A14133:192
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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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Thou wilt say the text forbiddeth me to go to law, for it sayeth,1 if a man will law with thee and take thy cote / thou must let him have gown and all. If I must suffer my self to be robbed by the law, wilt thou say / by what right can I with law recover mine own? I answer. Behold the text diligently. For by no right of law can a man take thy cote from thee. For the law was ordained of God / to maintain the in thy right and to forbid that wrong should be done thee, wherefore the text meaneth thus, that where the law is unjustly ministered, and the governors and judges corrupt and take bribes and be partial / there be patient & ready to suffer ever as much more, what soever unright be done the / rather then of impatience, thou shouldest avenge thy self on thy neighbour and rail or make insurrection against the superiors which God hath set over thee. For to rise against them is to rebel against God and against thy father when he scourgeth thee for thine offence, and a thousand times more sin then to avenge the on thy neighbour. And to rail on them is to rail on God as though thou wouldest blaspheme him / if he ⟨image 65⟩make the sick, pore or of low degree or otherwise then thou wouldest be made thy self.
Thou wylt saye the texte forbyddeth me to go to lawe, for it sayeth,1 yf a man wyl law with the and take thy cote / thou muste let hym haue gowne and all. If I muste suffer my selfe to be robbed by the lawe, wylte thou saye / by what ryght can I with lawe recouer myne owne? I answere. Beholde the texte dylygently. For by no ryght of lawe can a man take thy cote from the. For the lawe was ordeyned of God / to maynteyne the in thy ryght and to forbyd that wronge shulde be done the, wherfore the texte meaneth thus, yt where the lawe is vniustly mynystred, and the gouerners and iudges corrupt and take brybes and be percyal / there be pacyent & redy to suffer euer as much more, what soeuer vnryght be done the / rather then of impacyency, thou shuldeste aduenge thy selfe on thy neyghbour and rayle or make insurreccyon against the superyours which God hath set ouer the. For to ryse against them is to rebel against God and agaynst thy father when he scourgeth the for thyne offence, and a thousande tymes more synne then to aduenge the on thy neyghbour. And to rayle on them is to rayle on God as though thou woldest blaspheme hym / yf he