A14133:98
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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Blessed are ye, when they revile you, and persecute you and say all ⟨image 27⟩[…] ⟨p. xxii⟩[…] ⟨image 25⟩manner of evil sayings against you for my sake, and yet lye. Rejoice and be glade, for your reward is great in heaven. Even so verily they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
Blessed are ye, when they reuyle you, and persecute you and saye all ⟨image 27⟩〈…〉 ⟨p. xxii⟩〈…〉 ⟨image 25⟩maner of euell saynges agaynst you for my sake, and yet lye. Reioyse and be glade, for your rewarde is great in heuen. Euen so verely they persecuted the prophetes that were before you.
He•• seest thou the uttermost what a Christen man must look for. It is not enough to suffer for righteousness. But that no bitterness o• poison be left out of thy cup, thou shalt be reviled and railed upon,1 and even when thou art condemned to death then be excommunicate and delivered to satan, deprived the fellowship of holy church, the company of the angels and of thy part in Christs blood▪ and shalt be cursed down to hell, defied, detestat, and execrate with all the plasphemous railings that the poison hearts of hypocrites can think or imagine, and shalt see before thy face when thou goest to thy death, that all the world is persuaded and brought in believe that thou hast said and done that thou never thoughtest, and that thou dyest for that thou art as guiltless of as the child that is unborn.