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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13203	[The Pentateuch]; Bible. O.T. Pentateuch. English. Tyndale. 1530.	Tyndale, William, d. 1536.	1530 (1530)	STC 2350; ESTC S1193	348,761	749

excludeth hī what is the cause of this vnbeleffe verely no synne that the world seyth but a pope holynesse a rightuousnes of their awne imaginacion as Paule sayeth Roma .x. They be ignoraūte of y rightuousnes wherwith god iustifieth haue set vp a rightuousnes of their awne makige thorow which they be disobediēt vnto y● rightuousnes of god And Christ rebuketh not the phariseys for grosse synnes whiche the worlde sawe but for those holyedeades whiche so blered the eyes of the worlde that they were takē as goddes euē for long prayers for fastynge for tythīge so diligētly that they lefte not so moch as their herbes vnlithed for their clennesse in wasshynge before meate and for washynge of cuppes dishes and all maner vessels for buyldinge the prophetes sepulchres and for kepinge the holy daye and for turnynge the he then vnto the fayth and forgevynge of almes For vnto soch holy deades they ascribed rightuousnes and therfore when the rightuousnesse of god was preached vnto them they coude not but persecute it the devell was so stronge in thē Which thinge Christ well describeth Luce .xi. sayenge that after the devell is cast out he cometh agayne and fyndeth his house swepte and made gaye and then taketh seuen we ▪ sethen him selfe and dwelleth therein and so is the ende of that man worse then the beginnynge That is when they be a litle clensed from grosse synnes whiche the worlde seyth and then made gaye in their awne syght with the rightuousnes of tradicions then cometh seuen that is to saye the hole power of y● devell for seuē with y● hebrues signifieth a multitude without uūbre the extremyte of a thinge is a speach borowed I suppose out of leuiticus where is so oft mencion made of senē Where I wolde saye I will punish the that all the world shall take an ensample of the there the Jewe wold saye I will circumcyse the or baptise the .vii. tymes And so here by seuen is ment all the devels of hell all y● might power of the devell For vnto what further blindnesse coude al the deuels in hell bringe thē then to make them beleue y● they were iustified thorow their awne good workes For whē they once beleued y● they were purged frō their synnes made rightuousse thorowe their awne holye workes what rowme was there lefte for y● rightuousnes y● is in christes bloudeshedinge And therfore whē they be fallen in to this blindnesse they cā not but hate persecute the light And the more cleare evidently their deades be rebuked y● furiousser maliciousser blind are thei vntill they breake out in to opē blasphemye synnynge agenst y● holy gost which is y● malicious persecut●ge of the clearetrouth so manifestly proued that they cā not once hijsh agenst it As the pharesyes persecuted Christ because he rebuked their holy deades And when he proued his doctrine with y● scriptu miracles yet though they coude not improue him nor reason agenst him they tought y● the scripture must haue some other meaninge because his interpretacion vndermyned their fundacion plucked vpp by the rootes the sectes which they had plāted they ascribed also his miracles to the deuell And in like maner though oure ypocrites can not d●●nye but this is the scripture yet because there can be no nother sens gathered thereof but that ouerthroweth their byldynges therfore they euer thinke that it hath some other meanynge than as the wordes sounde and that no man vnderstondeth it or vnderstode it sene the tyme of the Apostles Or yf they thynke that some that wrote vppon it sens the apostles vnderstode it they yet thynke that we in like maner as we vnderstonde not the texte it self so we vnderstande not the meanynge of the wordes of that docroure For when thou layest the iustifyinge of holy workes and denyest the iustifyinge of fayth howe canst thou vnderstond saynt Paule Peter Iohan and the Actes of the apostles or any scripture at all seynge the iustifyinge of faith is almost all that they entende to proue Fynally concernynge vowes whereof thou readest chaptre .xxx. there maye be many questyons whereunto I answere shortly that we ought to put salt to all oure offerynges that is we ought to ministre knowledge in all ovre workes and to do nothinge wherof we coude not geue a reason out