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The prophet Jonah with an introduccio[n] before teaching to understo[n]de him and the right…The prophete Ionas with an introduccio[n] before teachinge to vndersto[n]de him and the right…
The prophet Jonah with an introduccio[n] before teaching to understo[n]de him and the right use also of all the scripture, and why it was written, and what is therein to be sought, and showing wherewith the scripture is locked up that he which readeth it, can not understo[n]de it, though he study therein never so much: and again with what keys it is so opened, that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man, from the true sense and uderstondynge thereof.The prophete Ionas with an introduccio[n] before teachinge to vndersto[n]de him and the right vse also of all the scripture, and why it was written, and what is therin to be sought, and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it, can not vndersto[n]de it, though he studie therin never so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened, that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man, from the true sense and vderstondynge therof.
Antwerp : M. de Keyser, 1531?
Title page typeset from the transcription.
W. T. unto the Christen reader.W. T. vn to the Christen 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.
¶ To smite father and mother was sin: But to withdraw help from them at their need / for blind zeal of offering / unto the profit of the holy pharisees / was then as meritorious as it is now to let all thy kin chose whether they will sink or swim / while thou buildest and makest goodly foundations for holy people which thou hast chosen to be thy christ / for to supple thy soul ⟨image 15⟩with the oil of their sweet blessings / & to be thy Jesus for to save thy soul from y• purgatory of the blood that only purgeth sin / with their watching / fasting / woolward going & rising at midnight etc. where with yet they purge not them selves from their covetousness / pride / lechery or any vice that thou seest among the lay people.
¶ To smyte father ād mother was synn: But to withdraw helpe frō them at theyr nede / for blynde zele of offeringe / vn to the profytt of the holy phareses / was then as meritorious as it is now to let all thy kynne chose wheter they will synke or sweme / while thou byldest and makest goodly fundaciōs for holy people which thou hast chosen to be thy christe / for to sowple thy soule ⟨image 15⟩with the oyle of theyr swete blessynges / & to be thy Jesus for to saue thy soule from y• purgatory of the bloud that only purgeth synne / with theyr watchīge / fastīge / wolward goinge & rysynge at mydnyght etc. where wyth yet they purge not them selues from theyr couetousnesse / pryde / lechury or any vyce that thou seyst amonge the laye people.
¶ It was great sin for Christ to heal the people on the sabbath day unto the glory of God his father / but none at all for them to help their cattle unto their own profit.
¶ It was greate synne for Christ to heale the people on the sabboth daye vn to the glorie of God hys father / but none at all for them to helpe theyr catell vnto theyr awne profett.