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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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And so he was shortly after, most fearfully and strangely by the hand GOD, and neither his kingdom nor his wealth nor any thing could keep off the judgement of GOD and destruction from him.
And so hee vvas shortly after, most fearefully and strangely by the hand GOD, and neither his kingdome nor his vvealth nor any thing could keepe off the iudgement of GOD and destruction from him.
So then vvill we show that we do in truth believe that these be the words of GOD, we must when any man shall press any of these laws unto us, straight ways yield and stoop unto them, and we do then confess that GOD spake all these words, but if one begin to shift and cloak and colour and distinguish, then he declares evidently that his hart is not persuaded that God is the author of these laws.
So then vvill vvee shew that vvee doe in truth beeleeue that these bee the vvords of GOD, vvee must vvhen any man shall presse any of these lawes vnto vs, straight vvaies yeeld and stoup vnto them, and vvee doe then confesse that GOD spake all these vvords, but if one begin to shift and cloake and colour and distinguish, then hee declares euidently that his hart is not perswaded that God is the author of these lawes.
The second use that we must make of this, that God spake all these words is, that therefore we must not be afraid nor ashamed to stand for them, and defend them, as also to practise them in our lives, though the Atheists and the profane swine of the world, mock and scoff at us never so much for the same. For what need we be ashamed to maintain those words▪ which God himself was not ashamed in his own person to speak. If we do, remember what Christ saith, he that is ashamed of me, before men in this world, I will be ashamed of him, before my father in the world to come. If God had but sent his Angels unto us, with any commandment, the gloriousness of such messengers, should have might to make us bold to defend and stand for the message, but sith God did not send an host of Angels, but came himself in his Majesty, accompanied with all his holy Angels, attending and waiting one him, should we not now give much more reverence to those things which he spake, and take much more courage, to stand for the maintenance of his commandments?