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.

¶ Iohn.

IOhn / what he was / is manyfest by the thre fyrst euāgelist{is}. Fyrst christes apo¦stle / & y^t one of y^e chefe. Thē christes ny¦e kinsmā / & for his synguler innocēcie & softe¦nes / singulerlye beloued & of synguler famyli¦arite with christ / & euer one of y^e thre wytnes∣ses of moost secret thynges. The cause of his wrytynge was certayne heresyes that arose in his tyme / & namelye two / of which one denyed christ to be verye man & to be come in y^e verie fleshe & nature of man. Agaynst which two heresyes he wrote both his gospell & also his fyrst epistle / & in y^e begynnynge of his gospell sayth y^t the worde or thynge was at y^e begyn∣nynge / & was w^t God / & was also verye God and y^t all thynges was created & made by yt / and y^t it was also made fleshe: y^t is to saye / be∣came verie mā. And he dwelt amōge vs (sayth he) & we sawe his glorye.

And in y^e begynnynge of his pistle / he saith we shew you of y^e thynge y^t was frō the begyn¦nynge / which also we heard / sawe w^t oure eyes & oure handes hādeled. And agayne we shew you euerlastynge lyfe / that was with y^e father and apered to vs / & we heard and sawe. & ce.

In that he sayth that it was from the begyn∣nynge / and that it was eternall lyfe / and that it was with God / he affirmeth him to be ve∣rie God. And that he sayth / we hearde / sawe and fealte / he wytnesseth that he was verie man also. Ihon also wrote last / and therfore touched not the storie that the other had com∣piled. But wryteth most of the fayth and promyses / & of the sermones of Christ. This be sofficient concerninge the .iiii. Euangelistes and their auctoritie and worthynes to be beleued.

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