A14133:104
An exposition upon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Matthew which three chapters are the key…An exposycyon vpon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathewe which thre chapters are the keye…
An exposition upon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Matthew which three chapters are the key and the door of the scripture, and the restoring again of Moses law corrupt by the scribes and pharisees. And the exposition is the restoring again of Christs law corrupt by the Papists. Item before the book, thou hast a prologue very necessary, containing the whole sum of the covenant made between God and us, upon which we be baptised to keep it. And after thou haste a table that leadeth the by the notes in the margents, unto all that is entreated of in the book.An exposycyon vpon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathewe which thre chapters are the keye and the dore of the scrypture, and the restoring agayne of Moses lawe corrupt by ye scrybes and pharyses. And the exposycyon is the restorynge agayne of Chrystes lawe corrupte by the Papystes. Item before the boke, thou hast a prologe very necessary, conteynynge the whole sum of the couenaunt made betwene God and vs, vpon whiche we be baptysed to kepe it. And after thou haste a table that ledeth the by the notes in the margentes, vnto al that is intreated of in the booke.
London? : R. Redman, 1536?
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ye be the salt of the earth. But if the salt be waxen unsavoury, what can be salted therewith, It is henceforth nothing worth. But to be caste out and to be trodden under foot of men.
ye be the salt of the erthe. But yf the salt be waxen vnsauery, what can be salted therewith, It is henceforth nothynge worthe. But to be caste out and to be troden vnder fote of men.
The office of an Apostle and true preacher is to salt• not only the corrupt manners and conversations of earthy people / but also the rotten heart within and all that springeth out thereof / their natural reason / their will / their understanding and wisdom / yea and their faith and believe and all that they have imagined without God's word, concerning righteousness justifying / satisfaction and serving of God. And the nature of salt is to byte / fret & make smart. And the sick patients of this world are marvellous ⟨image 28⟩impatient, so that though with great pain they can suffer their gross since to be rebuked under a fashion / 1as in a parable a far of, yet to have their righteousness their holiness and serving of God and his saints / disallowed / improved / and condemned / for damnable and devely she / that may they not abide In so much that thou must leave the salting or else be prepared to suffer again, even to be called a railer / seditious / a maker of discord and a troubler of the common peace, yea a schismatic and an heretic also / and to be lied upon that thou hast done said that thou never though test / and then to be called (coram nobis) and to sing a new song and forswear salting or else to be sent after thy fellows that are gone before / and the way thy master went.
The offyce of an Apostle and true preacher is to salt• not only the corrupte maners and conuersacyons of erthye people / but also the roten harte within and all that spryngeth out therof / theyr naturall reson / theyr wyll / theyr vnderstandyng and wysdome / ye and theyr fayth and beleue and all that they haue ymagyned without Goddes worde, concernynge ryghtuousnes iustifyenge / satysfaccyon and sercynge of God. And the nature of salt is to byte / frete & make smart. And the sycke pacientes of thys worlde are meruelous