A14133:181
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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1Now is every person a double person and under both the regiments. In the first regiment thou art a person for thine own self / under Christ and his doctrine, and mayst nether hate or be angry and much less fight or avenge But must after the ensample of Christ humble thy self, forsake and deny thy self, and hate thy self, and cast thy self away, and be meek and patient, and let every man go over thee▪ and tread the under foot and do the wrong, and yet love them and pray for them, as Christ did for his crucifiers. For love is all and what is not of love / that is damnable and cast out of that kingdom.
1Nowe is euery person a double person and vnder bothe the regymentes. In the fyrst regyment thou arte a person for thyne owne selfe / vnder Christ and his doctrine, and mayst nether hate or be angry and moch les fyght or aduēge But muste after the ensample of Chryste vmble thy selfe, forsake and denye thy selfe, and hate thy selfe, and cast thy selfe awaye, and bemeke and pacyent, and let euery man go ouer the▪ and treade the vnder fote and do the wronge, and yet loue them and pray for them, as Christ dyd for his crucyfyers. For loue is al and what is not of loue / that is damnable and cast out of that kyngedome.
- 1Every man is of the spiritualty & of the temporalty both.Euery man is of ye spyrytualty & of the temporaltye bothe.
1For that kingdom is the kingdom of God and Christ. But he that loveth not / knoweth nether God nor Christ, therefore he that loveth ⟨p. xlix⟩not is not of that kingdom. The minor is this wise proved / he that knoweth God and Christ seeth light, for Christ is light. But he that hateth his brother / is in darkness and walketh in darkness and wotteth not whither he goeth for darkness hath blinded his eyes.