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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Also it is a commune manner of the Scripture / to attribute unto the sign / the thing meant by the sign. God knoweth / what a weak reason this is to say people must speak as the Scripture doth / and would prove there by / a real / and bodily presence of our saviour that died for us / and ascended into heaven. Sitteth at the right hand of god all mighty. And from thence shall ⟨p. CXCII⟩come to judge the quick / and the dead. did not Arrius defend his heresy with as good an argument as this / when he spake as the scripture do the / and sayd: Pater maior me est. My father is greater then I. Or might not a man prove by the same reason / that Ely / Isaiah / and all other Prophets / before Christ came / to be deceivers of the people / and false preachers. For Christ said / Jo. 10. as man • as came before me were thieves and murderers he that speaketh thus speaketh as the scripture speaketh. there is not / nor never was christian Reader / Heretic but spake in the defence of his heresy / as the Scripture speaketh. But toke not the meaning with the word / as we must do except we intend to rob the holy scripture of here true sense and ungodly force the letter / from the true meaning thereof: as those do / that rather constrain the unlearned conscience with fear: then persuade them / with god Arguments out of the Scripture.
Also it is a commune maner of the Scripture / to attribute vnto the signe / the thing ment by the signe. God knowithe / what a weake reason this is to say people must speake as the Scripture doothe / ād would proue there by / a reall / and bodely presence of oure sauiour that died for vs / and ascendyd into heauen. Syttythe at the right hand of god all myghtie. And from thens shall ⟨p. CXCII⟩com to iudge the quyck / and the ded. did not Arrius defend his heresie with as good an argument as this / when he spake as the scripture do the / and sayd: Pater maior me est. My father is greather then I. Or might not aman proue by the same reason / that Elie / Esaie / and all other Prophetes / before Christ came / to be deseauers of the people / ād false preachers. For Christ said / Io. 10. as mā • as came before me werethiffes ād murderers he that spekithe thus spekithe as the scripture spekithe. there is not / nor neuer was chrystiane Reader / Heretick but spake in the defense of his heresie / as the Scripture speakythe. But toke not the meaning withe the word / as we must do except we intend to robb the holye scripture of here trew sense and vngodlie forse the letter / from the trew meanyng therof: as those do / that rather constrayne the vnlernyd conscience with fere: then persuade them / with godd Argumentes out of the Scripture.