The vvordes of Tyndall be these. Fasting is to abstayne from surfeting or ouermuch eating, from dronkennes and cares of the world, as thou maiest read Luke. 20. MarginaliaThe true end of fasting.And the ende of fastyng is to tame the bodye, that the spirite may haue the free course vnto God, and may quietly talke with God. For ouermuch eating & drinking, & care of worldly busines presseth downe the spirite, 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 spirite may wayte on God, & freely exercise it self in the thinges of God, the same is blynde, and wotteth not what he doth, erreth & shooteth at a wrong marke, and hys entent and imagination is abominable in the sight of God. &c.

Marginalia15. Article.15 To byd the poore man pray for me, is onely to remember hym to do hys duety: not that I haue any trust in hys prayer. fol. 38.

MarginaliaThe place biddeth vs put our trust in Christ onely, and not in poore mens prayers: and so doth the Scripture likewyse: and yet no heresie therin.The vvordes of Tyndall be these. When we desire one an other to pray for vs, that doe we to put our neighbour in remembraunce of his dutye, and not that we trust in hys holynes. Our trust is in God, in Christ, and in the truth of Gods promises. We haue also a promise, that when two or three or moe agree together in one thing according to the wyll of God, God heareth vs. Notwithstanding as God heareth many, so heareth he few, and so heareth he one, if he praye after the wyll of God, and desire the honour of God. &c.

Marginalia16. Article.16 Though thou gyue me a thouand pounde to pray for thee, I am no more bounde now then I was before. fol. 40.

MarginaliaThys place aunswereth for it selfe sufficiently.The vvoordes bee these. If thou geue me a thousand pound to pray for thee, I am no more bounde then I was before. Mans imagination can make the commaundement of God neither greater nor smaller, neither can to the lawe of God eyther adde or diminishe. Gods commaundement is as great as hym selfe. &c.

Marginalia17. Article.17 A good deede done and not of feruent charitie as Christes was, is synne. fol. 40.

MarginaliaThys place tendeth to no such meaning as is in the Article, but onely sheweth our good deedes to be imperfecte.The vvordes of Tyndall bee these. Though thou shew mercy vnto thy neighbour, yet if thou doe it not with such burning loue, as Christ did vnto thee, so muste thou knowledge thy sinne, and desire mercy in Christ. &c.

Marginalia18. Article.18 Euery man is Lord of an other mans good. fol. 40.

MarginaliaThys place geueth to none any proprietie of an other mans goods, but only by way of Christian communiō.The vvordes of Tyndall bee these. Christ is Lord ouer all, and euery Christian is heire annexed with Christ, and therefore Lord of all, and euery one lord of what soeuer an other hath. If thy brother or neyghbour therfore neede, and thou haue to helpe hym, and yet shewest not mercie, but wythdrawest thy handes frō hym, then robbest thou hym of hys owne, & art a theefe. &c. Read more hereof in the 20. Article follovving.

Marginalia19. Article.19 I am bounde to loue the Turke with the very bottome of my hart. fol. 40.

MarginaliaTo loue the Turke to that end to winne him to Christ, is no heresie, but charitie.The place of thys Article is thys. I am bounde to loue the Turke with all my might and power, yea and aboue my power: euen from the grounde of my hart, after the ensample that Christ loued me, neither to spare goodes, body, or lyfe, to wynne hym to Christ. And what can I doo more for thee, if thou gauest me all the world? Where I see neede, there can I not but pray, if Gods spirite be in me. &c.

Marginalia20. Article.20 The worst Turke lyuyng hath as much ryght to my goodes at hys neede, as my housholde or myne owne selfe. fol. 42.

Read and marke vvell the place in the vvicked Mammon. MarginaliaLoe reader how peuishly thys place is wrasted. Fyrst, here is no mention made of any Turke. Secondly, thys place speaking of an Infidel, meaneth of such Christiās which forsake their own housholdes. Thirdly, by hys ryght in thy goods, he meaneth no proprietie that he hath to claime, but onely to put thee in remembraunce of thy Christen duetie what to geue.In Christ we are all of one degree wythout respecte of persons. Notwithstanding, though a Christen mans hart be open to all men, and receiueth all men, yet because that his habilitie of goodes extendeth not so farre, this prouision is made that euery man shal care for his own houshold, as father and mother, and thine elders that haue holpen thee, wife, chyldren, and seruantes. If thou shouldest not care and prouide for thine houshold, thē were thou an infidel, seing thou hast taken on thee so to do, and forsomuch as that is thy part cōmitted to thee of the cōgregation. Whē 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 would labour and can get no worke, and are destitute of friendes: to the poore I meane, whych thou knowest: to them of thyne owne parish. If thy neyghbours which thou knowest, be serued, and thou yet haue superfluitie, and hearest necessitie to be among the brethren a thousand myle of, to them art thou detter. Yea to the very Infidels we be detters if they neede, as farrefoorth as we mayntayne 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 wyll of the father, is father, mother, sister and brother vnto Christ. Moreouer, if anye bee an Infidel and a false Christian, and forsake hys housholde, hys wyfe, chyldren, and such as can not helpe them selues, then art thou bound to them, if thou haue wherewith, euen as much as to thyne owne housholde, and they haue as good right in thy goods, as thou thy selfe. &c. And if the whole world were thine, yet hath euerye brother hys right in thy goodes, and is heire wyth thee, as wee are all heyres wyth Christ. &c.

