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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.
The first table.
The fyrst table.
Caput IIII.
I Am the lord thy God / that brought the out of Egypt / from the house of servitude. Thou shalt have no strange Gods before me.
I Am the lord thy God / that browgth the out of Aegypt / from the howse of seruytude. Thow shalt haue no strange Godes before me.
This precept or Commandment hath too members. The first requireth that we accept / account / and take the God that made / and preserveth all thing / the God Saday / omnipotent / and sufficient / not only to be God: but also to be our God / that helpeth us / succoureth us / saveth us / and only defendeth us. The second part for biddeth all false gods. This first part is the ground / original / ⟨p. XXXVIII⟩and foundation of all virtue / godly laws or Christian works. and where as this precept and commandment is not first laid / and taken as the only well where of springeth all other virtues / whatsoever be done seem it never so glorious / and holy unto the world it is nothing but very superstition / and hypocrisy as Paul saith / Ro. 14 Ebr. 11. What putteth difference between the death of Socrates / and Isaiah: Diogenes / and Jeremiah: Sophocles / and Zechariah Euripides / and Stephen: Homer / and saint John Baptist: saving only the knowledge / and confidence in this commandment: I am the lord thy god. what difference where there between the Church of the pharisees / scribes / and Hypocrites / and the church of god were not the knowledge of this commandment. that containeth too most necessary things. The true knowledge of God and the true honour of god