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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A…
The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandments gathered from the mouth of a faithful pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholar in Cambridge.The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.
London: printed by John Harison for Thomas Man, 1603London: printed by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, 1603
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Thirdly the manner of delivery confirms the perpetuity of it, & shows that it is still of as great force as any of the rest; for this was written by the finger of God in the table of stone, with the other to show the durable continuance of the same, and therefore this is not exempted, Deut. 40. 4. That reason which Moses brings to confirm the authority of all, is not taken from this, that God first spake it with the rest, & after wrote it also in tables of stone. God did give the ceremonial law by Moses hand, and used him as an instrument to write them, but for the greater reverence of these ten, he would not use the help of Moses hand and pen, but with his own finger wrote them, not in paper with ink, but in stone to show the strength and continuance of them, and commanded Moses to put them in the ark to show that no man could fulfil & perfectly obey them but only Christ: If these ten were all written by God, and no exception made, whereby the sabbath should be inferior to the rest, but altogether put into the Ark, then a man may even as well rend any of the other ten away as this, yea and with more warrant to, for none of them all is more fenced with reasons, and mounded about with more strong arguments to keep out the cavils and objections of men then this, so that where God hath as it were of set purpose, given more strength, for a man to impute more weakness to this thing, is a note either of great folly, or else of singular impudency and impiety.
Thirdly the manner of deliuerie confirmes the perpetuitie of it, & shewes that it is still of as great force as any of the rest; for this was written by the finger of God in the table of stone, with the other to shew the durable continuance of the same, and therefore this is not exempted, Deut. 40. 4. That reason which Moyses brings to confirme the authoritie of all, is not taken from this, that God first spake it with the rest, & after wrote it also in tables of stone. God did giue the ceremoniall law by Moyses hand, and vsed him as an instrument to write them, but for the greater reuerence of these ten, hee would not vse the help of Moyses hand and pen, but with his owne finger wrote them, not in paper with inke, but in stone to shevv the strength and continuance of them, and commanded Moyses to put them in the arke to shew that no man could fulfill & perfectly obey them but onely Christ: If these ten were all written by God, and no exception made, whereby the sabboth should bee inferiour to the rest, but altogether put into the Arke, then a man may euen as well rend any of the other ten away as this, yea and with more warrant to, for none of them all is more fenced with reasons, and mounded about with more strong arguments to keepe out the cauils and objections of men then this, so that where God hath as it were of set purpose, giuen more strength, for a man to impute more weakenesse to this thing, is a note either of great folly, or else of singular impudencie and impietie.