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.

All thynges therfore what so euer ye wolde men shulde do to you so do ye to them. This is verelye the lawe and the prophetes.

This is a short sermone, that no man nede to complayne that be can nat for y^e length beare it awaye. It is so nye the / that thou nedest nat to sende ouer see for ir.* 1.1 It is with in the, that thou nedest nat to be importune vpon maister doctor sayenge / syr I pray you / what say ye to this case and to that / & is nat this lawfull / and may I nat so do & so well ynough? Axe thyne owne consience what thou mayst or oughte to do, woldest thou men dyd so with the, then do it, woldest thou nat be so dealte with, then do it nat. Thou woldest nat that men shulde do to the wronge or oppresse the. Thou woldest nat thet men shulde do the shame and rebuke / lye on the, kyll the / hyre thyne house from the, or tyce thy seruaūt awaye / or take agaynst thy wyll oughte that is thyne, Thou woldest nat that men shulde sell the false ware whan thou

puttest them in trust to make it readye or laye it out for them / * 1.2 nor thou woldest nat that men shulde deceuue the with greate othes sweryng that to be good which in dede is very naught. Thou woldest nat also that men shulde sell the ware that is noughte and to deare / to vndo the / do suche thynges then to thy neyboure. But as lothe as thou woldest be to bye false ware or to deare / for vndoynge thy selfe / so lothe be thou to sell false ware or to deare for vndoynge thy neyboure. And in all thy nedes howe glade thou woldest be to be holpen / so glade be to helpe thy neyboure. And so in all other cases examyne thy cōscience and axe her what is to be done in al doubtes betwene thy neyboure and the, & she wyl teache the, except thou be more fylthy then a swene and all to gether beastlye, ☜ / / ☞

He sayth here,* 1.3 this is the lawe and the pro∣phetes. And Math. xxii. he sayth. Thou shalte loue thy lorde God with al thyne harte, with al thy soule and al thy mynde,* 1.4 And as Marke ad∣deth, / with al thy myght, and thy neyboure as thy selfe. In the two commaundementes han∣geth the whole lawe and the prophetes. And Paule. Roma. xii. and Gala. v. sayth that loue is the fulfyllyng of the lawe, And it is written that Christ is the fulfyllynge or the ende of the lawe. To make all this agree, thys thou muste vnderstande, that to loue God purely is the fi∣nall and vttermost ende of all the lawe & the

prophetes. To loue thy neyboure is the ende of all lawes that is betwene man and man / as are, kyl nat, steale nat, beare no false wytnesse commytte none adulterye, couet nat tby ney∣boures wyfe, his house, oxe, asse, mayde, man seruaūt nor ought that is his. &c. Christe is the fulfyllynge of the lawe for vs / where we be imperfecte. And whan we breake and repent / his fulfyllynge is imputed vnto vs. And this texte, this is the lawe and the prophetes, mayst thou vnderstāde, as whan Paule sayth, Loue is the fulfyllynge of the lawe. That is, to do as thou woldest be done to, is all the lawe that is betwene the and thy neyboure, and that acor∣dynde to the true vnderstandynge and inter∣pretynge of all true prophetes.

Notes

• * 1.1

  ❀ Doutes howe to soyle dou∣tes.
• * 1.2

  Nota.
• * 1.3

  Nota.
• * 1.4

  Law, what the fulfyl∣lynge ther∣of is.