A68940:1397
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
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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.
In the .vij. he confirmeth the same with a similitude1 of the state of matrimony. As when the husband dyeth the wife is at her liberty / and the one loosed & departed from the other / not that the woman should not have power to marry unto an other man / but rather now first of all is she free and hath power to marry unto an other man which she could not do before / till she was loosed from her first husband. Even so are our consciences bound & in danger to the law under old Adam the flesh / as long as he liveth in us. For the law declareth that our hearts are boū de & that we cannot disconsent from him. But when he is mortified & killed by the sprite / then is the conscience free & at liberty: not so that the conscience shall now nought do / but now first of all eleuyth unto an other / that is to wot Christ / & bringeth forth the fruits of life. So now to2 be under the law / is not to be able to fulfil the law / but to be debtor to it and not able to pay that which the law requireth. And to be loose from the law / is to fulfil it & to pay that which the law demandeth / so that it can now henceforth axe the nought.
In the .vij. he cōfirmeth the same with a similitude1 of the state of matrimony. As whē the husbonde dyeth the wyfe is at hyr liberte / and the one lowsed & departed frō the other / not that the womā shulde not haue power to marie vnto an other mā / but rather now fyrste of all is she fre and hath power to marie vnto an other man which she coulde not do before / till she was lowsed frō hyr fyrst husbond. Euen so are oure consciences bound & in daūger to the lawe vnder olde Adam the flesh / as longe as he lyueth in vs. For the lawe declareth that oure hertes are boū de & that we cānot disconsent frō him. But whē he is mortified & kylled by the sprite / then is the conscience fre & at liberte: not so that the consciē ce shall nowe nought do / but now fyrst of all eleuyth vnto an other / that is to wote Christ / & bringeth forth the frutes of lyfe. So nowe to2 be vnder the lawe / is not to be able to fulfill the lawe / but to be detter to it and not able to paye that which the lawe requyreth. And to belowse from the lawe / is to fulfill it & to paye that which the lawe demaundeth / so that it can now henceforth axe the nought.