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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.
Furthermore concerning the law of God / this is a general conclusion / that the whole lawe• whether they be ceremonies / sacrifices / yea or sacraments ether / or precepts of equity between man & man throughout all degrees of the world / all were given for our profit & necessity only / & not for any need that God hath of our keeping them / or that his joy is increased thereby or that the deed / for the deed it self doth please him That is all that God requireth of us when we be at one with him & do put our trust in him &1 love him / is that we love every man his neighbour to pity him & to have compassion on him in all his needs & to be merciful unto him. This to be even so / christ testifieth. Mat. vii. saying: this is the law & the prophets. That is / to do as thou wouldest be done to (according I mean to the doctrine of the scripture) & not to do that thou wouldest not have done to thee / is all that the law requireth & the Prophets. And Paul to the Roma. xiii. affirmeth also the love is the fulfilling of the law / & that he which loveth / doth of his own accord all that the law requireth. And .i. Timo. i. Paul saith that the love of a pure heart & good conscience & faith unfeigned is the end & fulfilling of the law. For faith unfeigned in christs blood causeth ⟨image 7⟩to love for christs sake. Which love is the pure love only & the only cause of a good conscience. For then is the conscience pure / when the eye looketh to christ in all her deeds / to do them for his sake & not for her own singular advantage or any other wicked purpose. And Ihō both in his gospel & also pistles / speaketh never of any other law than to love one another purely / affirming that we have God him self dwelling in us and all that God desireth / if we love one the other.
Furthermore cōcernynge ye lawe of God / this is a generall cōclusiō / yt ye whole lawe• whether they be ceremonies / sacrifices / ye or sacramētꝭ ether / or preceptꝭ of equitie betwene man & mā thorowout all degrees of ye worlde / all were geuē for oure proffyt & necessyte onlye / & not for anye nede yt God hath of oure kepynge thē / or yt his ioye is encreased therby or yt ye dede / for ye dede it selfe doth please him That is all yt God requyreth of vs when we be at one wt him & do put oure trust in him &