mind 5. Patience submitting themselues to the conduct and wise will of God 6. Godly feare opposed against all carnall prophane infame trust and against seruile feare 7. Religious obedience ruling humane obedience 8. The repentance for hauing offended God 9. True conversion and amendment of life 10. The loue of God 11. Zeale and vehement desire to serue and obay him 12. Trust in him 13. Hope to obtaine infallibly all that he hath promised vs. 14. Fervent and interiour invocation of his name often accompanyed with prayers sighings groanings humble submissions of soule and body before his holy majestie 15. Affectionate praise and thankesgiuing with heart and mouth for so many good things receaued of bounty and mercy As for the vertues recommended in the second Commandement In rhe second the most part are comprehended with those of the first vnder the words of justice pietie adoration religion and jnvocation Our bodies and soules appertaine vnto God therefore is it required that the one and the other should render vnto him interiourly and exteriourly The thought ought to conceaue no jdols nor the hand bring them forth He that in his soule rendereth the honour that belongeth vnto him doth not prostrate his body for a religious adoration before any other but God To him onely ought we to be bound and revnited As with the heart also with our mouth we ought to call vpon him The exteriour exercise pure and simple of true religion is here recōmended and opposed to the prophanations of jdolaters who vse a diuine seruice after their owne fashiō By consequent a christian doth a good worke who harkeneth deuoutly to the word of God who meditates vppon it religiously who assisteth and practiseth with reuerence the administration of the Sacraments who distinguisheth wisely the worke of man frō the worke of the holy Ghost who maketh not words nor corruptible elements jdols but who worshippeth God in spirit and truth who doth not include the seruice of God in exteriour ceremonies voyd of faith charity and repentance and who make no account of mens inventions substistuted in stead of the ordinances of the true God in breefe who is religious deuout truely humble not superstitious jdolatrous hipocrite a justifier a temporiser and who fitteth to the humors and wills of euery one in the matter of religion In the .3 The third commandement requireth of Christians that they glorifie God in their words which they doe when they speake holily in reuerence and feare of his Maiesty and of his workes This is comprehended vnder diuers sorts 1. Whether we treat of diuinity in words or in writing wee ought to ayme at the instruction of our neighbours to our owne edification to the sinceere and free profession of our Faith Mat. 10.32 2. To maintaine the glorie of God against the prophaners and blasphemers thereof Leuit. 5.1 Luc. 25. Iohn 2.20 3. To call vpon God with a feruent affection 4. To call him to witnesse and iudge in judgement and without when there is question of important affaires and which cannot be decided by the testimonie of men but requireth an oath and solemne swearing 5. To giue him thanks for his good deedes to praise and blesse him with Psalmes and spirituall Canticles 6. To magnifie his wisedome power iustice and mercie in our conduct and saluation 7. To make him solemne promises for an acknowledgement of his extraordinarie fauours publick and particular 8. To giue occasion to others by our good example to glorifie him with vs. 9. To wish with all our hearts Gods blessing towardes our neighbours 10. Carefully to seeke and take all occasions of good discours with our neighbours to their edification and comfort and to the glory of God In the fourth The fowrth commaundement requireth of Christians that they frequent the holy assemblies to bee instructed and comforted by the doctrine of truth to pray to God all together to the end he may giue power to his word to sing his prayses to giue him thanks for the good things receaued of his grace to demaund all sorts of blessings of him to inlarge themselues in extraordinarie almes to receiue the holy Sacraments to talke together of the doctrine which they haue gathered out of the sermons to studie attentiuely all that day in the books of the holy Scripture to visite those that are sicke and otherwise afflicted The seruants of the Church do a good worke If they preach the word of God faithfully if they pronounce the prayers deuoutly in the names of all the Faithfull that hearken vnto them if they duely administer the Sacraments duely The magistrates sanctifie that day well indeed who so rule that it be not at all prophaned that all things bee done duely in holy and conuenient order in the assemblies of the Faithfull that the children bee well instructed kept in modestie and all good dutie that the pastours of the Church bee entertainned charitably heard reuerently and knowne in their vocation The vertues recommended in the six commandements of the second table In the fift ought no more to bee omitted The end of them is the conservatton of charitie towards our neighbours So then the vertues of the first commandement which is the first of the second table haue respect and touch the duties of Children wiues men and mayde servants disciples Faithfull hearers subiects young folkes poore and idiots towards their Fathers and Mothers husbands maisters and mistresses schoolemaisters pastors magistrates ould men wise and rich reciprocally the duties of all the sayd