for in it there are many falles A maÌ„ that vseth much swearing shall be filled with wickednes and the plague shall neuer go from hys house And if he sweare in vaine he shall not bee found righteous for hys house shall be full of plagues The wordes of y â— swearer bring death God graunt that it bee not found in the house of Iacob but they that feare God esehue al such and lie not weltring in 〈◊〉 O prayse the Lord with me and let vs magnifie his 〈◊〉 together All our glory is in God all the day long and we will prayse thy name for euer Call on me in the day of trouble and I will deliuer thee and thou shalt honour me Because he hath trusted in me I will deliuer hym yea I will defend hym because he hath knowen my name He shall call vpoÌ„ me and I will heare hym yea I am with him in trouble I will deliuer him and bring hym to honour With long life will I satisfie hym and shewe hym my saluation The name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous flyeth vnto it and shall be â—aued The time shall come that who soeuer calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saued ¶ The fourth Commaundement REmember that thou keepe holy the Sabbaoth day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and do all that thou hast to do but the seueth day is the Sabbaoth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou nor thy sonne nor thy daughter thy manseruaunt nor thy maydseruaunt nor thy cattell nor thy straunger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is and rested the seuenth day wherfore the Lord blessed the Sabbaoth day and â—allowed it ☜ The confirmations In any wise see that ye kepe my Sabbaothes for it is a signe betwene me and you in your generations for to know that I the Lord am he that doth sanctifie you The maÌ„ that was found gathering stickes on the Sabbaoth day was stoned to death at the commaundement of God Blessed is the man that taketh heede that he vnhalloweth not the Sabbaoth that is to say keepeth him selfe so that he doe no euill All they which keepe them selues that they vnhallow not the Sabbaoth I meane that they fulfill my couenaunt them will I bring to my holy mountaine and make theÌ„ ioyfull in my house of prayer If thou on the Sabbaoth day turne thy feete so that thou do not the thing which pleaseth thy self in my holy day but geuest God the honour so that thou doe not after thine owne imagination neither seeke thine owne will nor speake thine own wordes then shalt thou haue thy pleasure in the Lord and I will cary thee hie aboue y â— earth and feede thee with the heritage of Iacob thy father for the Lordes owne mouth hath so promised There shall be a new Sabbaoth for the other olde Sabbaoth and all 〈◊〉 shall come to worship before me sayth the Lord. There remaineth yet a rest to the people of God For hee y â— is entred into his rest â—ath ceased also froÌ„ his owne workes as God dyd from hys Let vs study therfore to enter into that rest least any maÌ„ fall after the same ensample of vnbeliefe ¶ What it is to keepe holy the Sabbaoth day To keepe holy y â— Sabbaoth day 〈…〉 from bodily labour that thou shouldest the more licenciously geue thy minde to the wearing of gallant apparell to baâ—cketting to idle talke to vaine pastime such other filthy pleasures of the flesh but that thou setting aside all worldly business shouldest the more freely apply thy selfe to read heare and learne the woâ—d of God to pray in the temple with the congregation to bee thankfull to God for his benefites to bee present at the ministration of y â— holy Sacramentes to be partaker of y â— mysteries of the Lordes body and bloud to geue some good thing to the reliefe of the poore to visite and comfort the sicke them that are in prison and casting away the workes of the fleshe wholy to exercise thy selfe in the fruites of the spirite ¶ The second Table of the Law coÌ„tayning â—ixe Commaundementes wherin is decâ—ared our dutie towardes our neighbour ¶ The fift Commaundement HOnour thy father and thy mother that thy dayes may be long in the land which the Lord thy God gâ—â—eth thee ☞ The confirmations Ye shall reuerence euery maÌ„ his father and his mother Whosoeuer hee bee that curseth hys father or his mother let hym die for he y â— hath cursed his father and mother hys bloud be vpoÌ„ him He that smiteth his father or mother let hym be slaine for it If any man haue a sonne that is stubborne and disobedient that he will not harken vnto y â— voice of his father nor y â— voyce of his mother they haue chastened him he will not obey them then shall his father his mother take him bring him out vnto y â— elders of that citie to the gates of that same place say vnto the elders of the citie this our sonne is stubborne disobedient will not harken vnto our voyce he is a riotour and a drunkard And all