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.

¶ The Prologe vpō the fyrst epist¦le of S. Paule to Timothe.

THis pistle wryteth S. Paule to be an ensample vnto all bis∣shops / what they shuld teache / & how they shuld gouerne the congregacion of Christ in all [ A] degrees / that it shuld be no ne∣de to gouerne Christes flocke with the doctrine of their aw∣good meaninges.

In the fyrst Chapter / he commaundeth that the bysshope shall maynteme the ryght fayth & loue / and resist false preachers which make the lawe & workes equall with Christ and his Go¦spell. And he maketh a shorte conclusion of all Christen learninge / wherto the lawe serueth

& what the ende therof is / also what the gospell is / & setteth him selfe for a cōfortable ensample vnto all synners & troubled consciences.

In the seconde he commaundeth to praye for all degrees / and chargeth that the wemen shall not preache ner were costlye apparell / but to∣be obedyent vnto the men.

In the thyrde he descrybeth •• what maner per¦sons the bysshope or preste and their wyues shuld be / and also the deacones and their wy∣ues: and commendeth it / if anye man desyer to be a bysshope after that maner.

In the fourth he prophisieth and sheweth before of the false bysshopes and spirituall of∣fycers that shuld aryse amonge the christē pe∣ople / and be / do and preache cleane contrary to the fore descrybed ensample / and shuld departe from the fayth in Christ and forbyd to mary & to eate certen meates / teachynge to put trust therin / bothe of iustifienge and forgeuenes of synnes and also of deseruinge of eternall lyfe.

In the fyueth he teacheth how a bysshope shuld vse him selfe towarde younge and olde & concernynge widowes what is to be done / and which shuld be founde of the commen cost: and teacheth also how men shuld honoure the ver∣teous bysshopes and prestes / and how to rebu∣ke the euell.

In the sixte he exhorteth the Bisshope to cleaue to the gospell of Christ and true doctri∣ne / and to auoyde vayne questions and super∣fluous disputynges which gender stryfe and quenche the truthe / and by which also the false prophetes get them auctorite and seke to satisfie their insaciable coue∣tousnes.