superiours towards their inferiours All these duties cōprehend many excellent vertues and good workes contained in the word Honour and in the other which beholdeth it to wit to loue to support worthyly to teach and command There is none so little in the world who hath not the meanes to abound in good works It is an excellent worke to be able to bee a good childe a prudent wife a faithfull seruant a diligent disciple an attentiue hearer an obedient subiect a modest young man ignorant desirous to learne poore humble a wise Father a carefull mother a louing maistet a prudent mistresse a studious Schoole-maister a true preacher a iust Magistrate a discreet ould man a gracious wise man and a charitable rich man It sufficeth vs to marke in a word these vertues amply described in the bookes of Salomon and in the Epistles of the Apostles The vertues of the inferiours consisteth in reuerencing their superiours in their thoughts affections countenances words and works Those of the superiours in shewing an honest and good example of life to their inferiours to instruct them well to prescribe vnto them what they haue to doe to admonish them when they faile fitly to chastise those that commit faults not to spare the faulty to maintaine those that are innocent in all affaires to haue a remembrance and care of the seruice and of the glorie of God to procure all good to those that are commited to their charge
but it must goe out if care bee not had to powre fresh oyle into it to preserue it also without the word of God Faith cannot subsist nor be long vnprovided for of this nouriture but it must be in prison and become as it were sluggish and finally it must dye and be altogether extinguished for wee see it happens ordinarily to those that are negligent in exercising themselues in the meditation of the word of God as it doth to the water the which although it be of cold nature is neverthelesse subceptible of the heat when it is set neere the fire but when it is taken from it first it cooleth by little and little and at length commeth to it former coldnesse and so returning to it first nature the heat quencheth and dyeth all together It followeth in the definition That Faith is an jndubitable knowledge of all things contained in the word of God as well in the old as in the new Testament Which is added to reprooue the errours of the Manicheans of Marcion and of other hereticks which did not receaue nor approue none of the bookes of the Bible but those onely which did not seeme contrary to their heresies Also for to reject the errours of the Iewes who doe not approoue the Bookes of the new Testament and likewise of the Libertines who say that men must not abide in the earth which is but for children and such as bee yet in their rudiments but that men must suffer themselues to bee conducted by I know not what fantasticall spirit the which can bring forth nothing but prodigious railyngs and such monsters as those that haue beene seene in our time in the citie of Munster in West-phalia and elswhere where these Organs and Instruments of of Satan haue been able to gather disciples together Now we must aboue all things take heed to that and altogether approue all the books in the which the spirit of God hath pleased to reveale and discouer his will and to esteeme that there is not any superfluous or vnprofitable word therein and that there is never a portion what a one soever it be in the scripture that it is dry or barren which wee experiment when after we haue prayed to God wee apply our selues attentiuely to meditate therevppon and that to contemplate the secrets and mysteries of God which are therin covered and wrapped vp wee will vnfold them like vnto a Tapistry that wee may see therin discovered the great singularity and art of the workeman who did make and weaue it It followeth in the definition that the same Faith is joyned with a true and perfect trust of their salvation propounded vnto them in the Evangelicall promise and by the grace of God which ought diligently to be obserued in the nature and essence of Faith for it sufficeth not to beleeue in God and in Iesus Christ that wee know them in their workes to admire and adore them but this knowledge which we haue of them and to depend of them in all our affaires and necessities to haue our recourse vnto them to be succoured and ayded in all dangers And finally when we haue experimented their favour and care which they haue had to helpe vs we must giue them thankes and glorifie their holy name which S. Paul teacheth vs plainly in the 3. chapter of the Epistle to the Ephesians the 12. verse where he sayth By which Iesus Christ wee haue boldnesse and and entrance in with confidence by Faith vnto him Also in the Epistle to Hebrews chap. 4. All the faithfull are exhorted to goe with boldnesse vnto the throne of grace that we may obtaine mercy and find grace to helpe in the time of need Iesus Christ also in S. Iohn exhorting the Apostle to beleeue in him Iohn 14. and in God his Father doth not meane to exhort them onely to know the essence or the will of the one or the other but also to put their whole trust in them And when in Esay chap. 28. it is sayd That who so euer beleeueth in God shall neuer bee confounded It ought not to be vnderstood only of the knowledge which we ought to haue of the certainty and verity of the doctrine and word pronounced and preached but also of the trust vnto the which such a knowledge doth conduct vs to referre our selues