A14133:160
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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And all the curses and terrible plagues which are threatened through out the law of Moses,1 as hunger / dearth / war and dissension / pestilence / fevers and wonderful and strange fearful diseases / as the sweet / pocks / and falling sickness / shorting of days / that the sword / hunger / and such diseases / shall eat them up in their youth / that their enemies should have the upper hand / that the people of the land should be minished and the towns decayed and the land brought unto wilderness, and that a plenteous land shall, be made barren or so ordered that dearth shall devour the inhabiters / and wealth be among few that should oppress the rest / with a thousand such like, so that nothing they begin should have a prosperous end / all those curses (I say) pertain to us aswell as to them / if we break our temporal laws.
And al ye cursses and terryble plages which are threatened through out the lawe of Moses,1 as honger / derth / warre and dyssencyon / pestylence / feuers and wōderfull and straunge ferefull dyseases / as the swete / pockes / and fallynge syckenes / shortynge of dayes / that the swerde / honger / and suche dyseases / shal eate them vppe in theyr youthe / that theyr enemyes shuld haue the vpperhande / that the people of the lande shulde be mynyshed and the townes decayed and the lande brought vnto wyldernes, and that a plenteous lande shal, be made baren or so ordered that derthe shall deuoure the enhabyters / and welth be among fewe that shulde oppresse the reste / with a thousand such lyke, so that nothyng they begyn shulde haue a prosperous ende / all those cursses (I saye) partayne to vs aswell as to them / yf we breake our temporall lawes.
- 1Law / what followeth the breaking of the law.Law / what foloweth the breakyng of ye lawe.
Let England look about them and mark what hath chanced them sense they slue their right king whom God hath anointed over them, King Richard the second.