A14133:162
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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Their people / towns and villages armynyshed by the third part. And of their noble blood remaineth not the third nor I believe ⟨image 54⟩the sixth / yea and if I durst be bold, I ween I might safely swear that there remaineth not the syxteneth part. There own sword hath eaten them up. And though pastures be enlarged above all measure, yet rot of sheep, Murrain of beasts with parks and warrens, with raising of fines and rent, make all things twice so dear as they were. And our own commodities are so abused that they be the destruction of their own realm.
Theyr people / townes and vyllages armynyshed by the thyrde part. And of theyr noble bloude remayneth not the thyrde nor I beleue ⟨image 54⟩the syxte / ye and yf I durste be bolde, I wene I myght saflye swere that there remayneth not the syxteneth parte. There owne swerde hath eaten them vp. And thoughe pastures be enlarged aboue all mesure, yet rotte of shepe, Moren of beastes with parkes and warrans, with reysynge of fynes and rente, make all thynges twyse so dere as they were. And our owne conmodytes are so abused that they be the destruccyon of theyr owne realme.
1And right, for if we will not know god to keep his laws, how should God know us, to keep us and to care for us and to fulfil his promises of mercy unto us? saith not Paul. Ro. 1. of the hethen. Sicut non probaverunt habere deum in noticia, it a tradidit illos deus. As it seemeth them not good, or as they had no lust / or as they admitted it not, nor allowed for right in their hearts to know God as God, to give him the honour of God / that is, to fear him as God, and as avenger of all evil, and to seek his will, even so God gave them up to follow their own blindness, and toke his spirit and his grace from them / and would no longer rule their wits. Even so if we caste of us the yoke of our temporal laws which are the laws of God and driven out of the .10. commandments and law natural / and out of love thy neighbour as thy self. God shall cast us of and let us slip, to follow our own wit. And then shall all go against us / what so ever we take in hand, in so much that when