off gods wordes We be now in the daye light and all the secretes of God and all his counsell and will is opened vnto vs and he y● was promysed shuld come and blesse vs is come alredye and hath shed his bloude for vs and hath blessed vs with all maner blessynges and hath obrayned all grace for vs and in him we haue all Wherfore god hence forth will receave nomoare sacrifices off beestes of vs as thou readest Hebre .x. Yf thou burne vnto God the bloude or fatt of beestes to obtayne forgeuenesse of synnes therby or that god shuld the better heare thy requeste then thou doest wronge vnto the bloude of Christ and Christ vnto the is dead in vayne For in him god hath promysed not forgeuenesse of synnes only but also what soeuer we axe to kepe vs from synne ād temptacyon with all And what yf thou burne frankencens vnto him what yf thou burne a candle what yf thou burne thy chastite or virginite vnto him for the same purpose doest thou not like rebuke vnto christes bloude Moreouer if thou offer gold syluer or any other good for the same entent is there any difference And euen so yf thou goo in pylgremage or fastist or goest wolwarde or sprinclest thy selfe with holy water or els what soeuer dead it is or observest what soeuer ceremonye it be for like meanynge then it is like abhominacion We must therfore bringe the salt of the knowledge of gods worde with all oure sacrifices or els we shall make no swete sauoure vnto god thereof Thou wilt axe me shall I vowe nothinge at all yes God 's commaundement whiche thou hast vowed in thy baptyme For what entent Verely for the loue of Christ whiche hath bought the with his bloude and made the sonne and heyre of god with him that thou shuldest wayte on his will and commaundmentes and puryfye thy membres acordynge to the same doctryne that hath purifyed thyne harte For yf the knowlege of goddes wo●de haue not purifyed thyne harte so that thou consentest vnto the lawe of God that it is rightuous and good and sorowest that thy membres moue the vnto the contrarye so hast thou no parte with christ For yf thou repent not of thy synne so it is impossible that thou shuldest beleue that Christ had delyuered the from the daunger therof Yf thou beleue not that Christ hathe delyuered the so is it impossible that thou shuldest loue gods commaundmentes Yf thou loue not the commaundmentes so is Christes sprete not in the which is the ernest of forgeuenesse of synne and of saluacion For scripture teacheth

the Lorde a feldewhich he hath boughte and is not of his enheritaunce then the preast shall reken with him what it is worth vnto the trompet yere and he shall geue the price that it is set at the same daye and it shal be holy vnto the Lorde But in the trompet yere the felde shall returne vnto him of whome he boughte it whose enheritaunce of londe it was And all settinge shal be acordinge to the holy sycle One sycle maketh .xx. Geras But the firstborne of the beestes that pertayne vnto the Lorde maye no mā sanctifie whether it be oxe or shepe for they are the Lordes allredy Yf it be an vncleane beest then let him redeme it as it is sett at and geue the fifte parte moare thereto Yf it be not redemed thē let it be solde as it is rated Notwithstondinge no dedicated thinge that a man dedicateth vnto the Lorde of all his goode whether it be man or beest or lande off his enheritaunce shal be solde or redemed for all dedicate thīges are most holy vnto the Lorde No dedicate thinge therfore that is dedicate of mā may be redemed but must nedes dye All these tithes of the londe whether it be of the corne of the felde or frute of the trees shal be holy vnto the Lorde Yf any man will redeme oughte of his tithes let him adde the fifte parte moare thereto And the tithes of oxen and shepe and of all that goeth vnder the herdemans kepinge shal be holye tithes vnto the Lorde Men shal not loke yf it be good or bad nor shall chaunge it Yf any man chaunge it then both it and that it was chaunged with all shal be holy and maye not be redemed These are the commaundmentes whiche the Lorde gaue Moses in charge to geue vnto the childern of Israel in mount Sinai ¶ The ende of the thyrde boke of Moses ¶ A prologe into the fourth boke of Moses called Numeri ¶ A Prologe in to the fourth boke of Moses called Numeri IN the seconde ād thirde boke they receaved y● lawe And in this .iiij. they begynne to worke and to practyse Of which practi●ynge yese many good ensamples of vnbeleffe what frewill doth when she taketh in hand to kepe the lawe of her awne power without help of fayth in the promyses of god how she leueth her masters carkesses by the way in the wildernesse and bringeth them not in to the londe of rest Why coude they not entre in Because of their vnbeleffe Hebre .iij. For had they beleved so had they bene vnder grace and their old synnes had bene forgeuen thē ād power shulde haue bene geuē them to haue fulfilled the lawe thenceforth they shuld haue bene kepte from all temptaciōs that had bene to stronge for them For it is wrytten Iohan. 