A68940:2505
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.
¶ On saint Nicolas day. The pistle.
¶ On saynt Nicolas daye. The pistle.
Behold an excellent Priest which in1 his days pleased God / & was found righteous / & in time of wrath made an atonement: Like to him there is not found / that kept the law of the most hiest. And he was in covenant with him / & in his flesh he wrote the covenant / & in time of temptation ⟨p. cccxcvii⟩he was found faithful. Therefore he made him a covenant with an oath / that nations should be blessed in his sight / & that he should be multiplied as y• dust of the earth. He knew him in his blessings & gave him an inheritance. And he kept him through his mercy / that he found grace in the eyes of God. An everlasting covenant did he make him / & gave him the office of the hie priest. He made him happy in glory. In faith & in his softness / he made him holy / & chose him out of all flesh.
BEholde an excellent Preste which in1 his dayes pleased God / & was founde righteous / & in tyme of wrath made an atonement: Lyke to him there is not founde / that kept the lawe of the moost hyest. And he was in covenaunt with him / & in his flesshe he wrote the covenaunt / & in tyme of temptacyon ⟨p. cccxcvii⟩