T h e "C r i m e s" o f W i l l i a m T y n d a l e:
First:.... He maintains that faith alone justifies.
Second :... He maintains that to believe in the forgiveness of sins and to embrace the mercy offered in the Gospel, is enough for salvation.
Third :.... He avers that human traditions cannot bind the conscience, except where their neglect might occasion scandal.
Fourth :... He denies the freedom of the will.
Fifth :.... He denies that there is any purgatory.
Sixth :.... He affirms that neither the virgin nor the saints pray for us in their own person.
Seventh :. He asserts that neither the virgin nor the saints should be invoked by us.
.{note: According to the Scriptures Mary was only a virgin till she conceived.
'The birth of Christ was on this wise, when his mother Mary was married unto Ioseph, before they came to dwell together, she was found with child by the holy ghost.' Matthew j.