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A14150
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A path way i[n]to the holy scripture
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Tyndale, William, d. 1536.
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1536
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STC 24462; ESTC S108041
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our good dedes and nat vnto vs. ¶ Our dedes do vs thre maner ser uyce Fyrst they certify vs that wear heyres of euerlastynge lyfe And that the spirite of god which is the ernest therof is in vs in that oure hertes consent vnto the law of god and we haue power in oure meÌ„bres to do it though imparfytly And secondarily we tame the flesshe ther with and kyll the synne that remayneth yet in vs waxe dayly parfyter parfyter in the spirit therwith and kepe that the lustes choke nat the worde of God that is sowen in vs nor quence the giftes or workiÌ„g of the spirite and that we lose nat the spirite agayne And thirdly we do our duty vnto our neybour ther with help their necessite vnto our owne coÌ„fort also drawe al meÌ„ vnto the honoriÌ„ge praisynge of god ¶ And who so euer exelleth in the gyftes of grace let the same thinke that they be gyuen him as moche to do his broders seruyce as for his owne selfe and as moch for the loue which god hath to the weke as vnto him vnto whoÌ„ god gyueth suche gyftes And he that withdraweth ought that he hath froÌ„ his neibours nede robbeth his neybours is a thefe And he that is proude of the gyftes of god thynketh him selfe by the reason of theÌ„ better than his feble neyboure nat rather as the â—ruth is knowlegeth him selfe a seruauÌ„te vnto his poore neybour by yâ— reason of them the same hath lucyfers spirite in him and nat christes ¶ These thynges to knowe fyrst the lawe howe that it is naturall right equite that we haue but one god to put our hope trust in and hun to loue with all the hert al the soule and all oure myght power and neither to moue hert nor hande but at his coÌ„maundement bycause he hathe fyrste created vs of nought and heuen and erthe for oure sakes And afterward whan we had marred our selfe thorowe synne he forgaue vs and created vs agayne in the blode of his beloued sonne ¶ And that we haue the name of our one god in feare reuerence that we dishonoure it nat in swearynge therby about lyght trysles or vanite or call it to recorde for the coÌ„fyrmiÌ„g of wickednes or falshed or ought that is to the dyshonoure of God which is the brekynge of his lawes or vnto the hurte of our neighbour ¶ And inasmoch as he is our lorde and god and we his double possessyon by creacion redemption and therfore ought as I said neither to moue hert or hande without his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t it is right that we haue nedefull holyedayes to come togyther lerne his wyll both the lawe which he wyl haue vs ruled by also the promyses of mercy which he wyll haue vs trust vnto to gyue god thaÌ„kes togyther of his mercy and coÌ„mytte our infyrmities to him thorow our sauyour Jesus to reconsyle our selues vnto him eche to other if ought be betwene brother brother that requyreth it And for this purpose suche lyke as to vyset the sycke nedy and redresse peace vnytâ—e were the holydayes ordeyned only so farforth ar they to be kepte holy from al maner workes that may be coÌ„uenyently spared for the tyme tyll this be done and no further but than laufully to worke ¶ And that it is right that we obey father and mother mayster lorde prince kynge all the ordynaunces of the worlde bodily and gostly by whiche god ruleth vs and ministreth frely his benefytê vnto vs al. And that we loue them for the benefytes that we receyue by theÌ„ fere them for the power they haue ouer vs to punyssh vs if we trespace the lawe and good ordre So farre yet ar the worldly powers or rulers to be obeyed onely as their coÌ„mauÌ„dementes repugne nat agaynst the coÌ„maundement of god and than ho. Wherfore we must haue goddes coÌ„maundement euer in our hertes by the hyer lawe interprete the inferyor that we obey nothiÌ„ge against the belefe of our god or agaynst the faith hope and trust that is in him only or agaist the loue of god wher by we do or leaue vndone all thing for his sake that we do nothinge for any mans coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t against the reuerence of the name of god to make it dispysed and the lesse fered and set by that we obeye nothinge to the hynderaunce of the know lege of the blessed doctryne of god whose seruaunt the holye daye is ¶ Nat withstandynge though the rulers whiche god hath set ouer vs commaunde vs against god or do vs opeÌ„ wronge oppresse vs with cruell tyraÌ„ny yet bycause they are in goddes rowme we maye nat auenge our selues but by the proces and ordre of goods law lawes of man made by the auctorite of goddes law which is also goddes lawe euer by an hier power remyttiÌ„ge yâ— vengeaÌ„ce vnto god in the meane season suffre vntyll yâ— hour be come And on the other syde to know that a man ought to loue his neibour equally fully as well as him selfe bicause his neibour be he neuer so siple is equally created of god as full redemed by the blode of our sauyour Jesu Christ Out of whiche coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of loue springe these Kyll nat thy neibour defyle nat his wyfe bere no false witnes agaynst him fynally nat only do nat these thynges in dede but coueyt nat in thyne herte his house his wyfe his manseruant maydseruant oxe asse or whatsoeuer is his So that these lawes perteynyng vnto our neyboure are nat fulfylled in the syght of god saue with loue He that loueth nat his neyboure kepeth nat this coÌ„maundement defyle nat thy neighbours wyfe though he neuer touche her or neuer se her or thinke vpon her For the commaundement is thoughe thy neybours wyfe be neuer so fayre thou haue neuer so great oportunytie gyuen the and she content or haply prouoke the as Putiphers wyfe dyd Joseph yet se thou loue thy neibour so well that for very loue thou can nat fynde in thyne herte to do that wyckednesse And euen so he that trusteth in any thinge saue in god onely and in his soÌ„ne Jesus Christe kepeth no commâ—uÌ„demeÌ„t at al in the syght of god ¶ For he that hath trust iÌ„ any creature wherther in heuen or in erth faue in god his sonne Jesus caâ—se no cause to loue god with all his herte c. Neither to abstayne â—rom dishonourynge his name nor to kepe the holy daye for the loue of his doctryne nor to obey louyngly the rulers of the worlde nor any cause to loue his neyghboure as him selfe and to abstayne frome hurtynge him where he maye get profyte by him and saue him selfe harmles And in lyke wyse agaynst this law loue thy neibour as thy self I may obey no worldly power to do ought at any mans coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t vnto the hurte of my neybour that hath nat