As the âPathway into the Holy Scriptureâ was, in its original form, the first of Tyndaleâs compositions, which we can ascertain him to have put into the press, so âThe Parable of the Wicked Mammonâ was the first printed with his name. It was written at Worms; and there seems to be no reason for doubting the correctness of the date of its publication as given in the title page, which is a transcript of its heading in Dayâs folio volume of the works of Frith, Barnes, and Tyndale. If however it be thought desirable that this date should receive some confirmation from older authority, such may be collected from the language used by Tyndale in the last sentence of his âPractice of Prelates:â for whereas that treatise was undeniably published in 1530, Tyndale there says, âWell towards three years agone, I sent forth The True Obedience of a Christian Man;â and we know that âThe Obedienceâ preceded âThe Wicked Mammonâ (as each is briefly styled) by an interval of a few months; so that the publication of The Wicked Mammon could not be consistently assigned to any date which should differ much from that found in Dayâs folio.
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