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.…

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 ⟨p. CI⟩/ and give according to his ability alms / to the comforting of the pour. Then like wise God by this commandment provideth thee for the temporal / and Civil lief of man / and like wise for all things that be necessary and expedient for man / in this lief. if man / and best / that is mans servant / should without repose / and rest / always labour / they might never endure / the travel / of the Earth. God therefore / as he that intendeth the conservation / and wealth of man / and the thing created to mans use / commandeth this rest / and repose from labour that his creatures may endure / and serve as well there own necessary affairs / and business / as preserve the youth / and offering of man and best / till it come to a sufficient age and convenient force / to supply the place / and room of such as death / or disease shall private / or disable / from the execution / and use of such travels as this careful lief shall necessarily require. So saythe Ovid. Quod caret alterna requie, durabile non est. That is to say. the thing cannot endure / that lacketh rest. That man and best therefore / might breath and have repose / this sabbath was instituted. Not only that the body should be restored unto strength and made able to sustain the travels / of the week to cum / but also that the soul and spirit of man / whiles the body is at rest /