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.

¶ On the frydaye next folowynge. The Epistle.

CRye with the throte and spare not. Lyf∣te* 1.1 vp thy voyce as a trompet / and tell my people their offences and the house of Iacob their synnes. For me they seke da∣ye by daye / and will knowe my wayes / as a pe¦ople that doth ryghteousnes / and hath not forsaken the equitie of their God. They seke of me ryghteous iudgementes / and wyll dra∣wenye vnto God. Why have we fasted and thou hast not loked vpon it / have vmbled ou∣re soules / & thou woldest not wyt it. Beholde when ye fast / ye can fynde youre awne lustes / and can call cruellye on all youre detters. Ye fast to lawe and stryve and to smyte with fyst

wyckedlye. Fast not as ye now do / to make youre voyce to be harde vp an hie. Shuld it be soche a maner of fast that I shuld chose / a daye that a man shuld hurte his soule in? Or to bowe downe his heed lyke a bullrushe? Or to sprede sack cloth and asshes vnder him? Shuldest thou call this a fast / and a daye ac∣ceptable vnto the lorde? Or is not this rather y^• fast y^• I have chosen? To lose wycked bōdes & to vnbynde bondylles of oppression? And to let the brused go fre? And that ye shuld brea∣ke all maner yockes? ye and to breake the breed to the hungerye / & to brynge the poore that are harbourlesse vnto house / & whē thou seest a naked / that thou cloth him and y^• thou shuldest w^t drawe thy selfe frō helpinge thyne awne fleshe: Then shuld y^• lyght break oute as dothe y^• daye sprynge / & then health shulde shortlye bud oute. And thy righteousnes shall go before the / and the glorye of the lorde wol∣de come apon the. Then shuldest thou call / & the lorde shuld answer: then shuldest thou crye / and he shall saye / lo here am I. For I the lorde thy God am mercifull▪

Notes

• * 1.1

  esa. lviii.