A14133:46
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?
Title page typeset from the transcription.
To the reader: Unto the reader.To the reader: Vnto the reader.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1And the office of love is to pour out again the same goodness that she hath received of God, upon her neighbour, and to be to him as she feeleth Christ to her self. The office of ⟨p. xi⟩love only is to have compassion and to bear with her neighbour the burden of his infirmities. And as it is written. 1. Pe. 4. Operit multitudinem peccatorum, covereth the multitude of since. That is to say, considereth the infirmities and interpreteth all to the best, and taketh for sin none at all, a thousand things of which the lest were enough (if a man loved not) to goo to law for and to trouble and unquiet an hole town, and sometime an hole realm or two.
1And the offyce of loue is to powre out agayne the same goodnes that she hathe receaued of God, vpon her neyghboure, and to be to hym as she feleth Chryste to her selfe. The offyce of ⟨p. xi⟩loue onely is to haue cōpassyon and to bere with her neyghboure the burthen of hys infyrmytyes. And as it is wrytten. 1. Pe. 4. Operit multitudinem peccatorum, couereth the multytude of synnes. That is to saye, consydereth the infyrmytyes and interpreteth all to the beste, and taketh for syn none at al, a thousande thinges of which the leste were ynoughe (yf a man loued not) to goo to lawe for and to trouble and vnquyet an hoole towne, and somtyme an hoole realme or two.
- 1The office of love.The offyce of loue.
And the office of hope is to comfort in adversity and make patient,1 that we faint not and fall down under the Cross, or caste it of our backs. And thus ye see that these .iii. inseparable in this life have yet separable and sundry offices and effects, as heat and dryeth being inseparable in the fire, have yet their separable operation. For he dryeth only expelleth the moistness of all that is consumed by fire and heat only destroyeth the coldness.