A14133:223
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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Moreover when we pray / babble not much as the heathen do. For they think that they shall be hard for their much babblings sake. Be not therefore like unto them. For your father knoweth of what things ye have need / before the axe him. Of this manner therefore pray ye. Our father which art in heaven / honoured be thy name / thy kingdom come. Thy will be fulfilled / Give us this day our daily breed even in earth / as it is in heaven. And forgive us our trespasses / as we forgive our trespassers. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom / the power and the glory for ever. So be it.
Moreouer when we praye / babyll not muche as the hethen do. For they thynke that they shalbe harde for theyr muche bablynges sake. Be not therfore lyke vnto them. For your father knoweth of what thinges ye haue nede / before ye axe hym. Of thys maner therfore pray ye. Our father which art in heuen / honoured be thy name / thy kyngedome come. Thy wyl be fulfylled / Gyue vs thys day our dayly brede euen in earthe / as it is in heuen. And forgyue vs our trespasses / as we forgyue our trespassers. And leade vs not into temptacyon. But delyuer vs from euell. For thyne is the kyngedome / the power and the glorye for euer. So be it.
As before he rebuked their false intent in praying / that they sought praise and profit of that work which ought to be direct to God alone, either to give him thanks / that is to say, to be a known and to confess in the heart, that all we have cometh of him, or to call upon him for aid and succour in temptations and all necessity. Even so here he rebuked a false kind of praying, wherein the tongue and lips labour and all the body is pained, but the heart talketh not with God nor feeleth any sweetness at all, nor hath any confidence in the promises of God, but trusteth in the multitude of words and in the pain and tediousness of the length of the prayer / as a conjurer do the in his circles. Characters and superstitious words of his conjuration. As ye see now to be among our fryers / monks / canons nuns / and even through out all the spiritualty, which (as I have proved above) have with their false intent of praying, excluded all occasions & the whole matter of true praying, and have turned it into a bodily labour, to vex the tongue, lips, eyes, and truth with roaring,