Let every man of whatsoever craft or occupation he be of... serve his brethren.
William TyndaleRead
For we love not God first, to compel him to love again; but he loved us first, and gave his Son for us, that we might see love and love again, saith St John in his first epistle.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes that God's love precedes ours, highlighting the concept of unconditional love.
William Tyndale conveys the idea that divine love is not a reaction but a primary force that initiates our capacity to love in return. It elucidates the significance of recognizing that we are loved first, encouraging a reciprocal love that stems from understanding and gratitude for this divine grace.
In practice
In a sermon about the nature of divine love.
Let every man of whatsoever craft or occupation he be of... serve his brethren.
they go and set up free-will with the heathen philosophers and say that a man's free will is the cause why God chooseth and not another, contrary to all scriptures.
We do not wish to abolish teaching and to make every man his own master, but if the curates will not teach the gospel, the layman must have the Scripture, and read it for himself, taking God for his teacher.
I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I meet them in the street openly, they would abhor me; but if I pray them where they be appointed to meet me secretly, they will hear me and accept my request.
The Law and the Gospel are two keys. The Law is the key that shutteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is the key which opens the door and lets them out.
Marriage was ordained for a remedy and to increase the world and for the man to help the woman and the woman the man, with all love and kindness.
This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
Kind are her answers, But her performance keeps no day; Breaks time, as dancers. From their own Music when they stray.
Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else.
The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin.
Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices.
To know the pain of too much tenderness
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