1.36

Now if thou compare deede to deede, there is no diffe∣rence betwixt washing of dishes, & preaching of the word of God. But as touching to please God, none at all. For neither that, nor this pleaseth, but as farrefoorth as God hath chosen a man, hath put his spirit in him, and purified his hart by faith and trust in Christ, &c.

* 1.3723. Ceremonies of the Churche haue brought the worlde from God, fol. 86.

Reade the place of Tindall. Seeke the word of God in all thinges,* 1.38 and without the word of God, doe nothing, though it appeare neuer so glorious. Whatsoeuer is done without the word of God, that count Idolatrie. The kingdome of heauen is within vs. Luke 7. Wonder ther∣fore at no monstrous appearaunce, nor at anye outwarde thing without the word. For the world was neuer drawne from God, but with an outward shewe, and glorious ap∣pearance and shining of hypocrisie, and of fained and v∣surped fasting, praying, watching, singing, offering, sacri∣ficing, halowing of superstitious ceremonies, and mon∣strous disguising, &c.

* 1.3924. Beware of good intentes: They are damned of God, fol. 87.

* 1.4025. See thou do nothing but that God biddeth thee, fol. 87.

The words of Tindall out of the which these two ar∣ticles are gathered, are these. Beware of thy good intente, good minde, good affection, or zeale as they call it.* 1.41 Peter of a good mind, and of a good affection or zeale, chidde Christ, because he sayde that he must goe to Ierusalem, and there be slayne. But Christ called him Sa••an for hys labour: a name that belongeth to the Diuell, and sayde that he per∣ceiued not godly things, but worldly. Of a good intent, and of a feruent affection to Christ, the sonnes of Zebede would haue had fire to come downe from heauen, to con∣sume the Samaritanes: but Christ rebuked them, sayeng, that they wist not of what spirit they were: that is,* 1.42 that they vnderstood not how that they were altogether world∣lye and fleshly minded. Peter smote Malchus of a good zeale, but Christ condemned his deede. The Iewes of a good entent and of a good zeale slew Christ, and persecu∣ted the Apostles, as Paule beareth them record. Rom. x. I beare them record (saith he) that they haue a feruent minde to Godward, but not according to knowledge.* 1.43 It is ano∣ther thing then to do of a good mind, and to do of know∣ledge. Labour for knowledge, that thou mayest knowe Gods will, and what he would haue thee to do.

Our mind, entent, and affection, or zeale, are blinde, and al that we do of them is damned of God, and for that cause hath God made a testament betweene him and vs, wher∣in is conteined both what he woulde haue vs to do, and what he would haue vs to aske of him. See therefore that thou do nothing to please God withall, but that he com∣maundeth, neyther aske any thing of him, but that he hath promised thee, &c.

26. Churches are for preaching onely, and not as they bee vsed now, fol. 87.* 1.44

This Article conteyneth neyther errour nor heresie, but is playne enough of it selfe, to all them that haue their minds exercised in the scriptures of God.

27. To worship God otherwise then to beleeue that he is iust and true in his promise, is to make God an Idol, fol. 87.

Reade the wordes of Tindall with this Article.* 1.45 God is honoured on all sides,* 1.46 in that we count him righteous in all his lawes and ordinances, and also true in all his pro∣mises. Other worship of God is none, except we make an Idoll of him, &c.

28. Pharao had no power to let the people depart at Gods plea∣sure, fol. 95.* 1.47

29. Our prelates in sinne, say they haue power, fol. 95.

Reade the place in the wicked Mammon,* 1.48 out of y^e which these two Articles are gathered. S. Paule sayeth: If thou confesse with thy mouth that Iesus is the Lorde,* 1.49 and be∣leeue with thine hart that God raised him vp from death, thou shalt be safe: that is, if thou beleeue he raised him vp againe for thy saluation. Many beleeue that God is riche and almighty, but not vnto themselues: and that he wil be good to them and defend them, and be their God. Pharao for paine of the plague, was compelled to confesse his sinnes: but had yet no power to submit himselfe vnto the will of God, and to let the children of Israell go, and to lose so great profite for Gods pleasure. As our prelates cō∣fesse their sinnes, saieng: though we be neuer so euill, yet haue we the power. And againe, the Scribes and the Pha∣riseis (say they) sate in Moyses seate, do as they teache, but not as they do. Thus confesse they that they are abhomi∣nable, &c.

