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A03622 A declaration of the ten holy co[m]maundementes of allmygthye God wroten Exo. 20. Deu. 5. Collectyd out of the scripture canonicall, by Joanne Hopper. Hooper, John, d. 1555. 1549 (1549) STC 13746; ESTC S104202 118,189 256

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preparatiue is a trewe and right vnderstanding of the lawe Not to constrayne the letter agaynst the mynd of the text but behold allwaies the consent of the Scripture and to do no wrong vnto the auctor therof Somme men call this a dispensation of the law when the extremite therof cannot with iustice and equite be excutyd agaynst the transgressour as we se Deut. 4. where Moses appoyntythe certayne Cites to be as refuges or sanctuaries for them that be chance or agaynst there will shuld happen to kill ony man The law is that who so euer shed the blud of man shall satisfye the law withe his blud agayne Gene. 9. Matt. 26. Apoc. 13. This law extendithe not as farre as the wordes sound ●ut as farre as the mynd of the letter permittithe that is to say vnto souche as of hatred rashe and willfull maddenis or to satisfie an ile and vndigestid passion that hatythe his neighboure killythe his neighbour cōtemnithe God in the superiour powres who shuld reuerenche and punishe the ile doar and not he hym selfe Those and souche like shuld suffie deathe agayne and not souche as kyllagaynst there will Thus doothe the scripture of God interpretat it selfe and shewithe how euery law shuld be vnderstand The whiche is a very necessary rule and precept to be all wayes obseruyd euery where leste the rigure and forse of the letter shuld do iniuries vnto ony circumstaunce of the text therefore I would euery man in the r●ding of the Scripture shuld mark too thinges in euery doutfull text Fyrst the consent of other places then the allegorie of the letter as for an example Thys proposition Matth. 26. this is my bodye fyrst loke the other places of the scripture what chrystes body is and what qualites it hathe how it was conceauyd and born and whether it is ascendyd then thow shalt by the consent of other places be constrayed to vndrestond these wordes according to the analogie or proporsion of faith and not after the letter then consider by the scripture why Christ by an Allegory callyd the bread his body and the wynne his blud then it shal be easy to vnderstand that they be rather confirmations of our faythe then the body it selfe Sacramentes and memorialles of the thynges paste and not the thyng they represent and signifie Rom. 4. The seuenthe preparatiue is to add nothing vnto this law nether to take ony thing from it who can be a conuenient disciple of God and his doctrine that belyuithe not all thinges and euery thing necessarie for the saluation of man to be contaynid openlie and playnely in the scripture Canonicall or how can he be a Christiane man that beliuithe one commaundement of God and not the other He that sayd thow shalt haue but one God saythe likewyce thow shalt nether add ner take ony thing from the scripture Deutt 4. but shalt obserue it at it is yeuen so sayd Christ Matt. 28. so saythe saynct Ion. cap. 21. like wice in the reuelations of Iesus Christ oure redemer cap. 22. What is more necessarie for him that will reade the scripture or hyre it preachid then this preparatiue Fyrst to be perswadyd that all verite and necessarye doctrine for oure saluation is contaynyd there in and that the holy churche of the Patriarches Prophetis and Apostelles beliuid preachyd and died for the same and in the same doctrine if thy hart be not thus preparyd but iudgist that godes law cōteynithe one part of souch doctrine as is necessary for mannes saluation and the Bishopes lawes an other part thow cōtemnist and dishonorist the hole law and yeuer therof and offendist the commaundement yeuen Deut. 4.12 and Prouerb 30. rede diligentlie those places farther remembre that this opinion is so vngodlie that the hole scripture endithe with this sentence if ony man add vnto the word of God God will put vpon him all the maledictions conteynid in the booke and if ony man demynishe ony thing of this prophetie God will take from him souche part as he hathe in the booke of liffe Apocalip 22. The fyrst table Caput IIII. I Am the lord thy God that browgth the out of Aegypt from the howse of seruytude Thow shalt haue no strange Godes before me THis precept or Commaundement hathe too membres The fyrst requirithe that we accept accompt and take the God that made and