Fifty Godly and Learned Sermons (The Decades)

By this now in the second place ¹we have to gather, what the good and gracious Lord requireth again at our hands, and what our duty to him both is & ought to be. For this where he saith, Thy God, betokeneth an evident relation. For if he will be mine, then I again of duty must be his. He will be my Lord and my God, therefore must I again of duty make account of, and worship him as my Lord and my God. Wherefore in this commandment there is required at our hands, that we do not only acknowledge the true God to be the true God, and so to stay there, but also that we do take and account him for our God, our Lord, our King, our Creator, our preserver, and our Father, and that we do attribute to him his properties, to wit, that he is one alone, the only fountain and giver of all good things, that he liveth, & is eternal, righteous, true, holy, happy, merciful, mighty, most excellent and chief of all. Let us therefore stick to him alone, let us obey him in all things, let us put our trust in him, let us call on him alone, let us repute him to be the giver of all good things, and crave all good gifts of him, let us thank him for all benefits whatsoever we receive, let us reverence him, and lastly, honour him in fear sincerely, in love most ardently, and in hope as constantly as may be. For hereunto belong those sentences in the books of Moses, and the holy Gospel. Thou shalt honour the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve. And again, Follow ye the Lord your God, fear him, keep his commandments, hearken to his voice, serve him, and stick to him. The Lord him self also in the Psalm crieth out, and saith: Offer to the Lord the sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vows ⟨p. 114⟩unto the highest. And call upon me in the day of trouble. &c.

By this nowe in the seconde place ¹we haue to gather, what the good and gracious Lorde requireth againe at our hands, and what our dutie to him both is & ought to be. For this where he saith, Thy God, betokeneth an euident relation. For if he will be mine, then I againe of dutie must be his. He will be my Lorde and my God, therefore must I againe of duetie make accompte of, and worship him as my Lorde and my God. Wherefore in this commaundement there is required at our handes, that we do not only acknowledge the true God to be the true God, and so to stay there, but also that we do take and account him for our God, our Lorde, our King, our Creator, our preseruer, and our Father, and that we do attribute to him his properties, to wit, that he is one alone, the onely fountaine and giuer of all good things, that he liueth, & is eternall, righteous, true, holie, happie, mercyfull, mightie, most excellent and chiefe of all. Let vs therefore sticke to him alone, let vs obey him in all thinges, let vs put our trust in him, let vs call on him alone, let vs repute him to be the giuer of all good things, and craue all good giftes of him, let vs thanke him for all benefites whatsoeuer we receiue, let vs reuerence him, and lastly, honour him in feare sincerely, in loue most ardently, and in hope as constantly as may be. For herevnto belong those sentences in the bookes of Moses, and the holy Gospell. Thou shalt honour the Lorde thy God, and him alone shalt thou serue. And againe, Folowe ye the Lord your God, feare him, keepe his commaundements, hearken to his voyce, serue him, and sticke to him. The Lorde him selfe also in the Psalme cryeth out, and sayth: Offer to the Lord the sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vowes