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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 which impiety and wickedness / taketh from God his justice. Of the contrary nature is desperation / it taketh from God his mercy. For when they offend and continue in sin / they think there is no mercy left for them. The which sin and blasphemy thus proceedeth ⟨p. CCXXIII⟩in man. the desperate person hath now his Eyes in God's justice / readeth / heareth / and saith how cruelly / and with rigour he revengeth the transgression of his law. Beholdeth the examples in whom God executed the same rigour and punishment / that his conscience is oppressed with all. considereth his own strength / which is prone unto nothing but unto isle. Saith how difficile / and hard the things be / that God commandeth / specially because of his accustom and long continuance in sin.
The whyche impiete and wyckidnis / takythe from God his iustice. Of the contrarie nature is desperation / it takythe from God his mercye. For when they offend and continew in synne / they thincke there is no mercie leffte for them. The whiche sinne and blasphemie thus procedithe ⟨p. CCXXIII⟩ī mā. the desparat person hathe now his Iys in Godes iustice / redithe / hyrithe / ād seythe how cruelly / ād withe rigure he reuengythe the trāsgression of his law. Beholdithe the examples in whom God exequutid the same rigure and punishment / that his cōscience is oppressyd with all. considerithe his awne strenghte / whiche is prone vnto nothing but vnto ile. Seythe how difficile / and hard the thinges be / that God commaundithe / specially because of his accustome and long contineaunce in synne.
This discourse / and progress in the acknowledge of sin beareth him in hand that it is impossible to return unto god. Then doth they for the more part abridge and shorten there own days / or else chose an other kind of life then God appointeth in the Scripture. As Sardanapalus the last King of the Assyriaunce prescribed at his death this rule to live by / and left the word of God. of whom Justinus lib. 1. writeth.