An exposycyon vpon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathewe which thre chapters are the keye and the dore of the scrypture, and the restoring agayne of Moses lawe corrupt by ye scrybes and pharyses. And the exposycyon is the restorynge agayne of Chrystes lawe corrupte by the Papystes. Item before the boke, thou hast a prologe very necessary, conteynynge the whole sum of the couenaunt made betwene God and vs, vpon whiche we be baptysed to kepe it. And after thou haste a table that ledeth the by the notes in the margentes, vnto al that is intreated of in the booke.

For the kyngdome and the power and the glorye is thyne for euer. So be it.

Because that t••ou only art the kynge, and al other but substytutes. And because al power is thyne, and all other mennes power but bo∣rowed of the, therfore ought all honoure and obedyence to be thyne of ryght as chefe lorde, and none to be gyuen other men, but onely for the offyce they holde of the. Nether ought any creature to seke any more in thys worlde, then to be a brother tyl, thou haue put hym in offyce then (yf brotherlynes wyll not helpe / whiche he ought fyrste to proue) let hym execute thy power. Nether maye any man take auctorite of hym selfe, tyll God haue chosen hym / that is to wete▪ tyll he be chosen by the ordynāce that God hath set in the worlde to rule it. Fynally no kynge / lorde / mayster / or what ruler it be, hath absolute power in this worlde / and is the very thynge whiche he is called. For then they ceased to be brethren styl, nether could they syn what so euer they cōmaunded. But nowe theyr auctoryte is but a lymeted power / which when they trāsgresse, they syn agaynst theyr brethren, and ought to reconsile them selues to their bre∣thren and to axe forgiuenes, and they are boūd to forgyue.

Fynally let kynges / rulers / and officers re∣mēber that God is the very kynge / and referre

the honoure that is gyuen to them for theyr of∣fyces sake / to hym / and vmble them selues to hym and knowledge and confesse in theyr har∣tes, that they be but brethren and euen no bet∣ter before God / then the worst of theyr subiec∣tes. So be it.