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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.
¶ On the assumption of our laid. y• epistle
¶ On the assumpcion of oure layde. y• epistle
IN all those things I sought rest: and in some mans inheritance would have1 dwelt. Then the creator of all thing commanded and said unto me: & he that ⟨image 420⟩created me did set my tabernacle at rest and said unto me / dwell in Jacob and have thine inheritance in Israel / and rote thy self among mine elect. From the beginning and before the world was I created / and unto the world to come / will I not cease: and before him have I ministered in the holy habitation And so in Sihon was I settled / & in the holy city likewise I rested / and in Jerusalem was my power. And I rotted my self in an honourable people / which are the lords part / and he their inheritance: and among the multitude of saints I held me fast. As a Cedar tree was I lift up in lebanon / and as a Cypress tree in mount Hermon. As a palm tree was I exalted in Cades / and as rose plants in Jericho. As a beautiful olive tree in the fields / and and as a plantain tree was I exalted upon the waters. In the streets I gave an odour as cinnamon & balm ye smelleth well / & gave an odour of sweetness as perfect myrrh.
IN all those thinges I sought rest: and in some mannes inheritaunce wolde haue1