[The Pentateuch]

How also doth he provoke them to love, ever rehearsing the benefits of God done to them already and the godly promises that were to come? And how goodly laws of love giveth he? to help one another: and that a man should not hate his neighbour in his heart, but love him as him self, Levitici .xix. And what a charge giveth he in every place over the poor and needy: over the stranger friendless and widow? And when he desireth to show mercy, he rehearseth with all, the benefits of God done to them at their need, that they might sea cause at the lest way in God to show mercy of very love unto their neighbours at the ir need.

How also doth he prouoke them to loue, euer rehersynge the benefites of God done to them allready and the godly promyses that were to come? And how goodly lawes of loue geveth he? to helpe one another: and that a man shuld not hate his neyghboure in his harte, but loue him as him filf, Leuitici .xix. And what a charge geueth he in euery place over the poore and neadye: over the straunger frendlesse ād wedowe? And when he desyreth to shew mercye, he reherseth with all, the benefites of God done to them at their neade, that they myght sea cause at the lest waye in God to shew mercye of very loue vnto their neyghboures at the ir neade.

Also there is no law so simple in appearance through out all the five books of Moses, but that there is a great reason of the making thereof if a man search diligently. As that a man is forbid to seth a kid in his mothers milk, moveth us unto compassion and to be pitiful, As doth also that a man shall not offer the sire or dame and the young both in one day Levitici .xxij. For it might seem a cruel thing in as much as his mothers milk is as it were his blood, wherefore god will not have him sod therein: but will have a man show courtesy ⟨image 94⟩upon the very beasts: As in another place he commandeth that we muzzle not the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn (which manner of threshing is used in hot countries) and that because we should much rather not grudge to be liberal and kind unto men that do us service. Or haply God would have no such wanton meat used among his people. For the kid of it self is nourishing and the goats milk is restorative, and both together might be to rank and therefore forbidden or some other like cause there was.