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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.
Furthermore / set before thine eyes Christs works and thine own works. Christs works only justifieth and make satisfaction for thy sin / and thine own works not: that is to say / quieteth thy conscience and make the sure that thy since are forgiven thee / and not thine own works. For the promise of mercy is made thee for Christs works sake / and not for thine own works sake. Wherefore seeing God hath not promised that thine own works shall save the / therefore faith in thine own works can never quiet thy conscience nor certify the before God (When god cometh to judge and to take a reckoning) that thy since are for given thee. Beyond all this / mine own works can never satisfy the law or pay her that I owe her. For I owe the law to love her with all mine heart / soul / power & might. Which thing to pay I am never able while I am con passed with flesh. No / I cannot once begin to love the law / except I be first sure by faith that God loveth me and forgiveth me.
Furthermore / set before thyne eyes Christes workes and thyne awne workes. Christes workes onlye iustifiethe and make satisfaccion for thy synne / and thyne awne workes not: that is to saye / queyeteth thy consciēce and make the sure that thy synnes are forgeuen the / and not thyne awne workes. For the promyse of mercie is made the for Christes workes sake / and not for thyne awne workes sake. Wherfore seinge God hath not promysed that thyne awne workes shall saue the / therfore fayth in thine awne workes can neuer quyet thy conscience ner certifie the before God (When god commeth to iudge and to take a recōnynge) that thy synnes are for geuen the. Beyonde all this / myne awne workes can neuer satisfie the lawe or paye hir that I owe hir. For I owe the lawe to loue hir with all myne heart / sowle / power & myght. Which thynge to paye I am neuer able whyle I am cō pased with flesshe. No / I cannot once begynne to loue the lawe / except I be fyrst sure by fayth that God loueth me and forgeueth me.
Finally that we say faith only justifieth / ought to offend no man. For if this be true / that Christ only redeemed us / Christ only bare our since / made satisfaction for them & purchased us the favour of God / then must it needs be true / that the trust only in Christs deserving and in the promises of God the father made us for Christs sake / doth only quiet the conscience and certify her that the since are forgiven. And when they say / a man must repent / for sake sin / and have a purpose to sin no more as nigh as he can and love the law of God: Ergo faith alone justifieth not. I answer / that & all like arguments are nought / and like to this. I must repent and beorie / the