with all our affayres to God and to his providence Which Dauid teacheth vs in many places as in the 2. Psalme where hee exhorteth the Princes and great Lords to do homage to Iesus Christ saying Serue the Lord in feare reioyce in trembling Kisse the Sonne least he be angry and yee perish in the way when his wrath shall suddainly burne Blessed are all they that trust in him And in the 3. Psalme at the end thereof Saluation belongeth vnto the Lord and thy blessing is vpon thy people And in the 5. Psalme And let all them that trust in thee reioyce and triumph for euer and couer thou them And in the 32 Psalme Many sorrows shall come to the wicked but he that trusteth in the Lord mercy shall compasse him And in the 25 Psalme Let me not be confounded I trust in thee but let them be confounded that trangresse without cause And in the 34 Psalme The Lord redeemeth the soules of his Seruants and none that trust in him shall perish Wee may see by these percels and jnfinite others which are in the Scripture that this terme of Faith is not simply taken onely for the knowledge of the truth of the word of God but principally for the trust hope and assurance which we have of the effect of the promises of God of his grace and favour of the loue and affection which he beareth vs and of his care of vs and of all our affaires to conduct them happily according as our good and salvation requireth It followeth that this Faith is propounded vnto them in the Evangelicall promise by the grace of God Wherevpon we must note two things first that the subject and principal foundation vpon the which Faith is built is not the Law nor the commandements which propound nothing else but a curse vpon those that transgresse them nor yet the threatnings which propound nothing but the wrath of God to those that withstand them which may rather affright and astonish then comfort and assure wherefore the faithfull man must not haue a regard to the Law or to threatnings of God to assure himselfe of his grace and by consequent of his salvation which dependeth thereon but he must keepe his eyes fixed vppon the promise of God which is the ground and the foundation wherevpon the whole building and edifies of his Faith may rest and be well vpheld which is the cause that the Apostle sayth in Romaines the 10. That Faith commeth by hearing and hearing by the word of God to wit the woord of Faith the which was preached by the Apostles And in the 4. hee sayth it more expresly Therefore by
the same And in the 121. Psalme The Lord shall preserue thee from all euill he shall keepe thy soule The Lord shall preserue thy going out and thy comming in from henceforth and for euer It followeth in the definition that this Faith is followed with a resolute will to walke before his face which is the end of reconciliation with God the which is brought to passe by the Faith which we haue in Iesus Christ as it appeares by that which is written in the Epistle of S. Paul to Titus Tit. 2.11 chapt 2. verse 11. There hath appeared the grace of God which is healthfull to all men teaching vs that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lusts we should liue soberly and righteously and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Iesus Christ And in Zacharies Canticle Luke 1. That hee would performe the oath which he sware to our Father Abraham for giue to vs. That wee being deliuered out of the hands of our enemies might serue him without feare in holinesse and righteousnesse before him all the dayes of our Life And in the 12. to the Romaines I beseech you therefore brethren by the mercifulnes of God that ye giue vp your bodies a quicke sacrifice holy and acceptable vnto God which is your reasonable seruice And be not ye fashioned like vnto this world but be yee changed in your shapes by the renuing of your minds that ye may proue what is the good and the acceptable and perfect will of God And Dauid in the 130. Psalme But mercy is in thee that thou mayest be feared All which passages and jnfinite more that are in the holy Scripture shew vnto vs that the end of our redemption is not to giue vs leaue and licence to doe evill abusing of the grace of God But that it is to make our light shine before men by good workes that they may bee jnduced by our example and by the doctrine of our life to glorifie God CHAP. V. HAving defined Faith and declared by particulars all the parts therof it now remaines to know the causes that doe produce it All effects haue ordinarily foure causes the efficient the materiall the formall and the finall As for the efficient of Faith it is produced and jngendered of the grace of God as it is written in the Epistle to the Ephesians chap. 2. verse 8. By grace yee are made safe through faith and that not of your selues it is the gift of God The which grace by the Spirit of God disposeth the hearts and the vnderstandings of men jnteriourly and secretly taking away the naturall obscurity and darknesse of the vnderstanding to make it capable of the knowledge of the word of promise and the hardnesse and obstinacy of heart that it may bee prepared with more alacrity and good will to follow that which the jlluminated vnderstanding doth set before it And even as for the ptoducement of all the fruites of the earth it is first requisite that the earth be good and well tilled secondly that the husbandman bee skilfull in his art to wit to stirre the earth and giue it all necessaries thirdly that the seed which is cast vpon it