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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.
Caput V. The second commandment.
Caput V. The second commaundement.
Thou shalt make the no image / or any similitude / of things in heaven above / in earth beneath / or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not worship / nor honour them: for I am the lord / thy God / a Jealous God / punishing the iniquity of the fathers / in the children / that hate me in the third and fourth (generation.)
THow shalt make the no ymayge / or ony similitude / of thynges in heauē a boue / in earthe benethe / or in the water vnder the erthe. Thow shalt not worshippe / nor honor them: for I am the lord / thy God / a Ielous God / punyshing the iniquitye of the fathers / in the chyldre / that hate me in the thyrd and fourthe (generation.)
IN the first commandment we learned / that God is the only / and sole God. and that we should not think / nor feign any other besides him. farther that commandment / expresseth what this our one God is / and how affectioned / or minded towards us. full of mercy / and ready always to succour / and aid / both soul / and body / in all affliction. showeth us farther / how we should honour / and reverence this / our almighty and merciful God. so that the end / and hole sum of the first commandment is / that only God would be known / of his people to be God / and honoured as god. so doth god first instruct the mind / and soul of man / before he require any outward ⟨p. LXX⟩work / or external reverence▪ or else all together / were hypocrisy / what so ever show / or perfection it s•mythe to have / in the Eye of the world. He layeth therefore the first commandment as a foundation of all true religion. as the original / and spring of all virtue: and openeth the well / and fountain of all mischief / and abomination / in these words / thou shalt have no strange gods / before my face. this second precept and the too other / that follow in the first table / teacheth us / how to honour god in external religion / or outward works / and to show the fear / faith and love that we bare unto god in our ha tes / unto the world. Too of these last commandments / showeth what we should do / and the third which now I expound / what we should not do. The purpose / end and will of this second commandment is: that God's pleasure is / unto us / that we should not profane / or dishonour / the true religion / or honour of god / with superstitious ceremonies / or rites / not commanded by him. wherefore by this second commandment / he calleth man from all gross / and carnal opinions / or judgments of god. the which the foolish / and ignorant prudence / and wit of man / conceiveth: where as it judgeth without the scripture and forbiddeth external Idolatry / as in the first internal.