A14133:349
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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Your prayer is but pattering without all affection.1 Your singing is but ro•ynge to stretch out our maws (as do your other gestures and rising at midnight) to make the meat sing to the bottom of the stomach that ye may have perfect digestion, & be ready to devour a fresh against the next refection.
Your prayer is but patterynge without all affeccyon.1 Your syngynge is but ro•ynge to stretche out our mawes (as do your other gestures and rysynge at mydnyght) to make the meate synge to the botome of the stomacke yt ye may haue perfecte dygestion, & be redy to deuoure a freshe agaynst the nexte refeccion.
- 1Prayer,
Ye shall know them by their fruits.1 First thorns bear no grapes nor briers figs. Also if thou see goodly blossoms in them & thinkest there to have figs, grapes, or any fruit for the sustenance or comfort of man, go to them ⟨image 116⟩in time of need, and thou shalt find nought at all. Thou shalt find, for south I have no goods nor any thing proper, or that is mine own, It is the convents. I were a these if I gave it my father what so ever need he had. It is saint Edmund's patrimony. Saint Albans patrimony, Saint Edwards patrimony the goods of holy church. It may not be minished nor occupied upon lay and profane uses. The king of the realm for all that he defendeth them above all other, yet getteth he nought what need soever he have save them only when he must spend on their causes all that they give withal that he can get beside of his pore commons. If the king will attempt to take ought from them by the authority of his office for the defence of the realm. Or if any man will enter at them otherwise then they lust them selves, by what law or right it be, they turn to thorns and briers, and wax at once rougher then a hedgehog, & will sprinkle them with the holy water of their maledictions as thick as hail, and breath out the lightening of excommunication upon them, and so consume them to powder, ☜ / ☞