A14133:116
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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Another conclusion as men light not a candle to whelme it under a bushel / but to put it on a candlestick to light all that are in the house even so the light of Christs gospel may not be hide nor make a several thing, as though it pertaineth to some certain holy persons only. Nay it is the light of the whole world and pertaineth to all men / and therefore may not be made several. It is a madness that diverse men say / 1the lay people may not know it / except they can prove that the lay people be not of the world. Moreover it will not be hide / but as the lightening that breaketh out of the clouds / shineth over all / even so doth the gospel of Christ. For where it is truly received, there it purifieth the heart and maketh the parson to consent to the laws of God and to begin a new and a Godly living, fashioned after God's laws and without all dissimulation.2 And then it will kindle so great love in him toward his neighbour, that he shall not only have compassion on him in his bodily adversity / but much more petty him over the blindness of his soul and to minister to him Christs gospel / 3wherefore if they say, it is here or there, in saint Fraunces cote or Dominic's and such like, and that if thou ⟨image 31⟩thou wilt put on that cote / thou shalt find it there / it is false. For if it were there / thou shouldest see it shyne abrode de thoughe thou crepest not into a sell or a monks coll / as thou seest lightening without creeping into the clouds yea their light would so shine / that men should not only le the light of the gospel / but also their good works / which would as fast come out / as they now run in. In so much that thou shouldest see them make themselves pore to help other / as they now make other pore / to make them selves rich.
Another conclusyon as men lyght not a candell to whelme it vnder a bushell / but to put it on a candelstycke to lyght al that are in the hous euen so the lyght of Chrystes gospell maye not be hyde nor make a seuerall thynge, as thoughe it pertaynethe to some certayne holye persons onelye. Naye it is the lyght of the whole worlde and pertaynethe to all men / and therfore maye not be made seuerall. It is a madnesse that dyuerse men say /