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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Caput VII. The fourth Commandment.
Caput VII. The fourthe Commaundement.
Remember to sanctify the Sabbath day. Six days thou shalt labour / and do all thy works. The seventh day is rest unto God thy lord / thou shalt do no work (in it) nether thy son / nether thy daughter / thy servant / nor thy maid / nether thy best / nether the Stranger that is within thy doors. For in six days / God made Heaven and Earth / the See / and all things that is therein / and the seventh day rested: therefore blessed God the seventh day / and sanctified it.
REmembre to sanctifye the Sabbot daye. Syx dayes thow shalt labour / and do all thy workes. The seuenthe daye is rest vnto God thy lord / thow shalt do no work (in it) nether thy sonne / nether thy dowghter / thy seruaūt / nor thy mayde / nether thy best / nether the Stranger that is within thy dores. For in syx daies / God made Heauen and Earthe / the See / and all thinges that is therin / and the seuenthe day restid: therfore blissyd God the seuenthe daye / and sanctified it.
The cause / and end / why this commandment was instituted / is diverse. First because man should upon this day call his intendment / and thoughts from the lusts / pleasures / vanities / an concupiscence of the world unto the meditations of god / and his works / to the study of scripture hearing of the word of god / to call upon God with ardent prayer / to use and exercise the Sacraments of God / to confer