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> [My overcoat is worn out my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening it is indeed wearisome sitting alone in the dark.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/my-overcoat-is-worn-out-my-shirts-also-are-worn-out-and-i-ask-to-be/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

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## More by William Tyndale

> [My overcoat is worn out my shirts also are worn out. And I ask to be allowed to have a lamp in the evening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/my-overcoat-is-worn-out-my-shirts-also-are-worn-out-and-i-ask-to-be/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [Let every man of whatsoever craft or occupation he be of... serve his brethren.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/let-every-man-of-whatsoever-craft-or-occupation-he-be-of-serve-his/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [The Law and the Gospel are two keys. The Law is the key that shutteth up all men under condemnation, and the Gospel is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/the-law-and-the-gospel-are-two-keys-the-law-is-the-key-that-shutteth/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [I perceived how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth except the Scripture were plainly laid before their eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/i-perceived-how-that-it-was-impossible-to-establish-the-lay-people-in/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [We do not wish to abolish teaching and to make every man his own master, but if the curates will not teach the gospel,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/we-do-not-wish-to-abolish-teaching-and-to-make-every-man-his-own/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [For if God be on our side, what matter maketh it who be against us, be they bishops, cardinals, popes, or whatsoever names they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/for-if-god-be-on-our-side-what-matter-maketh-it-who-be-against-us-be/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [God's goodness is the root of all goodness; and our goodness, if we have any, springs out of His goodness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/god-s-goodness-is-the-root-of-all-goodness-and-our-goodness-if-we/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [“when it was past men's help: then holp God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/when-it-was-past-men-s-help-then-holp-god/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [We had better be without God's laws than the Pope's.” To which Tyndale passionately responded: “I defy the Pope, and all his laws; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/we-had-better-be-without-god-s-laws-than-the-pope-s-to-which-tyndale/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [I know divers, and divers men know me, which love me as I do them: yet if I should pray them, when I meet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/i-know-divers-and-divers-men-know-me-which-love-me-as-i-do-them-yet/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [And as the circumcised in the flesh, and not in the heart, have no part in God's good promises; even so they that be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/and-as-the-circumcised-in-the-flesh-and-not-in-the-heart-have-no-part/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [While I am sowing in one place, they ravage the field I have just left. I cannot be everywhere. If Christians had the Scriptures…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/while-i-am-sowing-in-one-place-they-ravage-the-field-i-have-just-left/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [In the old covenants the people were sprinkled with blood of calves without, in their bodies, to bind them to keep the law; else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/in-the-old-covenants-the-people-were-sprinkled-with-blood-of-calves/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, that I never altered one syllable of God's Word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/i-call-god-to-record-against-the-day-we-shall-appear-before-our-lord/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

> [I will cause a boy who drives a plow to know more of the scriptures than the pope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-tyndale/i-will-cause-a-boy-who-drives-a-plow-to-know-more-of-the-scriptures/)

[William Tyndale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-tyndale/)

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