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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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The second table. › Chapter 8: Caput VIII.The seconde table. › Chapter 8: Caput VIII.
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it applieth no study to follow the wisdom / learning / and virtues of there predecessors / but thinketh it Enough to have the name / without effect. There wisdom / and learning once ruled other: now they contemn learning / and scarce can under stand a learned man / when ye talketh of wisdom / and learning. Traianus the Emperor said unto the captain of his Horse men / when he gave him a sword / use this sword for me / if I command the things: that be right if not / use it against me. There should no vice be excused / nether defended under the pretence / and cloak of God's works / nether for the dignity of any place / manifest injuries / and wickedness permitted to reign: but the word of God / should always without respect of persons / stand in his full strength / and pour. whose […] office is / to teach the ignorant / rebuke the transgressors / chasten the intractable / and to institute man in all kind of virtue 2. Tim. 3. They should remember / that kingdoms be altered / and changed by cause of sin Job. ⟨p. CXL⟩and that God removed likewise princes from there dignities / by reason of sin / as it is to be seen by Saul the first king among christian people / 1. Reg. cap. 16. all kings and commune weal this of Christianity / were instituted specially / to preserve the ministry of the church / and the estimation of God's word / that people might know / and live according to it / and as it teacheth to decline all iniust warts / and battles / to defend them selves / there realms / and all other / that be persecuted for justice / as Abraham did his Neighbours / and Loth / is nephew / Gē. 14. to promote peace / and make concord / that they may be / the children of God Mat. 5. No christian man will take me hire as though I extenuated the Princely honour of kings / and other Magistrates / commended unto us by god: Whom I honour / reverence / love / and know by the scripture what I awe unto them. to say / both goddes / and lief Rom. 13. Eph. 6. farther what mans laws giveth Cod. lib. 11. Tit. 74.75. I would all men should observe. The subjects of every Civil wealth / must bare the charges / and burden that is necessary for the preservation thereof. and must not refuse to pay tribute / unto the superior powers / under the pretence of a christian liberty / but pay it with out grudge what so ever lawfully / and of duty / is demanded.