A68940:1855
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.
¶ The Prologue upon the epistle of S. Paul to the Colossians.
¶ The Prologe vpon the epistle of S. Paul to the Colossyans.
AS the pistle to the Galatians holdeth the manner & fashion of the epistle to the Romans / briefly comprehending all that is therein at length disputed: Even so this pistle followeth the ensample of the pistle to the Ephesians / containing the tenor of the same pistle with fewer words.
AS the pistle to the Galathyans holdeth the maner & fassion of the epistle to the Romayns / breflye comprehendinge all that is therin at length disputed: Euē so this pistle foloweth the ensample of the pistle to the Ephesiās / cōtayninge the tenor of the same pistle with fewer wordes.
In the first Chapter / he praiseth them and wisheth that they continue in the faith / and grow perfecter therein / and then describeth he the Gospel / how that it is a wisdom that confesseth Christ to be the Lord and God / crucified for us / and a wisdom that hath been hid in Christ sense a fore the beginning of the world / and now first begun to be opened through the preaching of the Apostles.
In the fyrst Chapter / he prayseth them and wyssheth that they continew in the fayth / and growe perfecter therin / and then describeth he the Gospell / how that it is a wysdome that confesseth Christ to be the Lorde and God / crucified for vs / and a wysdome that hath bene hyd in Christ sence a fore the begininge of the worlde / and now fyrst begonne to be opened thorow the preachynge of the Apostles.