A68940:2020
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 unto the pistle of S. Paul to Titus.
¶ The Prologe vnto the pistle of S. Paule to Titus.
This is a short pistle: wherein yet is contained all that is needful §Afor a Christen to know.
THis is a shorte pistle: wherin yet is contayned all that is nedefull §Afor a Christē to knowe.
In the first Chapter he showeth what manner a man a bishop or curate ought to be: that is to wit / virtuous and learned / to preach & defend the Gospel / and to confound the doctrine of trusting ⟨p. cccxi⟩in works & mens traditions which ever fight against the faith and carry away the conscience captive from the freedom that is in Christ into the bondage of their own imaginations and inventions / as though tho things should make a man good in the sight of God which are to no profit at all.
In the fyrst Chapter he sheweth what maner a man a bysshope or curat ought to be: that is to wyt / verteous and learned / to preache & defende the Gospell / and to confounde the doctryne of trustynge ⟨p. cccxi⟩in workes & mennes tradicions which euer fyght agaynst the fayth and carye awaye the conscience captiue from the fredome that is in Christ into the bondage of their awne ymaginacions and inuencions / as though tho thinges shuld make amā good in the syght of God which are to no proffyt at all.