A14133:213
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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Concerning blowing of trumpets and ringing of belles or making a cry / 1to call men to fetch alms (though the right way be, that we should know in every parish all our pore and had a common coffer for them / & that strangers should bring a letter of recommendation with them of their necessity / and that we had a common place to receive them in to for the time / and though also we ought to flee all occasions of vain glory) yet while the world is out of order / it is not damnable to do it. So that the very meaning / both that we blow no trumpets and that the left hand know not what the right hand doth, is that we do as secretly as we can / and in no wise seek glory / or to receive it / if it were proffered. But to do our deeds in singleness of conscience to God / because it is his commandment / 2and even of pure compassion and love to our brethren / and not that our good deeds ⟨image 74⟩through standing in our own conceit, should cause us to despise them.3 If thou be tempted to vain glory for thy good deeds, then look on thine evil thereto and put the one in the one balance & the other in the other. And then if thou understand the law of God in any thing at all / tell me whether weigheth heavier.
Concernyng blowynge of trompettes and ryngynge of belles or makynge a crye / 1to call men to fet almes (though the ryght way be, that we shuld knowe in euery paryshe all our pore and had a comen coffer for them / & that straungers shulde brynge a letter of recommēdacion with them of theyr necessyte / and that we had a comen place to receyue them in to for the tyme / and though also we ought to flee all occasyons of vayne glorye) yet whyle the worlde is out of order / it is not dampnable to do it. So that the very menynge / both that we blowe no trompettes and that the lefte hande knowe not what the ryght hande dothe, is that we do as secretly as we can / and in no wyse seke glorye / or to receyue it / yf it were profered. But to do our dedes in synglenesse of conscyence to God / bycause it is hys commaundemente /