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A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu.…A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu.…
A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of almighty God written Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collected out of the scripture canonical, by Joanne Hopper.A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collectyd out of the scripture canonicall, by Joanne Hopper.
Zurich: printed by Augustin Fries, 1549
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yea he showed that the holy ghost / the spirit of truth should teach none other thing / then by him was taught Joan. 15. therefore such as will occupy the office of a preacher / first must be well learned / in the things that appertain unto the gospel. then free from all such affections / as rather seeketh him self / and the world / than the furtherance of the doctrine he preacheth. it is not enough that he preach the truth / but that only he have a respect unto the glory of Christ. then shall he boldly speak the truth without respect of persons / not tempering his oration with colours of flattery / but hardly call virtue / virtue: and vice / vice / as he saith occasion who so ever be his audience. S. Janin his Epistle capit. 3. showeth who is apt for this office to preach the word of God. so doth christ Matt. 10. so doth Paul / 1. Timo. •. ⟨p. LXXXV⟩Tit. 1. so doth Moses / and the prophets. nothing more blasphemeth the name of God than false doctrine / and such as seeketh them selves and can use the word of God / as the see there audience / and not as it is commanded them / by the word of God. such preachers hath brought the superior pours of the earth unto a contempt of God's word / hatred of the preacher when he telleth truth / and the unlearned into blindness / and ignorance.
yea he shewyd that the holie goost / the sprit of truythe shuld teache none other thyng / then by him was tawght Ioan. 15. therefore souche as will ocopy the office of a preacher / fyrst must be well lernyd / in the thinges that appertayne vnto the gospell. thē fre from all souche affectiōs / as rather sykythe him selfe / and the worold / thē the fartheraūce of the doctrine he preachithe. it is not inowghe that he preache the truithe / but that onlye he haue a respect vnto the glorie of Christ. then shall he boldlye speake the truithe without respect of persones / not temperyng his oration withe colours of flaterye / but hardelye call vertew / vertew: and vyce / vyce / as he seythe occasion who so euer be his audience. S. Ianin his Epistole capit. 3. shewithe who is apt for this office to preache the word of God. so doothe christ Matt. 10. so doothe Paule / 1. Timo. .