A14133:129
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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1For I say unto you / except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the scribes and pharisees / ye can not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
1For I say vnto you / except your ryghtwysnes excede ye ryghtwysnes of the scrybes and pharyseys / ye can not enter into the kyngdome of heuen.
- 1The righteousness of pharisees.The ryghteousnes of pharyseys.
The righteousness of the scribes and pharisees can not enter into the kingdom of heaven the kingdom of heaven is the true knowledge of God and Christ / ergo the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees neither knoweth God nor Christ. He that is willing to obey the will of God / understandeth the doctrine of Christ / as it is proved above / the scribes and the pharisees understand not the doctrine of Christ / ergo they have no will nor lust to obey the will of God. To obey the will of God, is to seek the glory of God (for the glory of a master is the meek obedience of his servants, the glory of a Prince is the humble obedience of his subjects, the glory of a husband is the chaste obedience of his wife / the glory of a father is the loving obedience of his children) the scribes and the pharisees have no lust to obey the will of God,1 ergo, they seek not the glory of God. Furthermore the scribes and pharisees seek their own glory / they that seek their own glory, preach their own doctrine, ergo, the scribes and pharisees ⟨p. xxxii⟩preach their own doctrine. The major thou hast. Math. xxiii. the scribes and pharisees do all their works to be seen of men / they love to sit uppermost at feasts and to have the chief seats in the Synagogues, and salutations in the open markets, and to be called Rabbi. And the minor followeth the text above rehearsed Iho. vii. he that speaketh of him self or of his own heed, seeketh his own glory / that is to say, he that preacheth his own doctrine is ever known by seeking his own glory, so that it is a general rule to know that a man preacheth his own doctrine / if he seek his own glory. Some man will haply say, the scribes and pharisees had no other law then Moses and the prophets nor any other scripture, and grounded their sayings thereon. That is truth, how then preached they their own doctrine? verily it followeth in the said, vii. of Iho.