the men of that citie shall stone hym with stones vnto death Cursed be he that curseth his father and mother and all the people shall say Amen My sonne heare thy fathers doctrine and forsake not the law of thy mother For that shall bring grace to thy head shall be as a chaine about thy necke A good childe will harken to his fathers warning but hee that is scornefull will not heare when hâ— is reproued He y t hurteth hys father or 〈◊〉 teth out his mother is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne Who so robbeth his father and mother and fayth it is no 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 is like vnto a destroyer Who so laugheth his father to scâ—rne and setteth his mothers coÌ„maundemeÌ„t at â— ought the rauens picke out his eies in the valley and deuoured be he of younge â—gles The Lorde will haue the father honoured of the children and loke what a mother commaundeth her children he will haue it kepâ— Who so hâ—noureth hys father shall haue a â—ye of his owne children and when hee maketh hys prayer he shall be heard He that honoureth his father shall haue a longlife and he that is obedient for the Lordes sake his mother shall haue ioye of him He that feareth the Lord honoureth his father and mother doth them seruice as it were vnto the Lorde him selfe Honour thy father in deede in word in all pacience y t thou mayest haue Gods blessing hys blessing shall abide with thee at y e last The blessing of the father buildeth vp the houses of the children but the
sonne of man be lifted vp that euery one which beleueth on hym may not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe Ye seeke Iesus y t was crucified We preach Christ crucified Christ hys owne selfe bare our sinnes in hys body on the tree that wee being deliuered from sinne should liue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed Dead After thys ixij. weekes shall Christ be flame and they shall haue no pleasure in hym When we were yet â—â—uâ—ers Christ dyed for vs. Christ died for our sinnes according to the Scriptures Buryed Hys grace was geueÌ„ hym with the condeumed First of all I deliuered vnto you that which I receaued how that Christ dyed for our sinnes agreing to the Scripture and that he was buryed Ioseph and Nicodemus tooke Iesus body and buried it in a new graue Hee descended into hell Thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption Thou through the bloud of thy couenaunt shalt let the prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water O death I will be thy death O hell I will be thy destruction Christ hath once suffered for sins the iuste for the vniust to bryng vs to God and was killed as pertaynyng to the fleshe but was quickned in the spirite In which spirite hee also went and preached vnto the spirites that were in prison ¶ The fift Article THe thyrd day hee rose agayne from the dead ☜ The confirmations I layd me downe and slept and rose vp againe for the Lord sustained me After two daies shall he quicken vs and in the third day shall hee raise vs vp so that we shall liue in hys sight Ye slew the authour of lyfe whom God hath raised vp from the dead Iesus Christ our Lorde rose agayne from the dead Christ died for our sinnes rose agayne for our iustification Iesus Christ rose agayn y â— third day according to the Scriptures Remember that Iesus Christ of the seede of Dauid rose againe froÌ„ death according to my Gospell ¶ The sixt Article HE ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almightie ☜ The confirmations Hee ascended into heauen God is gone vp with a mery noyse and the Lorde with y â— sound of the trumpe Thou art gone vp on hie thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receaued giftes for men It came to passe as hee blessed them hee departed from them and was caryed vp into heauen Iesus was taken vp on hie and a cloude receaued hym vp out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went beholde two men stoode by them in white apparell which also said ye meÌ„ of Galile why stand ye gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp froÌ„ you into heauen shall so come as ye haue seene hym go into heauen WheÌ„ he went on hie he led captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth He y â— descended is euen the same also y â— ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all thinges And sitteth on the right hand of God the father almightie ☜ The confirmations The Lord sayd vnto my Lord sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thine enemies thy fotestoole When the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receaued into heauen and is sitting on y â— right hand of God Christ is on y â— right hand of God and maketh intercession for vs. If ye be risen againe with Christ seke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the