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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14150	A path way i[n]to the holy scripture	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1536 (1536)	STC 24462; ESTC S108041	35,404	122

the spirit and that the worldly ●hal neuer loue the faithfull but shall ●uermore persecute them by conty●uall battayle bycause we haue ●o great fearfull an enemy whom it is impossyble to resyste if we be ●at well armed We must aske of this noble instrument in whom the ●olyghost wrought ▪ we must enqui●e of this noble vessell of electyon ▪ ●octour of the gentiles saynt Paul ●hat armoure is necessary and he ●yll tell vs that we shulde nat be defended with armours scyences ●f man neither by any relygyon or ●bseruacion but with the armours of god Fyrst of all we must gyrde ●ur loynes with the truthe so that ●ll our strength stande in the truth ●or our loynes betoken strength as it is written in Job Than our ●●rength may nat be in vanytie and ●●synges as ar all the constitucions and inuencions of man for seynge that euery mā is a lyer that the whiche cometh frō him must nedes be a lesynge Therfore we muste setell our strength in verite truth which is Jesu christ which giueth vs hatdynes sayeng Haue good confydēce and trust I haue ouercomen the world Thā must we take the brest plate of rightuousnes that is Jesu Christ that is oure iustycs our iustifycation For in another place s Paul admonisheth vs that we cloth our selfe with Jesu Christ that is ▪ that we haue none other protectyon or any other socoure to trust vpon but him onelye whiche is the sure and true protectoure Nowe after this we must haue our fete shode in the preparyng of the gospel of peace that is that our afflyction lustes be mortifyed that we maye walke after the spirit of god And whā we haue al this we must haue the sheld of faithe for to put of tēptaciōs that they hurte nat our conscyences havynge a sure belefe in the holy promyses of god the which we must se●e within our cōscyence nat here and there as many haue done whi●●e for lacke of redynge vnderstā●●nge holy scripture haue deuyded ●●e christen people into more sectes than all the worlde is in besydes ●e muste also haue a sallet that is ●ope of helth ▪ that is that we haue ●●re trust that euyn as Jesus christ ●yed for vs euen so we to be saued And euyn as thou hast faith that he ●yed so must thou haue hope that ●e dyed for the for he that hath nat ●●is hope can neuer haue a full confidence in god For to confounde ●lso all the aduersaryes of the fayth ●e must gyrde vs with the swerde ●● the ▪ spirit which is the word of god And howe we must vse it our capitayne heed hath shewed vs. Whā the deuyll came to tempte him we rede nat that he toke any thynge to resyste him but the onely worde of god shewinge vs that we shulde in all temptations haue recourse vnto that and be contented with that ¶ In this poynte are the enemyes of Jesu Christ greatly to be reproued which say that the laye people and worldly for so they call them ought nat to rede the holy scripture nor for to commen of the worde of god as who sayth Christ spake to clerkes only and shewed them onely the secretes of his father and nat to the vulgare and cōmen laye people in as moche as the chefe of his discyples were fysshers and no doctours also he thanked his father that it pleased him to hyde his secretes from the prudent wyse of this worlde and had opened it to youn●elynges that is vnto loles after the iudgement of the worlde For that I can nat merueyle ynoughe of their madnes which wyll forbyd or ●et the comen people to rede the ho●y wordes of god seynge that euer from the begynnynge of the worlde god hathe chosen moste symple and ●dyotes to the vnderstandynge of the great misteryes whiche he hath ●ydde from the greate wyse sage ●hen the experyence of the whiche thinge we se dayly before our eyes ¶ But the oute raged cloggers of mennes consciences whiche feare ●est their gaynes and gettynge shulde be demynysshed and that they shulde nat eate so manye fatte mor●lleg as they do and haue done before feyng that they can nat plucke backe the shepe of Christ all stor●en and famysshed for the worde of god replenisshed with the spirit of the deuyll begyn to blaspheme the worde of god and aboue all thinge the writynge of saynt Paule as yt knowe these enemies of Christ dyd murmure behynde my backe yet had