be good and well covered and watered with the dew of Heaven so must man be prepared to receaue the jncorruptible seed of the word of God by the spirit of God who doth regenerate change his heart of stone into a heart of flesh Afterwards that the Minister which is the husbandman be fit for to sowe it with a graine that is pure and entire and which is mingled neither with Darnell nor any other evill seed So by the concurrence of these three things that is to say the Spirit of God which regenerates man and prepares it selfe for his salvation the good and faithfull Minister who doth faithfully dispence the misteries of God and the jncorruptible seed of the word which is purely and sincerely administred Faith is produced in the heart of a faithfull man the which is not done but at Gods appoynted time for men are called to the knowledge of their salvation diversly and at divers times some sooner some later And before Gods prefixed time be past we see that the elect as well as the reprobate are rebellious and contrary to the word of God whereof we haue a notable example in the Scripture of S. Paul who before the time of his vocation was not onely an enemy but also a blasphâ—mer and furious persecutor of the Church of God But when the time which God had appointed to call him and to bring him jnto the Church was come then in a moment he was transformed from a Wolfe which hee was before to a Lambe It is even like vnto a peece of woode which is layd vpon a harth being greene one cannot kindle it but if it be drye so soone as it is put jnto the fire and that it is blowed it conceaues a flame and so kindleth TheÌ„ to the producing of Faith two things are required the preparation of the heart which is made by the spirit of God and the word the which doth jnflame the heart of man as soone as it is disposed to receaue it And even as to see bodily it is requisite first that the aire be jnlightened for by night men cannot see though they haue eyes and secondly that both men and beasts haue a liuely faculty for otherwise they could not see were it even at noone day so for to see and contemplate spirituall things the ayre must first be jnlightened by the preaching of the word of God and secondly that men haue eyes that are capable to receaue this light As for the materiall cause they are those thinges which Iesus Christ hath done and suffered for vs as the obedience which hee hath rendered to God his father and the accomplishment of the law the satisfaction payment which hee hath made to Gods justice for our debts the death the curse the wrath and judgement of God which he hath sustayned and the hell that is to say the abisme or bottomlesse pit of all the misery wheÌ„rein he hath been plunged for vs and for this only end to free vs from them It is the onely matter substance subject and argument of our Faith The fruits also that do arise of it as the establishmeÌ„t of the chuâ—ch the coÌ„munioÌ„ of Saints the remission of sins the resurrectioÌ„ of the body the life everlasting are the principall parties and as it were mater wherwith our faith is builded But because the word of God written in the Bible touching these matters in the bookes of the Prophets and Apostles is of a large extent and of difficult apprehension the Apostles and the successors being assembled haue promised for it and comprehended in a short sommary all that wee ought to beleeue for our salvation And haue contayned in twelue little articles all the things which Iesus Christ
all the world not to bee slothfull in enquiring and seeking after the meanes to know what appertaineth to their salvation Psal 90. Teach vs to nomber our dayes that wee may applie our hearts vnto wisedome Returne O Lord how long and bee pacified toward thy seruants But what auaileth it to some to rest in that Censure of those that are prophane Mat. 17. seeing the commaundement of God is so cleare and so expresse addressed to all persons indifferently and without exception This is my welbeloued Sonne in whome I am well pleased hearken vnto him Moreouer if we belieue Iesus to be our Christ that is to say our King high priest and Prophet were it not a great fault to refuse to bee instructed by his doctrine seeing hee is our Prophet or to bee reconciled to God by his Sacrifice beeing our high Priest Priest according to the order of Melchizedeck Also Comfort for the poore faithfull to whome did Iesus Christ excising his ministerie vppon earth principally addresse himselfe to preach the word of God his Father Was it not to the little ones to obscure vnknowne vile and contemptible persons as beeing more capable to receiue it and to profit therin yea speaking to his Father yea he thankes his Father for it saying O Father Lord of Heauen and Earth I giue thee thankes that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and learned and hast reuealed to little Children It is so Father because that such was thy pleasure All things were giueÌ„ me of my Father and none know the son but the Father and also none know the Father but the Sonne and he vnto whome the Sonne will reueale it Come vnto mee all yee that labour and are heauie loaden and I will ease you Take my yoake vpon you and learne of me that I am kind and louing of heart and you shall finde rest to your soules for my yoake is easie and my burthen is light Moreouer if God promiseth to powre his Spirit vppon all persons generally Ioel. 2. great meane and small vppon the Fathers and the children vpon the Lords and