perseruithe all thinge the God Saday omnipotēt and sufficient not onlie to be God but also to be oure God that helpithe vs succurrithe vs sauithe vs and onlie defendithe vs. The secund part for byddithe all false godes This fyrst part is the ground originall and fundation of all vertewe godlie lawes or Christiane workes and where as this precept and cōmaundement is not fyrst layde and takē as thonly well where of springithe all othere vertews whatsoeuer be donne seme it neuer so glorious ād holie vnto the worold it is nothīg but very supersticion and hypocrisye as Paule saythe Ro. 14 Ebr. 11. What puttithe differēce betwene the deathe of Socrates and Esaias Diogenes and Hieremie Sophocles ād Zacharie Euripides and Steuine Homere and saint Iohn Baptist sauing onlie the knolege and cōfidence in this cōmaundement I am the lord thy god what differēce where there betwene the Churche of the pharises scribes and Hypocrites ād the churche of god were not the knolege of this cōmaundemēt that containithe too moost necessarie thinges The trew knolege of God ▪ and the trew honor of god Deu. 4.12 Exod 19.20 Gē 12.17 The whiche fundatiō and groūde of oure religiō boothe the Testamētes euery where teachithe also the ymaige of god in oure soule thowghe we be borne in seruitude of sinne and blind ●nto all godlinis souche a sparkell and dimme light notwithstonding remaithe in the soule that oure awne cōscience criethe out against vs whē we vtterly contēne the reuerence and diuine maiestye of God as it apperithe by the horrible and ferfull deathe of souche as thowght it more easye to destroy there awne liuing bodies then to endure the conflict and dolours of there awne conscience withe the iudgment and contempt of Godes lawes as it is to be seene leuing profane exēples a part in Saul and Iudas withe all other souche in oure time that ar the causers of there awne deathe The subtiltes of the deuill must be takē hede of therefore and knowen betime lest he shew vs God in an other forme then he shewithe himselfe in his word and this cōmaundement Where he saithe that he is oure God to say as well redie to punishe vs if we cōtemne him as to healpe vs if we loue him The deuill goithe a bout an other thing ād would all mē as lōg as they haue a purpose and bent will to synne thinke that God is a mercifull God agentle swete and fyggie god that winkithe and will not see thabhomination and accustomid doing of ile but when the conscience felithe the displeasure of God and sekithe
punishe there synne Whiche is the pryncipall cause of all calamites then punishythe he to proue souche as be his whether they will perseuer withe his commaundement or not Thus temtyd he Abraham and Iacob for the space of all his liefe and laythe more aduersites many tymes vpon souche as be of his trew churche then vpon other As these examples declare Manasses the tyraunt cut Esai the prophet a sondre with a sawe Apryes killyd Hieremie The Byshopes Zacharie Herode Iohn Baptiste withe other When souche aduersites happen let noman depart from the trew word of God but say withe Micheas the prophete cap. 7. I will sustayne the punishement of God for I haue offendyd him withe Esa 64. cap. behold we haue offendyd and long contynewid in synne wherfore thow art angre God when he punishyth workythe too godd deades at one tyme. Corectyth the synne and callythe the synner to penaunce as we haue Examples in Dauyd Osias and Manasse and saynct Paule saythe 1. Cor. 11. We ar punyshid of the lord lest we shuld be damnyd withe the worold if thow be a godd man and yet punyshyd reyoyce for the punyshement is a testimonie of the doctrine and religion that thow professist and hast many felowes The patriarches prophetes Christ and the Apostelles whiche would rather suffre deathe then deny the profession of the gospell Matt. 16.2 Tim. 3. Psal 123.115 There be many other causes why God punishythe and why the punyshmentes shuld be patientlie taken It were a booke mater to reherse them I will only speke of one cause more that Moses wrytithe in the same 8. cap. and passe ouer the rest God made thē hungre and fed them withe mere from heauen that they shuld know man lyuyd not only by bred but of all thinges that procede from the mouthe of God Some men vndrestond that Moses menythe that the body lyuithe withe bred corporall and the soule withe the word of God seing that man consistythe of those too partes the body and the soule It is trew and a godd interpretation how be it if these wordes be referryd only to the body in this place of Moses