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Phil Barber
Boston, Mass.
Dec. '01
$5.00

William Tyndale (and others) (1492-1536)
The Whole WOrks of W. Tyndall, John Frith, and
Doct. Barnes [Ed.] (J. Foxe) - 1516-1587. folio
London: John Daye, 1573 (1572)
Ref: S.T.C. 24436
Copy: HEHL

p. 127 made by William Tyndall S iiij (of 4)
p. 128 The obedience of a Christian man.
First collected edition. Preface by John Foxe
In addition to biographies of the 3 martyrs, the
collection includes 21 works by Tyndale, 12 by
Frith + 15 by Barnes, the most substantial being
Tyndale's "The Obedience of a Christian Man."
Most of the others are commentaries, prologues +
polemical works, all with a strong Protestant bias.
- A key work on the English Reformation, first
published in 1528, combining the Lutheran doctrine
of obedience to authority with a characteristically
English emphasis on the importance of a strong
monarchy." It is Tyndale's most important book
outside his translations. It was widely read, + fed
into the thinking of many people in the next decades.
If we had nothing from Tyndale but his Obedience,
he would still be of high significance for the time."
- Foxe was closely involved with the printer John Day +
is known to have worked in his shop while the 1st
ed. of "Actes and Monuments" (1563) was being prepared
and both were close to Matthew Parker, Archbishop
of Canterbury.