The Works of William Tyndale, vol. 1

by William Tyndale

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

, 1848

Overview

William Tyndale’s English translation of the Bible (the Tyndale Bible) was the first complete English Bible to be translated directly from the Greek and Hebrew texts. With the timely invention of the printing press, the Tyndale Bible was also the first mass produced English Bible, making Scripture accessible to commoners for the first time in history. Tyndale’s literary skill in translation gave rise to early modern English and left an indelible mark on the language that can still be seen today in well-known phrases like “in the twinkling of an eye” and “the powers that be.” In the end, Tyndale paid for this great legacy with his life. He is memorialized in Foxe’s Book of Martyrs as the man “who, for his notable pains and travail, may be worthily called an apostle of England.”

The Works of William Tyndale, vol. 1 begins with a short biography of Tyndale by Henry Walter, followed by several doctrinal writings and introductions to various books of the Bible from the Pentateuch and New Testament. Doctrinal issues covered include a treatise on the sacraments, a lengthy work on the proper way for Christian rulers to govern, and several writings on the use of Scripture, including the introduction to his 1526 English New Testament.

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Key Features

• Presents an extensive biographical sketch of William Tyndale
• Includes carefully edited texts with marginal notes and introductions
• Provides a lengthy work on the proper way for Christian rulers to govern

Contents

Top Highlights

“In like manner is the Evangelion of God (which we call gospel, and the New Testament) joyful tidings; and, as some say, a good hearing published by the apostles throughout all the world, of Christ the right David; how that he hath fought with sin, with death, and the devil, and overcome them: whereby all men that were in bondage to sin, wounded with death, overcome of the devil, are, without their own merits or deservings, loosed, justified, restored to life and saved, brought to liberty and reconciled unto the favour of God, and set at one⁴ with him again: which tidings as many as believe laud, praise, and thank God; are glad, sing and dance for joy.” (Pages 8–9)

“It is not enough, therefore, to read and talk of it only, but we must also desire God, day and night instantly, to open our eyes, and to make us understand and feel wherefore the scripture was given, that we may apply the medicine of the scripture, every man to his own sores; unless that we intend to be idle disputers, and brawlers about vain words, ever gnawing upon the bitter bark without, and never attaining unto the sweet pith within, and persecuting one another in defending of lewd imaginations and fantasies of our own invention.” (Page 398)

“Mark this also,* if God send thee to the sea, and promise to go with thee, and to bring thee safe to land, he will raise up a tempest against thee, to prove whether thou wilt abide by his word, and that thou mayest feel thy faith, and perceive his goodness. For if it were always fair weather, and thou never brought into such jeopardy, whence his mercy only delivered thee, thy faith should be but a presumption, and thou shouldest be ever unthankful to God and merciless unto thy neighbour.” (Page 135)

Product Details

• Title: Doctrinal Treatises and Introductions to Different Portions of the Holy Scriptures
• Author: William Tyndale
• Series: The Works of William Tyndale
• Volume: 1
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Print Publication Date: 1848
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 532
• Era: era:reformation
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church of England › Controversial literature; Bible › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Theology › Early works to 1800
• Resource ID: LLS:THWWLLTND01
• Resource Type: text.monograph.biblical-theology
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T06:21:33Z

About William Tyndale

William Tyndale (1494–1536) was an English biblical scholar and foundational figure leading up to the Reformation. Tyndale was educated at Oxford and Cambridge and developed a reputation as a gifted linguist, fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish. Influenced by Erasmus and Luther, he translated the New Testament and the Pentateuch from Greek and Hebrew into English—against the wishes of the Roman Catholic Church. Betrayed to the authorities, Tyndale was condemned as a heretic and burned alive in 1536.