A14151:112
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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Moreover y• thou mayst perceive the popes falsehood, mark: Christ said unto p• ter, I will give and not I give, nether said he I will give unto the only: Therefore ⟨image 37⟩•oke in the .xx. chapter of John where he gave them the keys after his resurrection / & thou shalt see that he gave them unto all indifferently saying:1 As my father sent me so send I you. Whether sent he them? in to all the world / and unto all nations. What to do? to preach the law that the people might repent, & the promises that they might believe in Christ for the remission of sins▪ saying: receive the holy ghost, who so evers sin ye forgive, they shall be forgiven▪ by which holy ghost he gave them understanding of the scripture and of all that they should preach: as thou mayest see Luk last, where he opened their wits to understā de the scrypture and said, that repentance and forgiveness of since must be preached in his name to all Nations, and that they were witnesses to preach it. Whereby thou seest that to Bind and to Loose is but to preach and tell the people their faults,2 and to preach mercy in christ to all that repent.
Moreouer y• thou mayst perceaue the popes falshed, marke: Christ sayd vnto p• ter, I wyl geue and not I giue, nether sayde he I wyll giue vnto the only: Therfor ⟨image 37⟩•oke in the .xx. chaptre of Ihō where he gaue them the keyes after hys resurrectiō / & thou shalt se that he gaue them vnto all indyfferentlye sayeinge:1 As my father sente me so send I you. Whether sent he them? in to all the worlde / and vnto all nations. What to do? to preach ye law that ye people might repēt, & the promyses yt they might beleue in Chryst for ye remyssyon of sinnes sayeng: receaue the holie gost, who so euers synne ye forgeue, they shalbe forgeuen by which holy gost he gaue them vnderstandynge of the scrypture and of all that they shuld preache: as thou mayest see Luk last, where he opened theyr wittes to vnderstā de the scrypture and sayd, that repentaunce and forgeuenes of synnes muste be preached in hys name to all Natyons, and that they were wytnesses to preache it. Wherby thou seyste yt to Bynd and to Loose is but to preache and tell the people theyr fautes,