A Christian instruction, containing the law and the Gospel Also a summary of the…A Christian instruction, conteyning the law and the Gospell Also a summarie of the…

Of the contrariety which seemeth sometime to be among the commandments of God, and what consideration is required in the same, and of the division of the whole law into two tables, and of the order of the matters that are disposed & contained in them.

Of the contrarietie vvhich semeth somtime to be among the commaundements of God, and vvhat consideration is required in the same, and of the deuision of the vvhole lavve into tvvo tables, and of the order of the matters that are disposed & cōteined in thē.

T. I Do know right well now by that which thou sayest, that all such cloakings cannot excuse us before God: but from whence cometh it, that God sometimes doth allow works, which he seemeth to have forbidden? he commandeth to honour father and mother, and to obey the magistrates, and yet notwithstanding he doth often times greatly commend those which do not obey them at all. He forbiddeth murder, and yet sometime he commendeth those that do commit it.

T. I Do knowe righte well now by that whiche thou saist, that all suche clokings cannot excuse vs before God: but from whence commeth it, that God somtimes dothe allow workes, whiche he seemeth to haue forbidden? he commaundeth to honoure father and mother, and to obey the magistrates, and yet notwithstāding he doth often times greatly commend those which do not obey thē at all. He forbiddeth murther, and yet sometime he commendeth those that do committe it.

D. That diversity cometh of the nature of the commandments of God, and of the order whereby he hath disposed them in his Law, for he hath brought and divided the whole into two Tables, in which he hath written & disposed ⟨p. 510⟩