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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14133	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.; Exposicion uppon the v.vi.vii. chapters of Mathew.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1536 (1536)	STC 24441.3; ESTC S104299	120,671	258

Christen haue ben very seldome or neuer called agayne to the couenaunte of the lorde y e lawe of god and fayth of Chryst But to the couenaūt of the pope often As he nowe clocketh a pase of his chekyns and wyll bothe proue al his olde polyces and seke ymagyn newe practikes And if the people come agayn let the preste or byshope after the ensample of the prophetes and hye prestes of the Israelytes take an othe in Goddes stede of the kynge and lordes And let the kyng lordes receuyng an othe of the people and folowe the ensample of the Neniuites in fastynge and prayenge Some man wyll saye seynge fastynge is to withdrawe al plesures frō the body and to punyshe the fleshe then God deliteth in our payn takynge c. I answere God delyteth in true obedyence and in al that we do at his cōmaundement and for the entent that he cōmaundeth it for If thou loue and pety thy neyghbour and helpe hym thy almose is acceptable If thou do it of vayne glory to haue the prayse that belongeth to God or for greatter profyte onely i● to make satysfaccyon for thy sinnes past and to dyshonoure Chrystes bloude which hath made it all redye then is thyne almose abhomynable If thy prayer be thankes in thyne harte or callynge to God for helpe with trust in him accordynge to his promyse then thy prayer pleaseth If thou beleue in Christes bloud for the remyssyon of synnes and hence forthe hatest syn that thou punyssheste thy body to flee the lustes and to kepe them vnder that thou syn not agayne then it pleaseth God exceadyngely But and yf thou thynke that God delyteth in the worke or the worke it selfe the true entente awaye and in thy payne for the payne it selfe thou arte as farre out of the way as from heuen to the erth If thou woldest kyl thy body or whē it is tame ynoughe payne him furder that thou were not able to serue God and thy neyghboure accordynge to the roume and estate thou arte in thy sacrefyce were clene with out salte and al to gether vnsauery in the tast of God thou madde and out of thy wyt but and yf thou trust in thy worke then art thou abhomynable Nowe let vs loke on the popes fast First the entent shulde be to tame thy lustes not letchery only but pryde cheflye wrathe malyce hate enuy and couetousnes and to kepe the lawe of God and therfore standethe not in meate and drynke only but howe they kepe goodes lawe compare it to their dedes and thou shalt se Secondarely the fast of the olde lawe was to put ●n mournynge clothes as heyre or sack and nether to eate nor drynke vntyll nyght and al the while to pray and to do almose dedes shewe mercy And at euen they eate fleshe what god gaue soberly as lytle as wold susteyne the body c. The Popes fast is comenly only to eate no fleshe I say not loke howe lene they be but cōsydre what tamynge of the fleshe it is to eate ten or twenty maner of fisshes dressed after the costelyest maner and to sytte a cople of houres and to poure in of the beste wyne and ale that may be gotten And at nyght to bāket w t dewe as they saye of al maner of frutes and confectyons Marmeled Succad Grenegynger Comfettes Suger plate with Malmesay and Romney burnt with Suger Synamond and Cloues wth Bastade Muscadel Ypocras c. Thinke ye not that suche dewes with drinkynge a pece of salt fyshe or a pyckrell dothe not tame the body excedyngly Furthermore that the true entent is away bothe of theyr fastynge and prayers it is euydente fyrste by the multeplyenge of them for when the Iewes hade lost the vnderstandyng of theyr sacryfyces and dyd beleue in the worke then they were mad vpon them that well was he that coulde robbe hym selfe to offer mooste in so muche y t the prophetes cryed out agaynst them that theyr offerynges stanke in the nose of God And oures hade so multeplyed theyr fastynge that they coulde no lenger bere them At the begynnyng they were tollerable for the vauntage Quia leuis est labor cum lucro But when they had purchased ynough and ynough agayne they became intolerable And therfore al our mōkes whose professyon was neuer to eate fleshe set vp the Pope and toke dispensacyons bothe for that faste and also for theyr strayte rules and made theyr strayte rules as wyde as the hodes of theyr cowles And as for the ypocrysy of the fratrye where they eate but inuysible fleshe or that is interprete to be no fleshe is spoken of in other places A nother profe is that they so longe a tyme haue gyuen pardons of the merytes of theyr fastynge as thoughe they had done more then ynoughe for them selues and of that marchaundyse haue gotten al they haue haue brought the knoweledge of Chrystes bloude clene into darckenes And fast of al what shall I say of the open ydolatry of innumerable fastes of S. Brādons fast S. Patryckes fast of .iiii. holy frydayes of S. Anthones betwene S. Mary dayes of our lady fa●t euery .vii. yere the same daye that her daye falleth on in marche then begyn or one yere with brede and water and all for what purposes ye knowe well yno●ghe and of suche lyke I trowe ten thousande in the wolde And who hathe rebuked them Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the erthe where rust and mothes corrupt and where theues breke vp and steale But gather ye you treasure in heuē where nether rust nor mothes corrupt and wher theues nether breke vp nor steale For where your treasure is there wylbe your hartes also Note the goodly order of Chrystes preachynge Fyrste he restored the true vnsterstandynge of the lawe then the true entente of the workes And here consequētly he rebuketh the mortal so and sworne enemy both of true doctryne and true lyuynge whiche is couetousnesse the ro●e of al euel sayth Paule 1. Tim. 6. Couetousnes is ymage seruyce Collo 3. Yt maketh men to erre from the faythe 1. Tymothe 6. Yt hathe no parte in the kyngdome of Chryst and God Ephe. 5. Couetousnes hardened the harte of Pharao that the faythe of the myracles of God coulde not synke in to it Couetousnesse dyd make Balam which knewe al the truthe of God to hate it and to gyue the most pestilent poyson councell agaynste it that harte coulde ymagyne euen for to destroy it yf it hade bene possyble Couetousnesse taught the false prophetes in the olde testamente to enterprete the lawe of God faslye and to peruerte the meanynge and entente of al the sacrefices and ceremonyes and to sle the true preachers that rebuked them And with theyr false persuasions they dyd le●de all the kynges of Israel out of the ryght waye and the most parte of the kinges of Iuda also And Peter in the chapiter