A14133:369
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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And it came to pass, that when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonied at his doctrine. For he taught them as one having power, & not as the scribes.
And it came to passe, that whan Iesus had ended these sayenges, the people were astonied at his doctrine. For he taught them as one hauyng power, & nat as ye scribes.
❀ The Scribes & Pharisees had thrust up the sword of the word of god into a scabbard or sheth of glosses, and therein had knit it fast / that it could nether stick nor cut, teaching deed works without faith & love which are the life & the hole goodness of all works & the only thing why they please God. And therefore their audience abode ever carnal & fleshly mind without faith to god & love to their neighbours. Christs words were spirit and life. Jo. vi. That is to say, they ministered spirit and life, and entered into the heart and grated on the conscience and through preaching the law, made the hearers perceive their duties, even what love they ought to God, and whAt to man, & the right damnation of all them that had not the love of God & man written in their hearts, and through preaching of faith, made all that consented to the law of god, •ele the mercy of God is Christ, and certified them of their salvation. •or the word of god is a two edged ⟨p. cix⟩sword that pierceth and divideth the spirit and soul of man a sunder. Hebr, 4. A man before the preaching of God's word is but one man, all flesh, the soul consenting unto the lusts of the flesh, to follow them, but the sword of the word of God where it taketh effect, divideth a man in two, and setteth him •t variance against his own self. The flesh •alynge one way, and the spirit drawing a •other, the flesh raging to follow lusts, & the spirit calling back again, to follow the •awe and will of God. A man all the while he consenteth to the flesh and before he be borne gayne in Christ, is called soul or carnal. But when he is renewed in Christ through the word of life, and hath the love of God and of his neighbour, and the faith of Christ written in his heart, he is called spirit or spiritual. The lord of all mercy send us preachers with power, that is to say, true expounders of the word of god and speakers to the heart of man & deliver us from Scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites, and all false prophets.