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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
land_n	egypt_n	hand_n	stretch_v	1,308	5	10.4202	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01712	A catechisme conteining the summe of Christian religion, giuing a most excellent light to all those that seek to enter the path-way to saluation: Newlie set foorth by G.G. Preacher of Gods word at Malden in Essex	Gifford, George, d. 1620.	1583 (1583)	STC 11848; ESTC S114965	69,171	182

binde Abraham it bindeth others if the law did bind the young man to sell all and to giue to the poore it bindeth all others A. This is conteined in the lawe that a man shall loue the Lorde with all his hart and all his strength and therefore the lawe doth binde him to doe whatsoeuer God doth commaund him whether it bee a generall precept or a particuler precept only to him as these former were If God shoulde giue the same commandement to any whiche hee gaue to Abraham to the Israelites or that Christ gaue to the rich man he is bound by the law to obey God therein Because the Lorde is to lay what particuler commandement he will vpon any man Q. Then the law may seeme to cōtein things contrary in it Because God doth forbid to kill or to steale A. There is no shew of things cōtrary in the law if we cōsider how generally we are bound by the same to obey God what soueraigne authoritie god hath to cōmaund For thereby we shall see that although the thinges cōmanded be such as be not in the law yet our obedience vnto god in the law bindeth vs to performe the same God hath forbidden to kil or to steale therfore when he cōmanded Abrahā to kill his sonne and that Israelites to rob the Egyptiās these things were not in the law but yet the obedience vnto them was in the lawe A man is most straightly bounde by the preceptes of the Lawe to heare the doctrine of the Gospell preached and to giue credit vnto it but yet it dooth not follow that the Gospel and faith are therfore conteined in the law Q. Proceede vnto the wordes of the lawe which is the firste Commaundement A. I am the Lorde thy God whiche brought thee out of the lande of Aegypt out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Gods before my face Q. Wherefore are these words put in that he brought them out of the land of Aegypt A. In deliuering them out of Aegipt with so mightie a hand with signes wonders and a stretched out arme hee declared himselfe to be the only true God in heauen and earth p. Deut. 4.39 and also to be the God of Abraham Isaake and Iacob For this cause they are forbydden to haue anye other Gods Q. Doe those then performe al obedience required in this precept which doe verelye thinke in their heart that there is but one only God which made all A. There is a farre deeper matter required then so for he doth not say thou shalt thinke there is none other but thou shalt haue none other Q. Howe canne menne thinke there is but one and yet haue other A. When they giue awaye that to other thinges which dooth onely beelonge vnto GOD. As namelye when a man giueth his heart to any thing hee maketh it his GOD. The heart is to be giuen vnto God and therefore he complaineth that the people did draw neere him with their mouth and honour him with their lyppes but their heart was farre from him q. Esai 29.13 that he was neere in their mouth but farre from their raines r. Iere. 12.2 Q. Declare then by particulars howe men breake this Commaundemente and departe from the true God A. When they giue away the inward affections of the minde As for example the man which setteth his care to seeke ryches more then hee seeketh God and dooth rest and stay vppon them as the maintayners of his life maketh money his God because his heart goeth after it Hee which delighteth and ioyeth with greater pleasure in worldly and fleshly lustes then hee dooth in the holy doctrin of God like an outlaw followeth his own appetites to fill himselfe with them little caring for the other where GOD is to bee sought maketh his belly and the verye Deuill his GOD for where his loue is sette there is his God Q. It seemeth hard that any should be thought to worship and honour the Deuil for God A. It will not seeme harde if we consider the doctrine of Gods word which as it tearmeth Couetousnesse Idolatrie s. Ephe. 5.5 Col. 3.5 because the couetous worldly man setteth money in that place of his hearte where hee shoulde set God and so maketh it an Idol or a false GOD and saieth that some make their belly their GOD. So also it tearmeth the Deuill the GOD of the world t. 2. Cor. 4. ● Q. Howe canne hee bee GOD vnto those which in theyr heart defie him A. They are foolishlye blinded for so longe as they loue that which hee loueth and shewe obedience vnto his will and performe his lustes although they suppose and saye that GOD is theyr father yet Christ saith ye are of your father the deuil v. Iohn 8.44 Hee that committeth sinne is of the deuil w. 1. Ioh. 3.8 Q. Are there anye other wayes by which men breake this law A. Some praye to Saintes and Aungelles and so giue that vnto them which belongeth vnto God some feare men more then GOD when they will rather sinne against God then offend men They saye they cannot beare the displeasure of men whether God bee pleased or displeased they weigh not and so men are lifted vp and god is sette at naught contrarye to that which Christe commaundeth Feare not those which kill the body and haue no power to kill the soule but feare him which is able to destroy both bodye and soule in hell x. Mat. 10.28 Some seeke helpe of Witches and Coniurours when theyr bodyes their Children and cattel are hurt which is to seeke at the deuil Q. What must a man do when hee repenteth in this Commaundement or how shal he know which way to walke in obedience vnto it A. He must set his studie and delight in the word of God there to seeke God and to giue him his heart y. Pro. 2.10 by drawing it from the loue of earthly thinges and by cuttinge downe pride For a man shal knowe howe much he loueth and delighteth in God by his zeale and loue to the word of God For that which a man loueth best that dooth hee most seeke after and his minde thinketh most vpon it And therefore it is moste certaine that those dull men which haue no zeale nor loue vnto the word haue giuē their hart away and do worship the world and the prince thereof Q. What say ye to the second Commaundement A. In the second Commandement we are forbidden the sinne of Idolatrie which is both the making of Images the worshipping of them Q. He forbiddeth to make anye Image or similitude of thinges in heauen or earth or in the sea Is it therefore against this Commaundement to make the picture of a man or of a flower or such like A. It is not vnlawful to make the picture of a man to resemble a man nor of any other creature which we see But to make the picture of any