ryght hand of God Christ hath by hys own person purged our sinnes sitteth on the right hand of the maiestie on hie ¶ The seuenth Article FRom thence hee shall come to iudge the quicke and dead ☜ The confirmations The Lord shall iudge y â— world with righteousnes and the people with equitie Read the xxv chapt of S. Mathewes Gospell The father hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne because that all meÌ„ should honor the sonne as they honour the father Christ was ordayned of God to be iudge of quicke and dead We must all appeare before the iudgemeÌ„t seate of Christ that euery man may receaue the works of his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for a Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall chaunge our vile body that he may make it lyke vnto hys glorious body accordyng to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto hym selfe The Lorde Iesus Christ shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing in his kingdome God is ready to iudge y â— quicke and the dead ¶ The eight Article I beleue in the holy Ghost ☜ The confirmations The spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters Take not thy holy spirite froÌ„ me When Christ was baptised the holy ghost came downe vpon hyâ— in the likenes of a doue Christ coÌ„maunded hys disciples to baptise in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost The holy ghost shall reproue the world of sinne There are three which geue witnesse in heauen y â— father the sonne and the holy ghost and they three are one ¶ The ninth Article I Beleue the holy vniuersall congregation which is the fellowship of Sainctes ☜ The confirmations If he will not heare the congregation let him be vnto thee as an heathen man and as a Publicane Christ loued the congregation and gaue him self for it to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountayne of water through y â— word to make it vnto him self a glorious congregation without spot or wrinckle or any such thyng that it should be holy and without blame I write these thinges vnto thee that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God which is the congregation of the liuing God the piller and ground of the truth All that beleued kept themselues together and had all thinges common and sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all meÌ„ as euery man had neede And they continued dayly with one accorde in the temple brake bread from house to house and dyd eate their meate together with gladnes and singlenes of hart praysing God The multitude of them that beleued were of one hart and of one soule Neither sayd any of them that ought of the thinges which he possessed was hys owne but they had all thinges coÌ„mon And great grace was with them all Neither was there any among them that lacked For as many as were possessors of landes or houses solde them and
which haue brought thee out of the land of Aegypt out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue no straunge Gods before me ☜ The confirmations The Lord he is God and there is none but he alone Understand and thinke it in thy hart that the Lorde hee is God in heauen aboue vpon the earth beneath neither is there any other Heare O Israell The Lord our God is God alone Thou shalt loue y â— Lord thy God with all thine hart and with all thy soule with all thy might Thou shalt feare the Lorde thy God and serue hym alone If thou forget the Lorde thy God walke after strauÌ„ge Gods and serue them and worship them I testifie vnto you that ye shall surely perishe Now O Israell what doth the Lorde thy God require of thee but that thou shouldest feare the Lorde thy God and walke in hys wayes and loue hym and serue the Lorde thy God with all thy hart with all thy soule and keepe the commaundementes of the Lord If thine hart turne away from God so that thou wilt not heare hys word but go astray and worship strauÌ„ge Gods and serue them I pronouÌ„ce vnto you this day that ye shall surely perishe and not liue long on the earth See now how that I yea that I am God there is none but I. I will assure thee O Israell if thou wilt â—arken vnto me There shall no straunge God bee in thee neither shalt thou worship any other God I am the Lord thy God Besides me there was neuer any God neither shal there be after me I am yea I am the Lord alone besides me there is no Sauiour There is none other God but I. A true God and such a one as saueth there is none but I alone Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy hart and with all thy soule and withâ— all thy minde This is the first and greatest commaundement This is euerlasting life euen to know thee y â— alone true God and whoÌ„ thou hast sent Iesus Christ. There is none other God but one And although there be y t are called