A14133:215
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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Now when it can not do the thousand part of his duty, how could it deserve such promises of the father and mother / as a labourer doth his higher? the reward therefore cometh of the love, mercy and truth of the father and mother as well when the child keepeth the appointment, as when they fulfil their promise, when it hath broken the ⟨image 75⟩appointment / and not of the deserving of the child.
Nowe when it can not do the thousande parte of hys duety, howe coude it deserue suche promyses of the father and mother / as a labourer dothe his hyer? the reward therfore cometh of the loue, mercy and truthe of the father and mother as wel when the chylde kepeth the apoyntment, as when they fulfyll theyr promyse, when it hath broken the ⟨image 75⟩appoyntment / and not of the deseruinge of the chylde.
Even so if we were not thus drowned in blindness, we should easily see / that we can not do the thousand part of our duty to God, no though there were no life to come. If there were no life to come it were not right that I should touch any creature of God, otherwise then he hath appointed. Though there were no life to come, it had nevertheless ben right that Adam had abstained from the forbidden apple tree / and from all other to, if they had ben forbidden. Yea & though there were no life to come it were not the less right that I loved my brother and forgave him to day, seeing I shall sin against him to morrow. Because a father can not give his children heaven / hath he no power to charge them to love one another and to forgive and not avenge one another? And hath he not right to beat them. if they smite each other, because he can not give them heaven? A bondman that hath a master more cruel then a reasonable man would be to a dog / if there were no heaven / might this bound servant accuse God of unrighteousness / because he hath not made him a master? Now then when we can not do our duty by a thousand parts, though there were no such promises / & that the thing commanded is no less our duty though no such promise were, it is easy to perceive that the reward promised cometh of the goods, mercy and truth of the promiser to