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Davids harp full of most delectable harmony, newly stringed and set in tuneDauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune
Davids harp full of most delectable harmony, newly stringed and set in tune by Theodore BasilDauids harpe ful of moost delectable armony, newely strynged and set in tune by Theadore Basille
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.
As for fornication, adultery, whor 1dome or any other uncleanness, they shall commit none, but every man shall freely be suffered to have his own wife, and every woman her own husband, & so godly live together in chaste & pure matrimony.
As for fornicaciō, adultry, whor 1dome or ony other vnclennes, they shall commyt none, but euery man shall freelye be suffered to haue hys owne wyfe, and euerye woman her owne husbonde, & so godly lyue togyther in chast & pure matrimony.
And as for stealing, bearing of false witness, or coveting of their neighbours goods, David like a true king hath vowed & promised so to order & rule his subjects that none of them all shall fall into those vices & enormities If they do & will not amend, David beareth not the sword in vain, he will surely 1punish the transgressors. For David hath made a vow & he is earnestly bent to keep it, that both he & his people shall unfeignedly observe the most holy commandments of God. Oh ⟨image 57⟩that all kings, Princes, Dukes, & rulers would follow this most holy & virtuous king, & straitly look unto the observance & true keeping of these vows. For these are the vows that are accepted be fore God These are the vows that caste no mans soul into the danger of everlasting damnation, but rather helpeth forward unto the inheritance of life eternal. These are no popish, monkish, superstitious & pharisaical vows, invented of the idle brains of men, but pure godly, wholesome & christen vows which so many as hope to be saved, ought straitly to observe & keep, yea to perform them unto the uttermost of their power.