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The mind and exposition of that excellent learned man Martin Bucer, upon these words…The mynd and exposition of that excellente learned man Martyn Bucer, vppon these wordes…
The mind and exposition of that excellent learned man Martin Bucer, upon these words of S. Matthew: Woo be to the wordle [sic] because of offences. Math. xviij. Faithfully translated in to English, by a faithful brother, with certain objections [and] answers to the sameThe mynd and exposition of that excellente learned man Martyn Bucer, vppon these wordes of S. Mathew: Woo be to the wordle [sic] bycause of offences. Math. xviij. Faythfully translated in to Englishe, by a faythfull brother, with certayne obiections [and] answeres to the same
Emden: printed by E. van der Erve, 1566
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The mind and exposition of that excellent learned man Martin Bucer, upon thes words of Matthew: Woo be to the world, because of offences. Math. xviij.
The mynd and exposition of that excellente learned man Martin Bucer, vppon thes wordes of Mathew: Woo be to the world, because of offences. Math. xviij.
Here Christ speaketh not of such offences as the good are wont to give unto the evil, but of such as the evil give unto the good, or to those that endeavour to become good & godly. These offences (as may be gathered by the places of scripture which make mention thereof) are what things so ever be spoken or done, giving any occasion of sin, either because they are evil of them selves, or else because they are not discreetly done and according to Christian charity. For this cause Paul in the .2. epist. & .6. chap. to the Corinth. exhorting us, that in nothing we give occasion of offence, doth declare by those things which he mentioneth by & by after, that then we give no offence at all, when we approve our selves in all things as the ministers of God: that is to say, when we so behave our selves in all things which we either speak or do, that they may make to edification and appear to be done in the spirit of Christ. Where upon ⟨image 3⟩we may take that to be an offence,1 what soever we say or do that maketh not to the furtherance of God's glory and the salvation of our brethren, proceeding of a sound and unfeigned faith and ordered according to sincere and true love.