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.…

After that he had gathered together this people into one company and multitude / brought them out of Egypt / and appointed them a land and cites / where they should live / as members of one commune wealth. He prescribed unto them / certain laws / without the which / no commune wealth / can long endure. for it is no lease mastery to keep a Realm in wealth / from the dangers to cum: thē to win it from adversity / when adversities present. The first law / to preserve a commune wealth is / that the people thereof / know how to reverence / and honour God a right who is the president / and the defender of all cites / and realms. If he be neglected / there followeth doubtless a ruin, and change of the commune wealth. Thus saw all those that wrote laws / for the preservation there of not only Moses / and christian writers / but also the Ethnics. Arist. li. 7. polit. ca. 8. Where as he Numbereth the works to be done in the cite. Quintū, inquit, acprimū circa ⟨p. CXXIII⟩aram divinam, cultus quod sacrificium uocant, that is to say. the fifth and principal work / is religion at the altar of God. which men call sacrifice. They knew / that no cite / nor Realm could continue long in wealth / except they had the favour of God though they could not tell / how to honour him a right. We like wise know the same. the favour of God / first and chiefly to preserve the commune wealth Psal. 127. Deut. 31. and be assured by his word how we may honour him / to say as it is taught us / in the first table / and four first precepts.

After that he had gatheryd togather this people into one company and multitude / browght them out of Aegypt / and apoyntyd them a lond and cites / where they shuld lyue / as membres of one commune wealthe. He prescribyd vnto them / certayne lawes / without the whiche / no commune wealthe / can lōg indure. for it is no lease maiestre to kepe a Royalme in wealthe / frō the dangers to cum: thē to wynne it frō aduersite / whē aduersiteis presēt. The first law / to preserue a cōmune wealthe is / that the people therof / know how to reuerence / and honor God a right who is the presidēt / ād the defender of all cites / ād realmes. If he be neglectid / therfolowithe doutlis aruine, ād chāge of the cōmune wealthe. Thus saw all those that wrot lawes / for the preseruatiō there of not only Moses / ād christiane wyiters / but also the Ethnykes. Arist. li. 7. polit. ca. 8. Where as he Nūbrythe the workes to be dōne in the cite. Quintū, inquit, acprimū circa