A68940:1378
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.
Faith is then a lively & stead fast trust in the favour of God / wherewith we commit our selves all to gedyr unto God / & that trust is so surely grounded & sticketh so fast in our hearts / that a man would not once doubt of it / though he should dye a thousand times therefore. And such trust wrought by the holy ghost through faith / maketh a man glad / •u••y / cheerful & true hearted unto God & to all creatures. By the means where of / willingly & without compulsion he his glad & ready to do good to every man / to do service to every man / to suffer all things / that God may be loved & praised / which hath given him such grace: so that it is impossible to separate good works from faith / even as it is impossible to separate heat & burning from fire.
Fayth is then a liuely & sted faste truste in the fauoure of God / wherewith we cōmitte oure selues all to gedyr vnto God / & that truste is so surely groūded & steketh so fast in oure hertes / that a mā wolde not once doute of it / though he shuld dye a thousand tymes therfore. And suche truste wrought by the holy goost through fayth / maketh a man glad / •u••y / cherefull & true herted vnto God & to all creatures. By the meanes where of / willingly & withoute cōpulsion he his glad & redy to do good to euery man / to do seruice to euery mā / to soffre all thinges / that God maye be loued & praysed / which hath geuen him suche grace: so that it is impossible to separat good workes frō faith / euen as it is impossible to separat heete & burnīge frō fyre.
Therefore take heed to thy self / and beware of thine own fantasies and imaginations / which to judge of faith and good works will seem wise / when in dead they are stark blind and of all things most foolish. Pray God that he will witesafe to work faith in thine heart / or else shalt thou remain evermore faithless / feign thou / imagine thou: enforce thou / wrestle with thy self / and do what thou wilt or canst.