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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.
The .vii. Chapter.
This Melchizedek king of Salem (which being priest of the most high god §A1met Abraham / as he returned again from the slaughter of the kings / and blessed him: to whom also Abraham gave tithes of all thing) first is by interpretation king of righteousness: after the he is king of Salem / that is to say king of peace / with out father / with out mother / with out kin / and hath nether ⟨image 359⟩beginning of his time / nether yet end of his life: but is likened unto the son of god and continueth a priest for ever.
THis Melchisedech kynge of Salem (which beinge prest of ye most hye god §A1met Abraham / as he returned agayne from the slaughter of the kynges / and blessed him: to whom also Abraham gave tythes of all thynge) fyrst is by interpretacion kynge of rightewesnes: after ye he is kynge of Salē / yt is to saye kynge of peace / with out father / wt out mother / with out kynne / and hath nether ⟨image 359⟩begynnynge of his tyme / nether yet ende of his lyfe: but is lykened vnto the sonne of god and continueth a preste for ever.
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