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1 " The preaching of God's word is hateful and contrary unto them. Why? For it is impossible to preach Christ, except thou preach against antichrist; that is to say, them which with their false doctrine and violence of sword enforce to quench the true doctrine of Christ. "
― William Tyndale
2 " If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy who drives a plough to know more of the scriptures than you do. "
3 " All that I do and suffer is but the way to the reward, and not the deserving thereof. "
4 " the knowledge of Christian doctrine grounded only upon arguments is a doubtful and uncertain knowledge. I conceive that syllogisms and arguments are only for this world, and the things of this world, but not for the things of God and of the other world. The natural philosopher attains to his natural knowledge by observations and experiments in several particulars, by antecedents and consequences. Most of his knowledge in those things is very feeble, crazy, questionable, and the like, which made that great Philosopher after his inquiry for knowledge profess, that he only attained to this, that he knew himself to be ignorant, Hoc tantum scio quod bihil scio, “this only do I know, I know nothing.” But God has ordained a better way to convey His truth into our hearts, and that is by a renovation of our minds and by the communication of a divine nature. God has not let His people remain in uncertainties in those things which are material and necessary, but has given a certainty of demonstration. Whatsoever I do receive for truth on the account of argumentative conclusions, that I am bound to lay aside and disown for error upon the same account when a more probable argument comes along. Truly friends, if all the ground of our entertaining Christ and truth, or Christian doctrine is because such an argument conveyed it to us, what will become of us and the truth when we meet with a subtle philosopher and antichristian head who will frame an argument against the truth, unanswerable by our logic? Where shall a man ever consist, if he must live on the terms in the world? Besides, every one to whom the Gospel of Christ is preached is not headstrong enough to grapple with the bigness and depth of some kind of arguments. They may have their hearts truly mortified to this world, and carried out in love to the person and nature of our Lord Jesus. "
― William Tyndale , The Writings of A Puritan's Mind Volume 1
5 " the most clear evidence and assurance of the truth and goodness in these holy things of Christ and the new creature arises out of themselves, as light follows from the body of the Sun, without the contusion or compulsion of an harsh arguments. And by a holy sympathy a regenerate heart entertains with infinite delight these precious and holy truths. Arguments and syllogisms make a great noise in the world. I think they are like that appearance in Horeb to the prophet Elijah when the great and strong wind broke the mountains and broke in pieces all the rocks. But it is said, the Lord was not found in the wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but He was in the still, small voice. Lux spiritus santi est lenis luxs, persundens sementibus, the Holy Spirit does gently hover over the soul and brood upon it. Heavenly doctrine falls down upon the spirits of men, not like a mighty violent rain, but like a shower of oil, like a sweet honey-dew. "
6 " And of this confession, saith the holy apostle Paul, in the 10th chapter: “the belief of the heart justifieth; and to knowledge with the mouth maketh a man safe. "
― William Tyndale , The Obedience of a Christian Man
7 " when it was past men's help: then holp God. "
