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The practise of prelates. CompiledThe practyse of prelates. Compyled
The practise of prelates. Compiled by the faithful and godly learned man, William TyndaleThe practyse of prelates. Compyled by the faythfull and godly learned man, Wyllyam Tyndale
London: printed by Anthony Scoloker and William Seres. Dwelling without Temple bar, 1548London: printed by Anthony Scoloker and Willyam Seres. Dwellynge wythout Temple barre, 1548
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The Practise of Prelates. Compiled by the faithful and Godly learned man / William Tyndale.
The Practyse of Prelates. Compyled by the faythfull and Godly learned man / Wyllyam Tyndale.
IMPRINTED at London, by Anthony Scoloker And William Seres. Dwelling without Temple-bar in the Savoy rents. Anno. 1548.
IMPRINTED at London, by Anthony Scoloker And Willyam Seres. Dwillynge wythout Temple-barre in the Sauoy rentes. Anno. 1548.
¶Cum privilegio ad Imprimendum solum.
¶Cum priuilegio ad Imprimendum solum.
When the old scribes and pharisees had darkened the scripture with their traditions, false interpretations & wicked persuasions of […], and shut up the kingdom of heaven (which is Gods word that the people could not enter in, into the knowledge of the true way, as Christ complaineth in the Gospel. Math xxiii then they sate in the hearts of men, with their false doctrine in the stead of God & his word, and slew the souls of the People, to devour their bodies, and to rebuke them of their worldly substance. But when christ and John the baptist had restored the scripture again unto the true understandings and had uttered their falsehood and improved their traditions, and confounded their false interpretations with the clear and evident Texts, and with power of the holy ghost and had brought all their juggling and hypocrisy to lyghtpunc; there they gtte them unto the elders of the People, and persuaded them, saying: this man is surely of the Devil, and his miracles be of the Devil no doubt. And these good works which he doth in healing the people, yea and his preaching against our covetousness / are but