A14133:163
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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Again ye have hard how it was said to them of old time / forswear not thy self / but pay thine oaths unto thy lord. But I say unto you / that ye swear not at all / neither be heaven / for it is the seat of God / nether by the earth / for it is his footstool / nether by Jerusalem / for it is the city of the great king nether thou shalt swear by thine heed / for thou canst not make a white here or a black. But your communication shall be yea yea / nay nay. For if ought be above that / it proceedeth of evil.
Agayne ye haue harde how it was sayd to them of olde tyme / forswere not thy selfe / but paye thyne othes vnto thy lorde. But I saye vnto you / that ye swere not at all / neyther be heauen / for it is the seate of God / nether by the erthe / for it is his fotestole / nether by Ierusalem / for it is the cety of the great kynge nether thou shalte swere by thyne heed / for thou canste not make a whyte here or a blacke. But your communycacyon shalbe ye ye / nay naye. For yf ought be aboue that / it procedeth of euell.
1As to hate in the heart, or to covet another mans wife / was no sin with the pharisees, no more was it to hide one thing in the heart and to speak another with the mouth, to deceive a mans neighbour / if it were not bound with an oath. And though Moses say Levitici. xix. Lye not nor deceive any man his neighbour or one another, yet they interpreted it but good counsel / if a man desired to be perfect. But no precept to bind under pain of sin. And so by that means not only they that spake true / but also they that lied to deceive, were compelled to swear and to confirm their words with oaths, if they would be believed.