A14133:137
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 have hard how that it was said to them of old time / kill not / for who so ever killeth shall be in danger of judgement. But I say unto you / who so ever is angry with his brother / shall be in danger of judgement. And whosoever ⟨p. xxxv⟩say unto his brother Racha / shall be in danger of a council. But whosoever say to his brother / thou fool / shall be in danger of hell fire.1
Ye haue harde howe that it was sayde to them of olde tyme / kyl not / for who so euer kelleth shall be in daunger of iudgement. But I say vnto you / who soo euer is angrye with his brother / shall be in daunger of iudgement. And whosoeuer ⟨p. xxxv⟩saye vnto his brother Racha / shall be in daunger of a councell. But whosouer say to his brother / thou fole / shalbe in daunger of hell fyre.1
- 1The law is restored.The lawe is restored.
Here Christ beginneth, not to destroy the law (as the pharisees had falsely accused him) but to restore it again to the right understanding and to purge it from the glosses of the pharisees. He that slayeth shall be guilty or in danger of judgement / that is to say / if a man murder, his deed testifieth against him, there is no more to do / then to pronounce sentence of death against him. This text did the pharisees, extend no further then to kill with the hand and outward members, But hate / envy / malice / churlishness and to withdraw help at need, to beguile and circumvent with wiles and subtle bargaining, was no sin at all, No, to bring him home, thou hatedest to death with craft and falsehood, so thou diddest not put thine hand thereto / was no sin at all. As when they had brought Christ to death wrongfully and compelled Pilate with subtlety to slay him / they thought them selves pure. In so much that they would not go into the hall for defiling them selves and being partakers with Pilate in his blood. And Ac. 5 they said to the Apostles, ye would bring this mans blood upon us / as who would say, we slue him not. And Saul in the first book of