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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Tyndale, William, d. 1536.
Publication: [London? :: [R. Redman,; 1536?]]
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Subject terms: Catholic Church -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.; Bible. -- N.T. -- Matthew V-VII -- Commentaries -- Early works to 1800.
Cite this Item: "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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/a14133.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.

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Who so euer breaketh one of these leaste comaundementes and teache men so / shalbe called the leaste in the kyngedome of heauen. But he that dothe them and teacheth them / the same shalbe great in the kyngdome of heuen.

who so euer studye to destroy one of the com¦maundementes folowynge whiche are yet the leaste and but chyldyshe thynges in respecte of the perfecte doctryne that shall here after be she∣wed, and of the mysteryes yet hyde in Chryste and teache other men euen so, in worde or en∣sample, whether openly or vnder a coloure and thoroughe false gloses of ypocresye that same doctoure shall all they of the kyngedome of he∣uen abhorre and despyce, and caste hym out of

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of theyr companye, as a sethynge potte dothe caste vp her fome and skome & purge her selfe. So faste shall they of the kyngedome of heauen cleaue vnto the pure lawe of God without all mennes gloses.

But who so euer shall fyrste fulfyl them hym selfe and then teache other, and sette all hys stu∣dye to the furtheraunce and mayntenyng of them that doctoure shall all they of the kyngedome of heuen haue in pryce, and folowe him and seke hym out as dothe the Egle her praye, and cleaue to hym as burres. For these commaundementes are but the verye lawe of Moyses (the draffe of the phareses gloses, clensed out) interpreted ac∣cordynge to the pure worde of God and as the open text compelleth to vnderstande them, yf he loke dylygently theron.

The kyngdome of heuen take for the con∣gregacyon or churche of Chryste. And to be of the kyngedome of heuen, is to knowe God for our father, and Chryste for our lorde and sauy∣oure from all synne. And to enter in to thys kyngedome it is impossyble, excepte the harte of man be to kepe the commaundementes of God pure lye, as it is wrytten. Iohan. 7. yf any man wyll obaye hys wyll, that is to saye, the wyl of the father that sent me (saythe Chryste) he shall knowe of the doctryne, whether it be of God, or whether I speke of myne owne hede. For yf thyne harte be to do the wyll of God whiche is his commaundementes, he wyl gyue the a pure eye, both to dyscerne the true doctryne from the