1. He gaue them power to be the sonnes of god thorow belevynge in his name Nowe to be the sonne of god is to loue god and his commaundmentes and to walke in his waye after the ensample of his sonne Christ But these people toke vppon them to worke without faith as thou seysie in the xiiij of this boke where they wold fight and also did without the worde of promysse euē when they were warned that they shuld not And in y● .xvi. a gayne they woulde please god with their holye faithlesse workes for where gods worde is not there can be no faith but y● fyre of god consumed their holy workes as it did Nadab and Abihu Leui .x. And frō these vnbeleuers turne thyne eyes vnto the pharesyes which before the comynge of Christ in his flesh had layde the fundacion of frewill after the same ensample Wheron thei bilt holy workes after their awne imaginacion with our faith of the worde so fervently that for the greate zele of them they slew the kinge of all holy workes and the lorde of frewill which only thorow his grace maketh the will fre and lowseth her from bondage of synne and geueth her loue and lust vnto the lawes of god and power to fulfyll them And so thorowe their holye workes done by the power of frewill they excluded them selues out of the holy rest of forgeuenesse of synnes by faith in the blonde of Christ And then loke on oure ypocrites which in like maner folowinge the doctryne of Aristot le and other hethen paganes haue agenste all the scripture sett vpp frewill agayne vnto whose power they ascribe the kepinge of y● cōmaundmētes of god For they haue set vp wilfull povertye of another maner then any is cōmaunded of god And the chastite of matrimony vtterlye defyed they haue set vp another wilfull chastite not required of god whiche they swere vowe professe to geue god whether he will geue it them or no and compell all their disciples there vnto sayenge that it is in the power of euery mans frewill to obserue it contrarye to Christ and his apostle Paule And the obedience of god and man excluded they haue vowed a nother wilfull obedience condemned of all the scripture whiche they will yet geue God whether he will or wyll not And what is become of their wilfull pouertye hath it not robbed the whole worlde brought all vnder them ●n there be ether kynge or emperoure or of what soeuer degre it be excepte he will hold of them ād be sworne vnto them to be their servaunte to go and come at their luste and to defende their quarels be they false or true Their wilfull pouertye hath all readye eaten vpp the whole worlde is yet still gredyar then euer it was in so moche that ten worldes mo were not ynough to satisfye the hongre thereof Moreouer besydes dayly corruptinge of other mens wyues and open who edome vnto what abominacions to fylthye to be spoke off hath their voluntarye chastite broughte them And as for their wilfull obediēce what is it but the disobediēce the diff●aūce h●th of all y● lawes of god mā in so moch that yf any price begīne to execute any law of mā vppō thē they curse him vnto the botom of hell proclayme him no right kinge that his lordes ought no longerto obaye him and interdite his comen people as they were hethē turkes or saracenes And yf any man preache them gods lawe him they make an heretike and burne him to asshes And in steade of gods lawe and mans they haue sette vpp one off their awne imaginacion which they obserue with dispensacions And yet in these workes they haue so greate confidence that they not onlye truste to be saued therby and to be hyer in heauen then they that be saued thorow christ but also promessero all other forgeuenesse of their synnes thorow the merites of the same Wherin they rest and teach other to rest also excludyn get he whole worlde from the reste of forgeuenesse of synnes thorowe faith in Christes bloude And now seynge that faith only letteth a mā in ūto rest vnbeleffe