the seruants vpon the sonnes and daughters which is the onely meanes by the which our spirits being lightened become capable to vnderstand the secrets and misteries of God Dutie of the faithfull why should men hinder the people to studie in the word of god to know it doth it not belong to all the children of a Familie to haue the knowledge of all the things contayned in their Fathers Will as well to know what goods hee leaueth them as the charge wherevnto it bindeth them To conclude seeing that God commaundeth vs in the Scripture Esay 55. Amos. 5. To heare his voyce to liue wee must obay him and not hope to haue life by any other meanes then by Faith and knowledge of his word For it was it whereby the world was created in the beginning and kept euer since in his being and the means also by the which the Church is animated to hope to liue eternally ¶ The Second point contrary to Faith is Infidelitie THe other thing contrary to Faith Two sorts of Infidelitie is Infidelitie whereof there be two â—orts The first of those to whome God hath not done the grace to coÌ„municate his word as we see at this day in many Regions Provinces in this world the word of the Gospell hath neither been heard nor preached in the Indies Miserable Infidels in America in the east Tartara among the Scithians and other Barbarians which haue no other religion but that which they forge and jmagine in their minds in whome wee may acknowledge the profound and admirable judgement of our God who hath pittie on whome he will haue pittie and hardeneth those that he will harden And that in such examples wee acknowledge the great graces and fauours of our God whome it hath pleased jnduced by his onely will to jlluminate vs in a true straight knowledge of his word although hee was not at all obliged vnto vs and that in vs there was nothing more commendable then in them whome he hath suffered and suffereth still to perish in their jgnorance Ephe. 2. Detestable Infidels The other sort of infidelitie is of those which reiect the woord of GOD and despise it as the Turkes the Atheists the Philosophers the Libertines the which giue no more authority to the scriptures rather lesse then they doe to the liberall Sciences mocking at the simplicity of those who render themselues so ready to belieue the things the which cannot be grounded vpon any naturall reason The Iews likewise who reiect the new Testament which neveerthelesse is the interpretation of the old and without the which it is impossible to know the figures and sacraments in the which the truth of the secrets and misteries of God is couered and wrapped and who besides are mortall enemies of Iesus Christ which is the principall and the matter and substance of the Law of the Prophets and of the whole scripture may for this reason bee set in the rancke of jnfidels although they boast to haue and to approoue the old Testament the which not being by them vnderstood can stand theÌ„ in no more steed then a booke closed and shut vp or which being open â—s written in an vnknowne tongue And euen as good meat cannot nouâ—ish a body vnlesse it bee not taken and eaten or which being taken is not well digested so the word of God cannot bee profitable to their saluation being not well vnderstood nor by them referred to her end which is Iesus Christ ¶ The Third thing contrarie to Faith is Heresie HEresie also is a kind of Infidelity though it seeme that it is grounded vpon the word The opinionate and Hereticks are more execrable then the Infidels although that indeed it hath no other foundation but his onely opinion vpon the which it is â—etled Now there is nothing more contrary to Faith the which ought to be certaine and resolute of all that it apprehendeth then opinion which is alwayes doubtfull and vncertaine and most an end coÌ„trary to the truth Whervpon we must hold the hereticks and all those that hold sects a part for jnfidels whether they reiect the scriptures wholy or in part as Marcion and the Manicheans or that they reproue the true and wholesome knowledge and interpretations of them which cannot be but good and assured being conformable to the analogie of Faith ¶ The fourth thing contrary to Faith THe Schismatickes are also contrary to Faith Into what danger the Schismaticks pluÌ„ge themselues wheÌ„ through any discontentment or repyning they depart from the vniuersall Church because that aâ—… the things that are there done doe noâ— please them As we see it happened to the Novatians and Donatists who seeing that there was not such a perfection in the Church as they would haue desired and that many were there tollerated and suffered although
As for the sixt commandement In the. 6 the good workes commanded therein are that we should wish to our neighbours long and prosperous life on earth then grace and peace from God in life euerlasting that we be carefull of the preseruation of our owne liues and of our neighbours that we should helpe and counsell them with assistance in word and deed to liue long happily and eternally to turne them from the daunger which threateneth them corporally or spiritually if we know any thing therof to giue them meanes to escape so it be without offending God and our conscience to assist the hungry naked strangers sicke prisoners with verball and reall consolaltion to maintaine with all our might poore widdowes orphans and others oppressed in all equality with preiudice to our vocations Speedily and honestly to paye the labourer faithfully to