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.…

In the ninth / and last verse / he saith / he will not only rid his court / of such isle persons / but also daily give diligence / to purge / and cleanse all his realm of such isle doers. The princes that hath this study to maintain the glory of God / and to preserve justice / and equity / if by infirmities they fall sometimes: must be born with all / and there faults either hid / or healed▪ As it is to be seen in Solomon / and David. if there offence be hurtful / and slanderous to the word of god / and pernicious to the commune wealth / the preacher of God's word / must not dissemble to correct it / by the word of God / plainly without colour / or circumloquncion ⟨p. CXXXVIII⟩as Nathan did David / Elijah Ahab. John Herod. For that / that is spoke to all men / is as though it were spoken / to no man. so doth paul teach. The princes are called reges / a regē do / that is to say. They are called kings which name cometh of a verb that signifieth to govern / they must led the people / and them selves by the law / and not against the law. to be ministers of the law / and not masters of over the law. Cato saith well therein. obey the law / that thou madest thy self. it should not offend the Magistrates to be reprehended by the preacher of the law of God / but rather take it in good part / and thank God that he hath one / to admonish him of isle in time. Remembering the words Eccl. 10. cap. Rex hodie, & cras morietur. that is to say. to day a king / and to morrow shall dye. All the estates of the world in there honour / should remember the words written / Gene. 2. Formavit Dominus deus hominem, lutū de terra. that is to say. the lord God made man / clay of the earth. Which words should admonish all men of there condition and originall. Quid igitur superbis cinis & lutum, Eccl. 10. that is to say / why art thou proud / ashes / and clay. thus should all other remember that boast so there nobility / and think there be no men but they. In time past / men were accounted noble for virtue / and justice. such as had done ⟨p. CXXXIX⟩some noble act / ether in peace / in governing the commune wealth / or in war / for the defence of the his country / and the heads thereof. They were born no gentile men / but made gentle men / for there noble / and virtues acts. The nobility now adays is degenerate.