Notes

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  Heresies falsly gathered by the Papistes out of wicked Māmon.
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  1. Article.
• * 1.3

  The Papistes of the principles of diuinitye, make heresie.
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  2. article.
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  3. article.
• * 1.6

  Herein is no thing conteyned but that which is rightly conso∣nant vnto the Scripture.
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  4. article▪
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  What here••sy is in the wordes. 2. Cor. 3.
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  5. article▪
• * 1.10

  This place speaking of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & effecte•• fayth, con∣teyneth no••thing but which is mayntayn••••ble by the Scripture.
• * 1.11

  6. article.
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  7. article.
• * 1.13

  Math. 10. He meaneth in his diui∣nitye but i•• his humani∣tye he de∣serued hea∣uen by his workes not onely for himselfe, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 for vs all.
• * 1.14

  8. article.
• * 1.15

  To say that heauen is gotten by our deser∣uings, is a Popishe he∣resie & con∣trary to the Scriptures.
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  9. article.
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  10. article.
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  The place ••••nexed
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  〈1 paragraph〉〈1 paragraph〉
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  〈◊〉〈◊〉 article. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 place 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
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  The bele∣uing man standing vpon the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of Gods pro∣mise, may 〈◊〉〈◊〉 him∣selfe of his saluation, as truely as Christ him∣selfe is sa∣ued, & he can no more then Christ himselfe be damned, and although the scripture doth not vse this phrase of speaking, ye•• it impor∣teth no lesse in effecte, by reason of the ••erity of Gods pro∣mise which impossible it is to faile.
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  13. article.
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  〈◊〉〈◊〉 article is 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wraked 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wh••ch 〈…〉〈…〉 should 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, but 〈◊〉〈◊〉 we can∣•••••• 〈◊〉〈◊〉 them. 14. article.
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  The true end of fast∣ing.
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  15. article.
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  The place bid∣deth vs put oure trust in Christ, onely and not in poore mēs pray∣ers and so doth the Scripture likewise, & yet no heresy there∣in. 16. article.
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  This place aun∣swereth for himselfe suffici∣ently.
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  17. article.
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  This place ten∣deth to no such meaning as is in the article, but onely sheweth our good deedes to be imperfect. 18. article▪

  This place ge∣ueth to none a∣ny propriety of an other mannes goodes, but one∣ly by waye of Christian com∣munion. 19. Article.
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  To loue the Turke to that end to win him to Christ, is no heresie but cha∣ritye.
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  20. article.
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  Loe Reader how peeuishly this place is wrested First here is no men∣tion made of a∣ny Turke. Se∣cōdly this place speaking of an Infidell, mea∣neth of such Christians which forsake their owne householdes, Thirdly by his right in thy, goodes, he mea∣neth no propri∣ety that he hath to claime but onely to put thee in remem∣brance of thy Christen duety what to geue.
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  21. article.
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  The place is playne. 22. article.
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  These wordes of Tindall suffi∣ciētly discharge the article of al heresy, if they be well wayed. The meaning whereof is this, that all our ac∣ceptation with God standeth onely vpon our fayth in Christ, and vpon no work nor office. Whereby Cor∣nelius the Tan∣ner beleeuing in Christ, is as wel iustified before God, as the A∣postle or prea∣cher: So that there is no re∣ioycing now neyther in work nor office, but onely in our faith in Christ, which onely iustifieth vs be∣fore God▪ Rom. 8.
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  No difference of men before God in respecte of deedes, but one∣ly in respecte of fayth.
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  23. article.
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  The place an∣nexed.
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  24. article.
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