Exhortation by Tyndale.
By Tyndale
“Mark the plain and manifest places of the scriptures, and in doubtful places, see thou add no interpretation contrary to them; but (as Paul saith) "let all be conformable to the faith.” Note the difference of the law, and, the gospel. The one asketh and requireth, the other pardoneth and forgiveth. The one threateneth, the other promiseth all good things to them that set their trust in Christ only. The gospel signifieth glad tidings, and is nothing but the promises of good things. All is not gospel that is written in the gospel book; for if the law were taken away, thou couldst not know what the gospel meant. Even as thou couldst not see pardon, favor, and grace, except the law rebuked thee, and declared unto thy sin, misdeed, and trespass. Repent and believe the gospel as saith Christ in the first of Mark. Apply always the law to thy deeds, whether thou find lust in the bottom of thine heart to the law ward; and so shalt thou no doubt repent and feel in thyself a certain sorrow, pain and grief to thine heart; because thou canst not with full lust do the deeds of the law. Apply the gospel . . . and so shalt thou not despair, but shalt feel God as a kind and merciful Father.”