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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.
✚ One of the company said unto him: Master bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him: Man / 1who made me a judge or a divider over you? Wherefore he said unto them: take heed / and beware of covetousness. For no mans life standeth in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. And he put forth a similitude unto them saying:
✚ One of the company sayde vnto hym: Master byd my brother devide the enheritaitce with me. And he sayde vnto him: Man / 1who made me a iudge or a devider over you? Wherfore he fayde vnto them: take hede / and beware of covetousnes. For no mannes lyfe stondeth in the aboundaunce of the thinges which he possesseth. And he put forth a similitude vnto them sayinge:
- 1The life standeth not in riches but in keeping godes commandments. Richman Eccle. xj. c.The lyfe stondeth not in riches but in kepinge godes commaū demētes. Richman Eccle. xj. c.
The ground of a certain rich man brought ⟨p. cxix⟩forth fruits plenteously / & he thought in him self saying: what shall I do? because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said: This will I do. I will destroy my barns / and build greater / & therein will I gad der all my fruits / & my goods: & I will say to my soul: Soul thou hast much goods said up in store for many years / take thine case: eat / drink / & be merry. But God said unto him: Thou fool / this night will they fetch away thy soul again from thee. Then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? So is it with him that gathereth riches / and is not rich in God.