they nothynge to answere whā I was there therfore spake they nothynge before me therin for they knew well that by the grace of god I was fensed well ynough for them for to de●tes confoūde their bestly wordes reasons deuilissh obiections Therfore if these belly bestes fylthy swyne full of ambicion auarice enemyes to all truthe disceyuers of mānes soule and bringers of it out of the right way false christen men and very ypocrytes make suche obiectyon with you Howe you knowe that the holy bokes that ye rede nowe conteyne the Gospell● without that the churche had appreued them and without the counsels is it appereth in the decrees and de ●retalles had alowed them Nat●ithstandynge that such questions ●e so folyssh that it is but folly to an●●er them yet to the ende that they ●sceyue nat symple people euen as ●●r maister Christ asked the iewes ●● question whā they asked him by that power he did those thingꝭ that ●● did for the questiōs be euen pro●ded both of infydelyte ye shall de ●aūde of thē what coloure the popes decrees and decretals haue to couer ●ē self their fylthynesse but i that they allege wrongfully saynt Paul and other workes of the olde new ●●stamēt by which thing they shew ●ydently holye scrypture ought to ●dge and approue all thynges that ●● good and reproue all thynges ●t be nought and nat to be iudged ●● reproued by any ma●mes learnyng For the holy scripture hath be gyuen with so euydent and manifest sygnes and tokens that there is no doute of but it is of god as y● lawe whiche god gaue by Moses which no man douted to be goddes seynge that in so euydent a token it was gyuen from the mountayne couered with fyre and with clowdes ▪ Who was euer so hardye to iudge one of the bokes of Moses or of the Prophetes euen so by more stronge argument the bokes of the new Testament which be so moch more perfyte than the olde how moch more clerely they shew Christ than the olde Also lykewyse as Jesus dyd take no wytnes of men but onlye of the father lykewyse the worde of god is nat to be iudged nor maye nat receyue his authoritye o● men but onely of god Therfore they that wyl iuge it ●he very ▪ And christes For in that they take vpon theym to iuge it they exalte theym selfe aboue it He that exalteth him selfe aboue the worde of god exalteth

¶ A path way īto the holy scripture ❧ ❧ ❧ A pathwaye into holy c. I Do ma●ueyle greatly derely beloued in Christ that euer any man shulde repugne or speke agaynst the scrypture to be hadde in euery language and that of euery man For I thought that no man had ben so blynd to aske why lyght shuld be shewed to them that walke in darknes where they can nat but stomble where to stomble is the daūger of eternall dampnacion either so dispytefull that he wolde enuy any man I speake nat his brother so necessary a thing or so bedlem mad to afferme that good is the naturall cause of euyll darkenesse to procede out of lyght that lyeng shulde be grounded in trouth verytie and nat rather clene contrary that lyght distroyeth darkenes and veritye reproueth all maner lyenge Neuerthelesse seyng that it hath pleased god to sende vnto oure Englysshe men euen to as many as vnfaynedly desyre it the scrypture in their mother tonge consyderynge that there be in euery place false techers blynde leders that ye shuld be disceyued of no man I supposed it very necessarye to prepayre this Path way into the scripture for you that ye myght walke surely euer know the trewe from the false And aboue al to put you in remēbraunce of certayne pointes which ar That ye well vnderstande what these wordes meane The olde Testament the newe Testament the lawe the gospell Moses Christ nature grace workyng beleuyng dedes and fayth L●●t we ascrybe to the one that whiche belongeth to the other and make of Christ Moses of the gospell the law dispyse grace and robbe fayth and fall from meke lernynge in to ydle dispicyons braulynge and scoldinge about wordes The olde testament is a boke wherin is written the lawe of god the dedes of them which fulfyll them of them also which fulfyll them nat ¶ The newe Testament is a boke wherin are conteyned the promyses of god the dedes of them whiche beleue them or beleue them nat Euāgelion that we call the gospel is a greke worde sygnifyeth good mery glad ioyfull tidynges that maketh a mannes herte glad maketh him synge daunce leape for ioye As whā Dauid had killed Go lyath the giaūt came glad