An Answer To Sir Thomas More S Dialogue

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IT was in 1528, that Sir Thomas More, being already regarded as the most accomplished scholar in England, and having before his eyes a near prospect of being invited to fill the chief place in his sovereign's council, was induced to accept bishop Tonstal's permission to read the works of the reformers, that he might be qualified to refute them; nor did he suffer the year to elapse before he had composed, as the first fruits of his consequent researches and zeal, an imaginary dialogue between himself and the confidential messenger of a friend desirous to know his opinions respecting the religious questions which were then forcing themselves into general notice. The title of this effort to write down Tyndale and his labours is as follows: "A dialogue of Sir Thomas More, knt. one of the council of our sovereign lord the king, and chancellor of his duchy of Lancaster. Wherein he treated divers matters, as of the veneration and worship of images and reliques, praying to saints, and going on pilgrimages, with many other things touching the pestilent sect of Luther and Tyndale, by the one begun in Saxony, and by the other labored to be brought into England. Made in the year of our Lord, 1528." Tyndale responded and More wrote again. A work entitled a "Confutacyon of Tyndall's Answer;". Once more Tyndale responded. You have before you Tyndale's replies.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ... AN ANSWER UNTO SIR THOMAS MORE, S DIALOGUE. What the church is. This word church hath divers significations. First it M. C. vsignifieth a place or house; whither christian people were sipufication. wont in the old time to resort at times convenient, for toSSTM* hear the word of doctrine, the law of God, and the faith m.c- of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and how and what to pray, and whence to ask power and strength to live godly. For me minithe officer, thereto appointed, preached the pure word of God church DEGREESe only, and prayed in a tongue that all men understood: and to preach to the people hearkened unto his prayers, and said theretoon the word i, -i, ..., of God, and Amen; and prayed with him in then hearts, and of him l t DEGREESVea learned to pray at home and everywhere, and to instruct u DEGREES,1, DEGREESTM every man his household. Where now we hear but voices without significations, and buzzings, howlings, and cryings, as it were the hallooing of foxes, or baitings of bears; and wonder at disguisings and toys, whereof we know no meaning. By reason whereof we be fallen into such ignorance, that we know of the mercy and promises, which are in Christ, nothing at all. And of the law of God we think as do the Turks, and as did the oldiico. heathen people; how that it is a thing which every man may cannot be do of his own power, and in doing thereof becometh good, >ih woriu, DEGREES r ' o o ' be they never and waxeth righteous, and deserveth heaven; yea, and are 'holy yet more mad than that: for we imagine the same of fantasies, and vain ceremonies of our own making; neither M. C. ci. needful unto the taming of our own flesh, neither profitable unto our neighbour, neither honour unto God. And of prayer we think, that no...