Marginalia21. Article.21 Almes deserueth no meede. fol. 42.

MarginaliaThe place is plaine.The place is thys. Hee that seeketh with his almes more then to be mercyfull, to bee a neighbour, to succour hys brothers nede, to doe hys dutye to hys brother, to geue hys brother that he oweth hym, the same is blinde and seeth not what it is to be a Christen man, and to haue felowship in Christes bloud. &c.

Marginalia22. Article.22 There is no woorke better then an other to please God. To make water, to washe dishes, to bee a sowter or an Apostle, all is one. To washe the dishes and to preache is all one as touchyng the dede to please God. fol. 44.

MarginaliaThese words of Tyndall sufficiently discharge the Article of all heresie, if they be well wayed. The meaning wherof is thys, that all our acceptation with God standeth only vpon our fayth in Christ, and vppon no worke nor office. Wherby Cornelius the Tanner beleuing in Christ, is as well iustified before God, as the Apostle or preacher: So that there is no reioycing now, neyther in worke nor office, but onely in our fayth in Christ, which onely iustifieth vs before God. Rom. 3.The vvords of Tindall be these. As pertaining to good workes vnderstand that all workes are good which are done within the law of God in faith and with thankes geuing to God, & vnderstande that thou in thy doing them pleasest God, what soeuer thou doest within the law of God, as whē thou makest water. &c.

Moreouer, put no difference betwene workes, but what soeuer cōmeth into thy handes, that do, as tyme, place & occasiō giueth, & as God hath put thee in degree, hygh or low. As touching to please God, there is no worke better thē an other. God looketh not first on thy workes as the worlde doth, as though the beutifulnes of the world pleased hym, as it doth the world, or as though he had neede of thē, but God looketh first on the hart, what fayth thou hast to his wordes, how thou beleuest him, & how thou louest him for his mercy that he hath shewed thee: hee 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 degre thou art, whether thou be an Apostle or a Shoomaker. Set thys example before thine eyes. Thou art a kytchin Page, and washest thy Maisters dishes. An other is an Apostle, & preacheth the word of God. Of this Apostle harke what S. Paule sayth: If I preache (sayth he) I haue naught to reioyce in, for neceßitie is put vnto me. As who should say, God hath made me so, wo is vnto me if I preach not. If I doo it vvillinglye (sayth he) then haue I my revvard: that is, then am I sure that Gods spirite is in me, and that I am elect to eternall lyfe. If I doo it against my vvyll, an office is committed vnto me: that is, if I do it not of loue to God, but to get a lyuyng thereby, and for a worldly purpose, and had leauer other wayes lyue: then do I that office which God hath put me in, and yet please not God my selfe. &c. Moreouer, how so euer he preach, he hath not to reioyce in that hee preacheth. But if hee preach wyllyngly wyth a true hart and of conscience to God, then hath he hys reward, that is, then feeleth he the earnest of eternall lyfe, and the working of the spirite of God in hym. And as he feeleth Gods goodnes and mercy, so be thou sure he feeleth hys own infirmitie, weakenes and vnworthynes, and mourneth and knowledgeth hys synne, in that the hart wyll not aryse to worke wyth that full lust and loue that is in Christ our Lord. And neuertheles is he yet at peace with God thorow fayth and trust in Christ Iesu. For the earnest of the spirite that worketh in him, testifieth and beareth witnes vnto hys hart that God hath chosen him, and that hys grace shall suffice hym, whych grace is now not idle in hym. In his workes putteth he no trust.

Now thou that ministrest in the kitchen, and art but a kitchyn page, receiuest all thinges of the hand of God: knowest that God hath put thee in that office: submittest thy selfe to hys wyll, and seruest thy Maister, not as a man, but as Christ hym self, with a pure hart, according as Paule teacheth: puttest thy trust in God, and with hym sekest thy reward. Moreouer, there is not a good deede done, but thy hart reioyceth therin, yea when thou hearest that the word of God is preached by thys Apostle, & seest the people turne to God, thou consentest vnto the dede, thy hart 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 happlye wyth greater delectation, and a more feruent spirite. Now he that receaueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receyue the revvarde of a Prophet. That is, hee that consenteth to the