Gods whether in heauen or in earth as there bee many Gods and many Lordes yet vnto vs there is but one God There is one God and one Mediatour ¶ The second Commaundement THou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen image nor the likenes of any thyng that is in heauen aboue nor in the earth beneath nor in the waters vnder the earth Thou shalt not bowe downe to them nor worship them For I the Lorde thy God am a ielouse God and visite the sinnes of the fathers vppon the children vnto the thyrd and fourth generation of theÌ„ that hate me and shew mercy vnto thousandes to them that loue me and kepe my Commaundementes ☜ The confirmations Ye shall not turne vnto Idolls nor make you Gods of metall Take heede vnto your selues that ye forget not the appointment of the Lorde your God which hee made with you and that ye make you no grauen image nor any picture that the Lorde thy God hath forbidden thee For the Lorde thy God is a consuming fire a ielouse God If ye do wickedly and make any maner of grauen image and worke euill in the sight of the Lord thy God to prouoke hym to anger I call heauen and earth to recorde agaynst you thys day that ye shall shortly perishe Ye shall ouerthrow the altars of the Idols breake downe their pillers cut down their groues and burne their grauen images with fire For thou art an holy nacion vnto the Lord thy God Cursed be the man that maketh any carued or molten image an abomination vnto the Lorde the worke of the handes of the craftesman putteth it in a secrete place and all the people shall aunswere and say Amen Confounded be all they y â— worship carued images and that delite in vaine Gods I am the Lorde and this is my name My glory will I geue to none other neither mine honour to grauen Images ¶ Read the 44. and 46. chapters of Esay Be conuerted and forsake your Idoles The seeking out of Idoles is the beginning of whoredome and the bringing vp of them is the destruction of lyfe For they were not froÌ„ the beginning neither shall they continue vnto the end The wealthy idlenes of men hath found theÌ„ out vppon the earth therefore shall they come shortly to an end The honouring of abominable images is the cause the beginning and the end of all euill ¶ Read the 13. 14. 15. and 16. chapters of Wisedome Read also the 6. chapter of the Prophet Baruck We preach vnto you that ye shoulde turne from these vanities vnto the liuing God which made heauen and earth and the sea and all thinges that are therein My sentence is y t we trouble not theÌ„ which froÌ„ among the Gentiles are turned to God but y t we write vnto them that they abstaine theÌ„ selues froÌ„ the filthines of Images They are not Gods which are made with handes Be not worshippers of Images No worshippers of images shall inherite the kingdome of God Babes keepe your selues from Images ¶ The third Commaundement THou shalt not take the name of the Lorde thy God in vayne for the Lorde will not holde hym giltles that taketh hys name in vayne ☜ The confirmations Ye shall not sweare by my name in vayne neyther shalt thou defile the name of thy God I am the Lorde He y â— hath not sworne to deceaue hys neighbour hee shall receaue blessing from the Lord and mercy from God hys Sauiour He that blasphemeth the name of the Lorde let hym be slaine and all the multitude shall stone hym to death Thou shalt sweare the Lord liueth in truth in equitie and righteousnes My curse and vengeance sayth the Lord shall fall vpon his house that falsly sweareth by my name and shall remaine in his house and consume it with the timber and stones therof Ye haue heard how it was said to them of old tyme thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe but shalt performe vnto the Lord those thinges that thou swearest But I say vnto you sweare not at all neyther by the heauen for it is Gods seate neither by the earth for it is hys footestoole neither by IerusaleÌ„ for it is the citie of the great king neither shalt thou sweare by thy head because thou canst not make one heare white or blacke But your coÌ„munication shall be yea yea and nay nay For what soeuer is added more then these it coÌ„meth of euill Aboue all thinges my brethren sweare not neither by heauen nor by earth neither any other oth but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into hypocrisie Let not thy mouth bee accustomed with swearing
