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KEY Commentary Side Textual Bibliographic Scriptural
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good and euell is of god and the will is of god. As the
power which the murtherar abvseth and wherwith he killeth a
man vnrightwesly is off God and the will where with he
willeth it. But the wekednesse of his will and crokednesse
or frowardnesse where with he sleeth vnrightwesly / to
auenge him selfe and to satisfie his awne lustes / and the
cause whi he knoweth not the law of god and consenteth not
to it / which law shuld haue informed his will and corrected the crokednesse therof and haue taught hym to vse hys will and
his power right / is his blindnesses faute only and not
gods. Which blindnesse the deuell hath poysoned him
with.
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176/7–14 All power that we haue to good or euil is of God: But the croked
and naughty vsage of the same is of our owne cankerd & corrupt
nature.[1573]
But . . . poysoned
him with. Cf. CWM 8/2.787/15–18. Contrary to More's accusation,
Tyndale attributes the corruption in human will to the devil, not to
God.
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M. Item matrimonie is no sacrament. T.
Matrimonie is a similitude of the kyngdome of heuen / as
are many thynges mo / like as
it appereth by christ in the gospell.But who
institute it to be a sacrament ? Or who at hys mariage was
taught the sygnificacion of it? Who was euer bounde to
receaue yt in the name of a sacrament. I wold to christes
bloude that ye wold make a sacrament of yt vn to all men
and wemen that be maried and vn to all other / and wold at
euery mariage teach the people to know the benefyte off christ thorow the similitude off matrimonye. And I affirme that in
the popis church there ys no sacrament. For where no
significacion is / there ys no sacrament. A signe ys no
sygne vn to him that vnderstondeth nought therby: as a
speche is no speche vn to hym that vnderstondeth it not. I
wold too christes passyon that ye wold let them be
sacramentes whych christ institute and ordeyned for sacramentes . And then yff ye make of youre awne braynes .v. hundred therto I wolde not
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More [1531]
Matrimonye [1531]
Matrimonie . . .
gospell. Cf. CWM 8/1.86/2–5. More gives a precis of Obedience M2r—v. Among parables drawn from
marriage are the wedding garment, cf. Matt. 22.1–14 and the ten
bridesmaids, cf. Matt. 25.1–13.
] Matthew
] Matthew
] Ephesians
Tindale [1531]
176/21–27 Matrimony can be no Sacrament except a doctrine be added
therunto that the people may know the benefite of Christ that we haue by
matrimony.[1573]
For where . . .
therby. Cf. CWM 8/1.84/3–4.
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