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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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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.
Caput XV. 2. Exception of persons.
Caput XV. 2. Exception of persones.
The second objection is / when men put from them selves the obedience of the law unto other. Saying. let the Priests / and Monks keep the law and learn it. what should a Prince / Magistrate / or Gentle man be bound to learn and keep all those holy rules. farther / youth cannot be tied to so strait canons it must not so be bridled.
THe second obiection is / when men put from them selfes the obedience of the law vnto other. Saing. let the Prystes / and Monckes kepe the law and lērne it. what shuld a Prynce / Magistrat / or Gentle man be bound to lerne and kepe all those holie rules. farther / vthe cannot be tyed to so streight canonnes it must not so be brydelyd.
Such as be parked in / with high wales and separated from the world must observe these Commandments of God. This wicked acceptation of persons. Moses destroyeth / and most Godly repeateth and numbereth the members of the church / the orders / ⟨p. CCXI⟩and decrees of the same. Repeateth the words of the alliance. Sayng: Vos omnes hodie statis coram domino Deo uestro. Principes vestry, tribus uestre, Seniors vestry, Praefecti uestri atque omnes uiri Israel. Paruuli quoque uestri, uxores uestrae, & Peregrivus tuus &c̄. That is to say / All ye this day stand before the lord your God / your Princes / your tribes / your Elders / your Officers / and all men of Israel. Your Children / your Wives / and thy Gest. and so forth / Read the place. And why they stood before the lord / the text declareth. To enter alliance with him. No manner of person is excluded from the lege. Whereby we know as God's mercy is commune for all men / which is the first part of the condition expressed in the lege so a like is the obedience towards the law required of all men: specially of such as be the governors of the people in the ministry of the church / or else in the governance of the commune wealth. If the Preacher be ignorant of God's word / and of a dissolute lief what Godliness or virtue can there be in his hearers. If the King / Prince / Magistrate / or Rulers of the commune wealth / nor know God's laws / nor follow justice / equity / temperance / nor sobriety / What honesty or virtue can they look to have in there subjects. They must give