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printed for Joha, 1542
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.
God giveth a commandment 1& saith, hear Israel, thy God is y• one & alone God. Thou shalt have no strange Gods in my sight. Thou shalt make the no graven Image. &c.
God gyueth a commaundement 1& sayth, heare Israel, thy God is y• one & alone God. Thou shalte haue no straunge Goddes in my syghte. Thou shalte make the no grauen Image. &c.
David being one of the true 1israelites hath made a vow to keep this most holy precept. And as he hath this vow, so will he labour to perform it. For it is not unfaithful nor foolish, but agreeable to the scripture, neither doth it provoke the keeper of it unto much inconue ⟨image 53⟩niece & absurdity, but rather unto great virtue & holiness. So that he is fully bent to perform his vow Let the unfaithful Idolaters wor ship what Idol or false God they list. David will surely cleave to this one & alone true God. For in his hart shall none sit but this one God alone, neither will he admit so much as the shadow of any other to be joined with him, & to have fellowship with his God. This his God alone will he worship, honour & lerue. This his God alone will he how & do reverence unto. This his God alone will he love with all his heart, mind, soul, & with all his powers. This his God alone will 2