A14133:250
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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For if ye forgive men their faults your heavenly father shall forgive you also. But and if ye do not forgive men their faults / no more shall your father forgive your faults.
For yf ye forgyue men theyr fautes your heuenly father shall forgyue you also. But and yf ye do not forgyue men theyr fautes / no more shal your father forgiue your fautes.
1This is God's covenant with us and a confirmation of the petition above rehearsed in ye Pater noster / forgyue us our trespasses, as we forgive our trespassers. If thou wilt enter into the covenant of thy lord God / and forgive thy brother, then what so ever thou hast committed against God, if thou repent and axe him forgiveness, thou art sure that thou art so absolved by these words, that none in heaven nor earth can bind the▪ No though our most holy father curse thee as black as coals,2 seven foot under the earth and seven foot above, & cast all his lightening upon thee, to burn the to powder. Keep the covenant of the lord thy God therefore, & fear no bugs. But and if thou wilt not come with in the covenant of God, or if when thou haste professed it and received the sign thereof, thou cast the yoke of the lord from of thy neck, be ⟨p. lxxii⟩thou sure, thou art bound by these words so fast that none in heaven or in earth can loose thee. No, though our erthyshe god whisper all his absolutions over thee, & claw thee and stroke thy heed with all his sweet blessings.
1This is Goddes couenaunt with vs and a cō fyrmacyon of the petycyon aboue rehersed in ye Pater noster / forgyue vs our trespasses, as we forgyue our trespassers. If thou wylt enter into the couenaunt of thy lorde God / and forgyue thy brother, then what so euer thou hast cōmytted against God, if thou repent and axe hī forgyuenes, thou art sure that thou art so absolued by these wordes, that none in heuē nor erth can bynd the No though our most holy father cursse the as blake as coles,