A14133:353
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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Another ensample, thou takest a wife and sayest, O father, thou not only permittest this but also commandest all that burn and have their minds unquieted / to marry for fear of fornication & so forth. And father I promise the to love this woman truly and to care for her, and govern her after thy laws, & to be true to her, & to stand by her in all adversities ⟨image 117⟩and to take in worth as well the evil as the good and to bring up the fruit that thou shalt give me of her / in thy fear / and teach it to know thee. ❧ / ❧ / ❧
Another ensample, thou takest a wyfe and sayest, O father, thou nat only permyttest this but also commaundest all that burne and haue their myndes vnquyeted / to mary for feare of fornicacion & so forthe. And father I promise the to loue this woman truelye and to care for her, and gouerne her after thy lawes, & to be true to her, & to stande by her in all aduersites ⟨image 117⟩and to take in worthe as well the euell as the good and to brynge vp the frute that thou shalte geue me of her / in thy feare / and teache it to knowe the. ❧ / ❧ / ❧
❧ Moreover as concerning the act of Matrimony, as wham thou wilt eat, thou blessed god and receivest thy daily food of his hand according to the fourth petition of thy pater noster, and knowledgest that it is his gift, and thankest him, believing his word, that he hath created it for the to receive it with thanks by the which word & prayer of thanks thy meat and drink is sanctified. 1. Timot. iiii. Even so thou sayest, Father this I do, not only at thy permission which is enough to please the with all, but also at thy commandment, and have bound my self here unto to keep my soul from sinning against thee, and to help my neighbour that she sin not also, and promise the to keep this profession truly / & to nourish the fruit that thou shalt give me in the fear of the & in the faith of thy son Jesus, & so thankest the lord for his gifts. How is thy work through this faith & thanks pleasant & acceptable in the sight of God. And so was the gendering of Jacob in faith / and of Samuel, & many other. And yea giving suck was a good work, and so was the dressing of them by the fire. And when our lady conceived Christs through faith, was not that a good work? what if God when she doubted & asked (by what manner she should conceive him) had commanded