A68940:1362
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the GreekThe Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke
The New Testament diligently corrected and compared with the Greek by William Tyndale, and finished in the year of our Lord God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the month of November.The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.
Antwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534Anwerp: printed by Marten Emperowr, 1534
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
For which causes sake he sayeth in the seventh Chapter / that the law is spiritual: as though he would say / if the law were fleshly and but mans doctrine / it might be fulfilled / satisfied and styled with outward deeds. But now is the law ghostly / and no man fulfilleth it / except that all that he doeth / spring of love from the bottom of the heart. Such anew heart a lusty courage unto the law1 ward / canst thou never come by of thine own strength and enforcement / but by the ope racy on & working of the spirit.
For which causes sake he sayeth in the seventh Chapter / that the lawe is spirituall: as though he wold saye / yf the lawe were flesshely and but mans doctrine / it myght be fulfylled / satisfyed and stylled with outwarde dedes. But nowe is the lawe goost•ye / and no man fulfylleth it / excepte that all that he doeth / springe of loue from the botome of the hert. Suche anewe hert a lusty corage vnto the lawe1 warde / canst thou neuyr come by of thyne awne strenght and enforcemente / but by the ope racy on & workynge of the spirite.
- 1The spirit is required / ere we ••• keep the law before God.The spirite is required / yer we ••• kepe the lawe before God.
For the spirit of God only maketh a man spiritual & like unto the law / so that now henceforth he doeth nothing of fear or for lucre ⟨image 225⟩or vantages sake or of vain glory / but of a free heart / and of inward just. The law is spiritual & will be both loved and fulfilled of a spiritual heart / and therefore of necessity requireth it the spirit that maketh a mans heart free / and giveth him lust & courage unto the law ward. Where such a sprite is not / there remaineth sin / grudging & hatred against the law / which law nevertheless is good / righteous and holy..