A14133:214
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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If that thou doest, do tempt the / then consider what thou doest not. If it move the to set up thy comb when thou givest thy brother a farthing or an half penny / ponder in thine heart / how far thou art of, from loving him as well as thy self, and caring for him as much as for thy self. And be sure how much thou lakest of that, so much thou art in sin, and that in damnable sin, if god for Christs sake did not pardon the / because thine heart morneth therefore, and thou fightest […] thy self to come to such perfection. If a peacock did look well on his feet and mark the evil favour shrieking of his voice he would not be so proud of the beauty of his tail.1 Finally that many dispute, because god hath promised to reward our deeds in heaven. that our deeds deserve heaven / and because he promiseth to show mercy to be merciful, that with our deeds we deserve mercy, and because he promiseth forgiveness of since to them that forgive, that our deeds deserve forgiveness of sin and so justify us. I answer• first there is enough spoken thereof in other places, so that to them that have red that, it is ⟨p. lxi⟩superfluous to rehearse the matter again. Furthermore the argument is nought and holdeth by no rule. See ye not that the father and mother have more right to the child and to all it can do, than to an ox or a cow. It is their flesh and blood, nourished up with their labour and cost. The life of it and the maintenance and countenance thereof is their benefit / so that it is not able to recompense that it oweth to father and mother by a thousand parts. And though it be not able to do his duty nor for blindness to know his duty / yet the father and mother promise more gifts still without ceasing, and that such as they think should most make it to see love and to provoke it to be willing to do part of his duty, And when it hath done amiss, though it have no power to do satisfaction, nor lust or courage to come to the right way again, yet their love and mercy abideth still so great to it, that upon a poyntment of mending, they not only forgive that is paste and fulfil their promise not the later / but promise greater gifts then ever before, and to be better father and mother to it then ever they were.
If that thou doest, do tempte the / then consyder what thou doest not. If it moue the to set vp thy combe when thou gyueste thy brother a fathynge or an halfe penny / ponder in thyne harte / howe farre thou arte of, from louynge hym as well as thy selfe, and carynge for hym as moche as for thy selfe. And be sure howe moche thou lakest of that, so moche thou art in syn, and that in dāpnable syn, yf god for Chrystes sake dyd not perdone the / because thyne harte morneth therfore, and thou fyghteste thy selfe to come to such perfeccyon. If a pecocke dyd loke well on hys fete and marke the euell fauoure shrykynge of hys voyce he wolde not be so proude of the beutye of hys tayle.