vp thy voice like a trumpet shew my people their offeÌ„ces and y â— house of Iacob their sinnes I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Ierusalem which shall neuer cease day nor night to preach the Lorde Behold I put my wordes in thy mouth behold this day do I set thee ouer y â— people and kingdomes that thou mayest roote out breake of destroy make waste and that thou mayest build vp and plant Thou sonne of maÌ„ I haue made thee a watchman vnto the house of Israell therfore take good heede to the wordes of my mouth and geue them warning at my commaundement If I say vnto thee coÌ„cerning the vngodly man that without doubt he must die and thou geuest him not warning nor speakest vnto hym y â— he may turne from hys euill way so to liue then shall the same vngodly man die in hys own vnrighteousnes but his bloud will I require of thy hand Neuertheles if thou geue waâ—ning vnto the wicked and he yet forsake not hys vngodlines then shall he die in hys own wickednes but thou hast discharged thy soule If thou louest me fede my shepe Woe vnto me if I preach not the Gospell We preach not our selues but Iesus Christ our Lord. We are not as the most part are which chop and chaunge with the word of God but out of purenes and by the power of God in y â— sight of God so speake we in Christ. Though we our selues or an angell from heauen preach any other Gospell vnto you then that which we haue preached vnto you let him be accursed A Bishop must be apt to teach Geue attendance to reading to exhortation to doctrine Preach thou y â— word be â—eruent in season out of season improue rebuke exhort with all long suffering and doctrine ¶ Of life and conuersation God sayd to the vngodly Why doost thou preach my lawes takest my testament in thy mouth Seing thou hatest to be reformed hast cast my words behind thee When as y â— sawest a theefe thou coÌ„sentedst vnto him and hast bene partaker with the adulterers Who soeuer doth and teacheth the same shall be called great in the kingdome of heauen Be vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in coÌ„uersation in loue in spirite in fayth in purenes Keepe thy selfe pure Studie to shew thy selfe laudable vnto God a workmaÌ„ that needeth not to be ashamed distributing the word of truth iustly In all thinges shew thy selfe an ensample of good workes in y â— doctrine with honestie grauitie and with the wholesome worde which can not be rebuked that he which withstandeth may be ashamed hauing no euill thing to say of you Feede ye Christes flocke as much as lieth in you taking y e ouersight of them not as coÌ„pelled therto but willingly not for y e desire of filthy luker but of a good minde not as though ye were Lordes ouer y e parishes but that ye be an ensample to the flocke And when y e chief shepeheard shall appeare ye shal receaue an incorruptible crowne of glory ¶ Of Hospitalitie Distribute vnto y â— necessitie of the Sainctes Be ready to harbour A Bishop must be a maintayner of hospitalitie Forget not hospitalitie for therby haue diuers meÌ„ lodged Angels vnwares ¶ The dutie of Parishioners vnto the Ministers of Gods worde THe dutie of Parishioners vnto the Ministers of Gods worde is outwardly to honour and reuerence them to receaue them as the Angels Ambassadors of God to regard theÌ„ as the ministers and stewardes of Gods misteries liberally to geue vnto theÌ„ what soeuer is necessary for the mainteinaunce of their degree and estate that they may quietly geue theyr mindes to y e studie of godly letters to prayer to the preaching of Gods worde and to the ministration of the Sacramentes ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Feare y e Lord with all thy soule honour hys ministers Loue thy maker with all thy strength forsake not his ministers Honor God with all thy soule reuerence hys priestes Geue theÌ„ their porcion of the first fruites and encrease of the earth like as it is coÌ„maunded thee The priestes that rule well are worthy of double honour most specially they which labour in y e word and teaching For y e scripture saith Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the Oxe that treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthy of hys reward We besech you brethren that ye know them which labour among you haue the ouersight of you in the Lord and geue you exhortatioÌ„ that ye haue them in hie reputation through loue for theyr workes sake and be at peace with them Obey them that haue the ouersight of you and submit your selues vnto them for they watch for your soules euen as they that must geue accomptes that they may doe it with ioy and not with griefe In the priestes lippes should bee sure knowledge that meÌ„ may seke the law at hys mouth for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hostes. Ye despised me not neyther did ye abhorre me but ye receaued me as an Angell of God yea euen as Christ Iesus For I beare you recorde that if it had bene possible ye would haue plucked out your own eyes and haue geuen theÌ„ vnto me He that receaueth you receaueth me and he that receaueth me receaueth hym that sent me He that heareth you heareth me he that despiseth you despiseth me and he that despiseth me despiseth hym that sent me Let a man this wise esteeme vs euen as y e