A69076:803
A treatise of Christian religion
A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole body and substance of divinity. By T.C.A treatise of Christian religion. Or, the whole bodie and substance of diunintie. By T.C.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston for Thomas Man, 1616
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. Why is every Commandment set forth unto us, by the second person of the singular number?
Q. Why is euery Commandement set forth vnto vs, by the second person of the singular number?
A. God therein wisely preventeth a common abuse amongst men, which is to esteem that which is spoken to all men, to be (as it were) spoken unto none. As you shall have it common amongst men to say and confess, that God is just and merciful, and that he commandeth this, and forbiddeth that; and yet they usually so behave themselves, as though it nothing concerned them, & that they notwithstanding might live as they list.
A. God therein wisely preuenteth a common abuse amongst men, which is to esteeme that which is spoken to all men, to be (as it were) spoken vnto none. As you shall haue it common amongst men to say and confesse, that God is iust and mercifull, and that hee commandeth this, and forbiddeth that; and yet they vsually so behaue themselues, as though it nothing concerned them, & that they notwithstanding might liue as they list.