it shal be consonaunt withe the circumstaunce of the text and declare his purpose the better Thowghe man put mete into his body that of his one nature men iudge to norishe yet except the fauoure and grace of God digest and dispose it into euery membre of the body it norishithe not as we se in mony men that eatithe mouche and many times in the day yet is nothing the stronger The phisitions call this diseace apepsian cruditatem whē there is no digestion at all somtyme dispepsian Deprauatam concoctionem when the mete is turnyd in to a contrary qualite somtime vrady pepsian Tardam concoctionem When the stomacke digestythe withe difficultie and long protract of tyme. this I speke only to this purpose that nether mete nether medycine nether phisition a vaylithe except God say amē if thow wilt take profet of the thyng thow eatyst folow the phisycke of Paule 1. Tim. 4. speking of the met sanctificatur per sermonem Dei ac precationē it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer it is not onlie lawfull for the to eate it but also God will yeue the norishmēt That the met and dryng fedythe not the body withe out the fauor and blyssing of God it is declarid Leuit. 26. Ose 4. Miche 6. ye shall eat and yet not be satisfied Thus doothe Chrystis Answer vnto the deuill proue Mat. 4. when he vngryd in the body and not in the soule Therfore his answer must be referryd only to the body Godes punishmēt therfore tawght the Israelitis this doctrine that God yeuithe not only mete but also vertew there vnto to norishe him that eatythe Seing now that the Israelites by aduersite were browght vnto the knolege of there synne and instructid withe this farther doctrine that God yeuithe as well vertew vnto the mete to norishe him that eatithe as the mete it selfe there is no occasion that they shuld therfore leaue god but rather accept the punishment withe thankes as a good scole master send to teache them there he al● he and the will of God as Dauid saythe psa 1.8 Vtile mihi est quod in miseriā deiectus sum ut discerem decreta tua That is to say it a vaylithe me greatli that I am punishid to lern thy commaundementes The fyrst part of the fyrst commaundement contaynithe as thow seyst by the interpretation of Moses the fōtaine and Originall of all trew religion and is as the fundation and rowt frō whence spryngithe all the other commaundemētes and is cōprehendid in these 4. wordes knolege of God fere of God faythe in god and loue of God farther in the interpretation of the same he hathe tawgth his people and vs how to vse oure selfes in prosperite and aduersite For eche of them drawithe man from the 4. a fore rehersyd vertews except the mynd of man be ful lyd perswadid by the word of God how amenes and godlie moderation may be kept when man hathe abundance and how to whom and when vse liberalite and dispensation of his goddes like wyce how man shuld withe patience susteyne the hand of God in aduersite for the time of this present liefe whiche Iob describythe cap. 14. to be nothing but a vanite by these wordes Man born of a woman lyuythe but a few daies and is replenysshyd with affliction spryngythe and wethrythe a way as a flowre fleythe as shadow and comot long indure so saythe Esai 22.40 If thow rede the booke that wyse Salomon wrote de contemptumundi to say of the contempt or vanite of the worold Callyd Ecclesiastes thow shalt not only lern what the worold and man is but also take aduersites in the better part if thow folow his counsell the booke contaynythe but 12. chapiters rede and marke euery monethe one Then at the yers end thow shalt rede it ouer if thow put the richis therof into thy hede think thow hast gaynyd well that yere thowghe by the ponyshment of God thow hast loost other wayes all thy goddes in the worold vnto thy shurt Now folowythe the second part of the fyrst commaundement Thow shalt haue no strange Godes before my face This part of the commaundement remouythe all false religion and supersticion where with all the glorie and maiestie of God might happen to be demynishid or darkenyd in the soule of mani whiche chaunsythe as many tymes as man attributythe vnto ony creature the thyng that is dewe only vnto God or when we would honor God or do ony thing acceptable vnto him as we fayne of oure awne brayns and not as his word teathithe This honor we aw only vnto God Faythe loue fere and prayre now to attribute ony of these to ony creature is Idolatrie and to haue false Godes before his face onlie God shuld be our hope faythe loue and fere Hyme only shuld