A14133:351
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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1More over a corrupt tree can bear no good fruit That is where they have fruit that seemeth to be good, go to and prove it, and thou shalt find it rotten / or the kernel eaten out / and that it is but as a hollow nut. For faith in Christ (that we and all our works done within the compass of the law of God,2 be accepted ⟨p. ciii⟩to God for his sake) is the kernel, the sweetness and the pleasant beauty of all our works in the sight of God. As it is written Johan, vi, This is the work of god, that ye believe in him whom he hath sent. This faith is a work which God not only worketh in us, but also hath therein pleasure and delectation, and in all other for that faiths sake.
1More ouer a corrupt tree can beare no good frute That is wher they haue frute that semeth to be good, go to and proue it, and thou shalt fynde it rotten / or the carnell eaten out / and that it is but as a holowe nutte. For fayth in Christ (that we and al our workes done within the compase of the lawe of God,2 be accepted ⟨p. ciii⟩to God for his sake) is the kernell, the swetnes and the pleasaunt bewty of al our workes in the syght of God. As it is wrytten Iohan, vi, This is the worke of god, that ye beleue ī him whome he hath sent. This faythe is a worke whiche God nat only worketh in vs, but also hath therin pleasure and delectacyon, and in all other for that faythes sake.
- 1A corruptetre beareth no good fruit.A corruptetre beareth no good frute.
- 2Faith is the kernel of all our good fruits.Fayth is the kernell of all our good frutes.