A68940:58
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
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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.
Moreover I take God (which alone seeth the heart) to record to my conscience / beseeching him that my part be not in the blood of Christ / if I wrote of all that I have written through out all my book / ought of an evil purpose / of envy or malice to any man / or to stir up any false doctrine or opinion in the church of Christ / or to be author of any sect / or to draw disciples after me / or that I would be esteemed or had in price above the least child that is borne / save only of pity & compassion I had & yet have on the blindness of my brethren / & to bring them unto the knowledge of Christ / & ⟨image 15⟩to make every one of them / if it were possible as perfect as an angel of heaven / & to weed out all that is not planted of our heavenly father / & to bring down all that lifteth up it self against the knowledge of the salvation that is in the blood of Christ. Also / my part be not in Christ / if mine heart be not to follow & live according as I teach / and also if mine heart weep not night & day for mine own sin & other mens indifferently / beseeching God to convert us all / & to take his wrath from us / & to be merciful as well to all other men / as to mine own soul / caring for the wealth of the realm I was borne in / for the king and all that are thereof / as a tender hearted mother would do for her only son.
Moreover I take God (which alone seeth ye heart) to recorde to my conscience / besechinge him yt my parte be not in ye bloude of Christ / if I wrote of all yt I have wryttē thorow oute all my boke / ought of an evell purpose / of envie or malice to anye mā / or to stere vp any false doctrine or opinion in the churche of Christ / or to be auctor of anye secte / or to drawe disciples after me / or that I wolde be estemed or had in pryce above the least chylde yt is borne / save onlye of pitie & cōpassion I had & yet have on the blindnes of my brethrē / & to bringe them vnto the knowledge of Christ / & ⟨image 15⟩to make every one of them / if it were possible as perfect as an angell of heavē / & to wede oute all yt is not planted of oure hevenly father / & to bringe doune all that lyfteth vp it selfe agaynst the knowledge of the salvacion that is in ye bloude of Christ. Also / my parte be not in Christ / if myne heart be not to folowe & lyve accordinge as I teache / and also if myne heart wepe not nyght & daye for myne awne synne & other mennes indifferētlye / besechinge God to cōvert vs all / & to take his wrath from vs / & to be mercifull as well to all other men / as to myne awne soule / caringe for the welth of the realme I was borne in / for the kinge and all that are therof / as a tender hearted mother wolde do for hir only sonne.