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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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Exod. 20. 12. Honour thy father and thy mother, &c.
Hitherto the duties of piety to God out of the first Table have bin handled. Now follow the commandments of the second table concerning the duties of righteousness to our neighbours. This is the first commandment of the second table; upon which all the rest do depend, as in the first table the keeping of all the commandments following, did depend on the keeping of the first ⟨image 101⟩commandment of the table, so here if this first commandment be well observed both of governors and inferiors, there could be no disorder against any other of the commandments following. For all disorders in the other commandments of the second Table do flow from hence; that either superiors are negligent in performing their duty of governing, or else inferiors are proud and stubborn, and refuse to obey their superiors. The words contain a commandment, and the reason of it. The commandment in those words: Honour thy father and mother. The reason in the words following: That thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Because the benefit of obedience is not so great to the superiors, which are obeyed, as to him that doth for conscience sake obey them; they shall not be gainers so much as himself, for he shall gain to himself a long and happy life.
HEtherto the duties of pietie to God out of the first Table haue bin handled. Now follow the commandements of the second table concerning the duties of righteousnes to our neighbours. This is the first commandement of the second table; vpō which al the rest do depend, as in the first table the keeping of all the commaundements following, did depend on the keeping of the first