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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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Remembering / the liberty ⟨p. CXLI⟩that Christ hath given us / is deliverance from sin / from death eternal / the Horror of hell / and to restore us to everlasting life / and not to deliver us from the obedience of princes / in such civil cases / Mat. 22. Lu. 20. Ro. 13. give them thing to Cesar / that is dew to Cesar. and to god the thing dew to God. Christ putteth difference between those to great lords God / and the civil Magistrate / that people should beware / the give not the thing that is dew to on / unto the other. But this order is changed for where God commandeth to give tribute / and other exactions / helps / or subsides unto Cesar: the people are made so blind by the falsehood of Antichrists ministers / that they will rather give a gold crown / to the building of an Abbey / foundation / of a chantry / or for a Mass of Requiem / then one silver penny for the defence of there commune wealth. and the thing that is dew to God / they give unto Cesar / or the Civil Magistrate / to say / there believe / and knowledge of god. this is only dew unto God / and his word / and not to King / nor Raiser / or any other Magistrate. Thus is to change God's institution. we see daily / how the Princes of the world persecute the gospel and the gospellike use of the sacraments. we pervert therefore God's law: which commandeth to give tribute to Princes of the commune wealth for the preservation ⟨p. CXLII⟩thereof / and in matres of religion / to give our selves booth body / and sol / unto God and learn not only by the scripture to love the superior pours / God's ordinance / but also consider other examples / where as he shall see obedience / and love of the subjects to there prince: to be the strength of there realm.
Remembring / the liberty ⟨p. CXLI⟩that Christ hathe yeuen vs / is deliuerance from synne / from deathe eternall / the Horror of hell / and to restore vs to euerlasting liffe / and not to deliuer vs from the obedience of princes / in souche ciuile cases / Mat. 22. Lu. 20. Ro. 13. geue thē thyng to Cesar / that is dew to Cesar. and to god the thing dew to God. Christ puttithe difference betwene those to great lordes God / and the ciuile Magistrat / that people shuld beware / the yeue not the thing that is dew to on / vnto the other. But this order is changyd for where God commaundithe to yeue tribute / and other exactions / helpes / or subsides vnto Cesar: the people ar made so blynd by the falshed of Antechristes ministres / that they will rather gyue a gold crowne / to the byldīg of an Abbay / fundation / of a chantre / or for a Masse of Requiem / then one syluer peny for the defence of there commune wealthe. and the thyng that is dew to God / they gyue vnto Cesar / or the Ciuile Magistrat / to say / there beliue / and knolege of god. this is only dew vnto God / and his word / and not to Kyng / nor Rayser / or ony other Magistrat. Thus is to change Godes institution. we se daily / how the Princes of the worold persecute the gospelle and the gospellike vse of the sacramentes. we peruert therfore Godes lawe: whiche commandithe to yeue tribute to Prynces of the commune wealthe for the preseruation