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Tyndale

He supposeth that he loueth his neyghbour as mych as he is bounde, yf he be not actually angrye wyth hym / whom yet he wyll not helpe frely wyth an halfpenny, but for auauntage or vayne glorye or for a worldly purpose. If any man haue displeased hym, he kepeth his malyce in and wyll not cha[…]e hym self aboute yt, tyll he se an occasyon to auenge yt craftely, and thynketh that well in[…]ugh. And the rulers of the worlde he obeyth thynketh he, whē he flatereth them, and byndeth them wyth gyftes and corrupteth the offycers with rewardes, and begyleth the law wyth cauteles and sotyltyes. And because the loue of god and his neyghbour, whych is the spyryte and the lyffe of all lawes, and wherfore all lawes ar made, is not writen in his herte: therfore in all inferiour lawes and in all worldly ordynaunces, is he betell blynde.

Chapter 56 of 95