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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.
As much as is necessary for man to live an up right and godly life in this world both to wards god and man is repeated in the Nine commandments afore if they be observed according to there institution / and mid of almighty the giver of the same. As he desireth all the external acts of man to extend unto the glory of god / and utility of our neighbour: so doth he in this last precept require / that the mind and sol of man be replenished with all affections and desire of love and charity / That what so ever we do / it be done with out vain glory / and hypocrisy from ⟨p. CCIII⟩the hart / not showing one thing outwardly / and have an other secretly in the hart. and this commandment is referred to all the other as Christ saith Matth. 5. Though the words of the commandment make mention only of the concupiscence of such things as be our neighbours possession. As his house / his wife with other such Goods as be his. and in this precept is declared specially our infirmity / and weakness that we are all miserable sinners Roman. 7. for never was there / or ever shall be / only Christ excepted but offended in this precept / to what perfection or degree of holiness so ever he came unto. No creature born into the world could satisfy this law / and all holy saints had sin remaining in them as long they livid Psal. 14.2.1. Joan. 1. Rpm. 7. 1. Cor. 4. Psal. 129.16.31. Job. 9. Exod. 34. of the which places we may learn to call for the great / and inestimable help of God that we may be quit / and saved from this imperfection / in Christ Jesus / and accounted in him the children of God and satisfiers of the law Roman. 8. for by this law is required such a charity / and sincere love towards God / and man: that the mind should not have as much as any contrary motion / or any resistance at all / to stain the glory / and beauty of this love. Which comprehendeth ⟨p. CCIIII⟩all those commandments a fore rehearsed as Christ saith