tidinges vnto the iewes that their fearfull cruell enemy was slayne they delyuered out of all danger for gladnes wherof they sōge daūsed wer ioyfull In lyke maner is the euangelion of god which we cal gospel the new testamēt ioyfull tidyngꝭ and as some saye A good herynge publysshed by the apostels through oute all the worlde of Christe the righte Dauyd howe that he hathe fought with synne with dethe and the deuyll and ouercome them Whereby all men that were in bondage to synne wounded with dethe ouercome of the Deuyll are withoute their owne meryttes or deseruynges losed iustifyed restored to lyfe and saued brought to lybertie and reconsyled vnto the fauoure of god and set at one with him agayne which tidynges as many as beleue laude prayse and thanke god are glad synge daunce for ioye ¶ This Euangelyon or Gospell that is to saye suche ioyfull tidynges is called the newe Testament Because that as a mā whan he shal dye appoynteth his goodes to be delte and distributed after his deth amonge them whiche he nameth to be his heyres Euyn so Christ before his deth commaunded and appoynted that suche Euangelyon Gospell or tidynges shulde be declared throughoute all the worlde and therwith to gyue vnto all that repent and beleue all his goodes that is to saye his lyfe wherewith he swalowed and deuoured vp deth his rightwysnesse wherwith he banysshed synne his saluacion wherwith he ouercame eternall dampnacyon Now can the wretched man that knoweth him selfe to be wrapped in syn and in daunger to dethe and Hell here no more ioyouse a thynge than suche gladde and comfortable tidynges of Christ so that he can nat but be gladde and laugh from the lowe bottome of his hert if he beleue that the tidynges are trewe ¶ To strength such fayth with all god promysed this his euangelyon in the olde testameut by the prophetes as Paule sayth in the fyrst chapiter vnto the Romayns Howe that he was chosen out to preche goddes Euangelion whiche he before had promysed by the prophetꝭ in the holy scriptures that treate of his sōne which was borne of the sede of Dauyd In the thirde chapiter of Genesis god sayth to the serpente I wyll put hatered betwene the the woman betwene thy seede and her sede that selfe sede shall treade thy heed vnder fote Christ is the womans sede he it is that hath troden vnder fote the deuyls heede that is to saye synne dethe hell and all his power For without this sede can no mā auoyde synne deth hell and euerlastynge dampnacion Agayne Gene. xxii God promysed Abraham sayeng In thy sede shall all the generacyons of the erthe be blessed Christ is that sede of Abraham saith s Paul in the third to the Galathyans He hath blessed al the worlde throughe the Gospell For where Christe is nat there remayneth the curse that fell on Adam as sone as he had synned so that they are in bondage vnder the dampnacyon of synne deth hell Against this curse blesseth nowe the gospell all the worlde in as moch as it cryeth openly vnto all that knowledge their synnes and repent sayenge Who so euer beleueth on the sede of Abraham shal be blessed that is he shall be delyuered from synne deth and hell and shall hence forthe contynewe ●ightwyse saued for euer as Christ him selfe sayth in the. xi of Johan He that beleued on me shall neuer more dye ¶ The lawe sayth Jo. in the fyrst ●ha was gyuen by Moses but grace and vertue by Jesus Christ The lawe whose minyster is Moses was gyuen to bringe vs vnto the knowledge of oure selues that we myght thereby fele perceyue what we are of nature The law condemneth vs all oure dedes is called of Paule in the third cha of the. ii pistle vnto the corinthians the mynistracyon of dethe For it kylleth oure conscyences and drweth vs to disperacyon in as moche as it requyreth of vs that which is vnpossyble for our nature to do It requyreth of vs the dedes of an hole man It requyreth ꝑfet loue from the low bottom and grounde of the hert as well in all thynges which we suffre as in tho thiges which we do But sayth John̄ in the same place ▪ grace and veritye is gyuen vs by Christ so that wha● the lawe hathe passed vpon vs condempned vs to dethe which is his nature to do than haue we in Christ grace that is to say fauour promyses of lyfe of mercy of pardone frely by the merytes of Christ in Christ haue we veritye and trouth in that god for his sake fulfylleth all his promyses to them that beleue Therfore is the gospell the