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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.
To the reader: ¶ W. T. unto the Reader.To the reader: ¶ W. T. vnto the Reader.
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.
And the vineyard Matt. xxi. planted and hired out to the husbandmen that would not render ⟨image 6⟩to the Lord / of the fruit in due time / and therefore was taken from them and hired out to other / doth confirm the same. For Christ saith to the Jews / the kingdom of heaven shall be taken from you & given to a nation that will bring forth the fruits thereof as it is come to pass. For the Jews have lost the spiritual knowledge of god & of his commandments and also of all the scripture / so that they can understand nothing godly. And the door is so locked up that all their knocking is in vain / though many of them take great pain for God's sake. And luke. xiii. the fig tree that beareth no fruit is commanded to be plucked up
And the vyneyarde Matt. xxi. planted and hyred oute to the husbandmē yt wolde not rē der ⟨image 6⟩to the Lorde / of the frute in due tyme / and therfore was takē from them and hyred oute to other / doth confirme the same. For Christ sayth to the Iewes / ye kyngdome of hevē shalbe taken frō you & gevē to a nacion that will bring forth the frutes therof as it is come to passe. For the Iewes haue lost the spirituall knowledge of god & of his cōmaundementes and also of all the scripture / so yt they can vnderstōde nothynge godlye. And ye dore is so locked vp that all their knockynge is in vayne / though manye of them take great payne for godes sake. And luke. xiii. the fygge tree that beareth no frute is cōmaūded to be plucked vp
And finally / hereto pertaineth with infinite other / the terrible parable of the unclean spirit (Luke. xi.) which after he is cast out / when he cometh & findeth his house swept and garnished / taketh to him seven worse then him self / and cometh and entereth in & dwelleth there / & so is the end of the man worse then the beginning. The Jews / they had cleansed them selves with God's word / from all outward idolatry & worshipping of idol. But their hearts remained still faithless to godward and toward his mercy and truth and therefore without love also and lust to his law & to their neighbours for his sake / & through false trust in their own work) to which heresy / the child of perdition / the wicked bishop of Rome with his lawyers hath brought us christen) were more abominable idolaters then before / and become ten times worse