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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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and the more man conformeth him self to live after the law / the more resembleth the almighty God giver of the law. Moses when he would briefly call unto remembrance the some of God's laws saythe / Et nunc Israel quid petit abs te Dominus Deus tuus, nisi ut timeas Dominum, & ambules in uijs eius: diligas eum, ac seruias ei in toto cord, & tota anima, custodiasque mandata eius, Deut. 20. That is to say / Therefore now Israel what doth the lord / thy God ask of the / saving that thou shouldest fear the lord / and walk in his commandments / love him / and serve him / with all thy hart / and lief / and to keep his commandments. and repeateth the same words again. 22. cap. the law would that our hearts should be replenished with the love of God. of the which love proceedeth the love to wards our neighbour as Paul writeth 1. Tim. 1. ⟨p. CCV⟩The occasion of all hatred that we bare unto God / his holy word / and our neighbour / is the love of ourselves / and the vanity of this world. In this Commandment is not only forbid the effect of isle / but also the affect and desire towards isle. Not only the affect / lust / concupiscence / proneness / inclination / desire and appetite towards isle: but also when man is most destitute of sin / and most full of virtue: most furthest from •he devil / and nearest to God: out of hell / and in heaven / Philippians. 3. Yet is his works so unperfect / that if it were not for the free / liberal / and merciful imputation of justice in Christ Jesus man were damned / Rom. 7.8. Psalm. 143. He that considereth this precept well / shall the better perceive the greatness of God's infinite mercy: and understand the article and doctrine of free justification by faith. For all though grace prevent the doing of god / and follow it never so much / yet is the work unperfect / and satisfieth not the perfection of the law. only it is Christs merits that we be saved by. the which article the devil most envieth / and goeth about to oppress as much as is possible. Confess thy self the more in thy most perfection and say: lord God have petty and compassion upon me always / and for ever: thy unprofitable servant / L. 17.