keepe render the pledge to distribute victuals and marchandise with all loyalty readinesse and alacrity to bee liberall towards the faithfull that are needy to defend couragiously in our vocation those to whome iniury is offered to edifie euery one by a good example The Magistrates haue an ample field for the exercise of many vertues in this commandement as also in the three following In rhe seuenth The seauenth sufficiently recommendeth the chastity of heart and body the hatred of impudicity will haue vs to detest all lasciuiousnes whether in respect of the parties or of dishonest pictures or the reading of filthy bookes that we should fly all occasion to please vaine filthie and infamous desires that we should abhorre dishonest wantonnesse prophane jestings rotten and filthie words adulterous songs that to the contrarie we haue the praise of God in our mouths that we auoyd al vnchast touching moouing and leaping Let vs be sober in eating and drinking modest in apparell and in all our houshold-stuffe that we keepe the honour of our neighbours that we enter into the holy estate of marriage if we haue not the guift of continency that we liue holily therein as also out of marriage These vertues are by so much the more venerable as the corruptions lasciuiousnes and filthines augment and increase vnpunished in these latter times In regard of the vertues of the eight commandement In the eight let vs wish blessing to our neighbours in their reasonable and godly affaires Let vs preserue their good as our owne if we find any thing lost that appertaineth vnto them Let vs faithfully make restitutiō Let vs render the pledge committed to our trust Let vs helpe them in all thtir need to our power Let vs admonish him of his losse if we fore-see it that they may take heed thereof let vs lend to the needy without vsury let vs giue to the poore without looking for restitution let vs paye the workeman his wages promised and due yea without delaye let vs be faithfull to our companions and associates let vs sell marchandize loyally and with measure waight without fraud let vs be liberall towards those that are worthy of any assistance In the 9. The Ninth commandement requireth that we should be glad of the good estimation and report of our neighbours that we should praise their vertues and honour them because of them that we should giue testimonie of them to others that wee should adde faith to the faithful reports that others make of thē that we be ready to praise and backward to reprehend that wee should greatly couer the supportable imperfections and should take things by the best end and in the least euil part that we should suppresse the false bruites raysed against our neighbours should shew a sterne countenance to those that secretly teare their good reputation should sustaine innocency in summe should do to our neighbours what we would haue done to our selues The Tenth and last commandement In the 10. which cuts the roote of all ticklishnesse and euill desire which come not with a full resolution and deliberation touching that which our neighbours possesse of precious sheweth that the christian vertues haue their seat in the bottom of the heart they walke before the eyes of God take heed of desiring to content any body in appearance but are simple sincere and purer within then without He that desireth to specifie and designe the vertues by their names may doe it as followeth 1. The first commandement comprehendeth eight vertues to wit true knowledge of God faith charity or loue of God hope feare of God humility patience perseuerance 2. The second pure seruice of God exteriourly adoration inuocation 3. The third blessing of God thankesgiuing confession of our faith zeale to the glory of the Lord celebration of him and his workes in all reuerence and feare swearing in verity 4. Externall piety deuout exercise of true religion meditation of the workes of God beneficence towards the poore helping the inferiors honourable preseruation of the holy Ministrie well ordered vse of the Ecclesiasticall ceremonies and of the sacred signes 5. The fift honour loue of true dutie in our vocation approbation of the politicke state and of the persons called to maintaine it reuerence towards it continuall thankes to God for such a fauour and the preseruation thereof to mankind prayers to this effect obedience to such orders equity to judge of the conducting of it and to support the defaults of those persons to whome it is committed piety or gentlenesse vniuersall and distributiue justice diligence acknowledgement reuerence grauity modesty temperance prudence desire of a good renowne 6. Particular and distributiue justice valour constancy patience meeknesse mercy loue of peace friendshippe fidelity whitenesse humanity beneficence courtesie well ordered seuerity 7. Pudicity conjugall chastity honest shame temperance 8. Iust possession and good vsage of our goods commutatiue justice beneficence liberality hospitality frugality contentment 9. Verity simplicity roundnesse firmenesse docility moderation in words taciturnity eloquence affable gentlenesse agreeable conuersation 10. Reuerence and great respect of our neighbour care of those things that appertaine to him as of our owne setled contentment in our condition perpetuall consideration of the diuine Maiesty and of the lawes which it jmposeth vppon our thoughts words and behauiours to auoyd all that it improueth to follow and execute all that it approoueth FINIS