no man . . . sayntes. Cf. CWM 6/1.355/1.

More [1531]

Sayntes [1531]

Tindale [1531]

More [1531]

Tindale [1531]

More [1531]

Tindale [1531]

God . . . old testament. Here Tyndale offers the opinion that the prayers pagans addressed to their idols were answered by Yahweh. The general attitude of the Old Testament towards idol worship is negative. Cf. "They that make them [idols] are like vnto them [i.e., dumb, blind, deaf etc.]: so is euery one that trusteth in them" (Ps. 115.8). However, Yahweh is dramatized as addressing Cyrus the Persian, who in 538 BC allowed the Jews to leave Babylon and return to Palestine to rebuild the Temple: "For Jacob my seruants sake, and Israel mine elect, I have euen called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not knowen me" (Isa. 45.4 KJV).

] Psalms

] Isaiah

men . . . saue. Cf. Ps. 36.6 in KJV.

] Psalms

Which . . . spirite. Cf. John 4.22–24.

] John

182/28–33 Saintes are not to be called vpon, for we haue no promise nor assuraunce that either they heare vs or can profite vs.[1573]

S. Appoline. During the persecution of Decius (AD 250–51), executioners knocked out the teeth of Apollonia (GL 1.268–69). Erasmus' Enchiridion of 1503 mocks the quasi-pagan custom of assigning particular functions to particular saints, such as Apollonia's power to relieve toothaches (Holborn 66/10–11; CWE 66.64). For illustrations of Apollonia, cf. Duffy (Plates 60, 73).

mercy . . . christe. Cf. 1 Cor. 1.4.

] 1 Corinthians