Ministers of Christ and stewardes of the misteries of God Bryng euery tith into my barne y t there may be meate in my house The workman is worthy of hys meate If the Gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall things their dutie is to minister vnto them in bodily thinges Who goeth a warfare at any time at his own cost who plaÌ„teth a vineyard eateth not of the fruite therof or who feedeth a flocke and eateth not of y t milke of the flocke For it is written in the law of Moses Thou shalt not mosell y e mouth of the Oxe y â— treadeth out the corne Doth God take thought for oxen Saith he it not all together for our sakes For our sakes no doubt thys is written that he which eareth should eare in hope and he which threasheth in hope should be partaker of hys hope If we sow vnto you spirituall thinges is it a great thing if we reape your bodily thinges Do ye not know how y t they which minister about holy things liâ—e of the Sacrifice They which waite of the temple are partakers of the temple Euen so also did the Lorde ordaine y t they which preach the Gospel should liue of y â— Gospel Let hym that is taught
that ye also haue a maister in heauen Neither is there any respect of persons with God ¶ The dutie of Seruauntes to their Maisters THe dutie of seruauntes to their maisters is willingly with a free courage to serue theÌ„ for conscience sake not with y â— eye but with the hart to obey theÌ„ to honour theÌ„ gently to answere theÌ„ not to picke or steale away their goods but to be faythfull vnto theÌ„ in all thinges ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Ye seruantes obey theÌ„ y t are your bodily maisters with feare trembling eueÌ„ with y â— singlenes of your hart as vnto Christ not doing seruice vnto the eie as they y t go about to please men but as the seruantes of Christ doing the will of God froÌ„ the hart with good wil seruing the Lord not meÌ„ Knowing this that what soeuer good deede any man doth y â— same shall he receaue againe of God whether he be bond or free Let as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke count their masters worthy of all honour that y â— name of God and his doctrine be not euill spoken of Exhort seruantes to be obedient vnto their owne maisters and to please them in all thinges not aunswering againe neither to be pickers but that they shewe all good faithfulnes that they may do worship to the doctrine of God our Sauiour in all thinges ¶ The dutie of Widowes THe dutie of true auncient widowes besides the looking to their own houshold prouisioÌ„ making for their liuing is to put their trust in God to geue theÌ„ selues to the exercise of y â— spirite to frequent the teÌ„ple to be present at y â— sermons to visite the sicke to relieue y â— nedy to be rich in good workes to coÌ„tinue in â—upplications praiers both day and night But as touching the youÌ„ger widowes least they should waxe wanton against Christ follow Sathan breakyng their fyrst fayth promise that they made to God at their baptisme which is to abstaine from all vncleannes both of body minde and to lead a pure and honest life so cast theÌ„ selues into dauÌ„ger of euerlasting damnation it is conuenient that they mary again bryng forth childreÌ„ guide their house vertuously and so liue in the holy estate of matrimonie that no man may haue occasion to speake euill of them ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures She that is a true widow and frendles putteth her trust in God and continueth in supplications and prayers day and night Iudith y t vertuous widow in the hier partes of her house made her self a priuie chaÌ„ber where she dwelt being closed in with her maides She ware a smocke of heare and fasted all y â— dayes of her life except the Sabbaothes new Moones and the solemne dayes y t the people of Israell kept She was a womaÌ„ of a very good report with euery one for she feared y â— Lorde greatly and there was no body that spake an euill worde of her The godly auncient widow Anna departed not from the temple but serued God with fastings and prayers night and day ¶ Of the younger widowes THe younger widowes refuse For wheÌ„ they haue begun to waxe waÌ„ton against Christ they wil mary hauing damnation because they haue cast away their fyrst fayth And also they learne to go froÌ„ house to house idle yea not idle only but also tatlers and busie bodies speaking things which are not comely I will therfore y t the younger women mary to beare children to guide the house geue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill ¶ The dutie of olde men THe dutie of olde meÌ„ is to auoide all lightnes both in word dede couÌ„tenance to talke of wisedome graue matters to be sober sage discrete to lead a pure vndefiled life y t they may be an ensample of true godlines to y â— youÌ„ger folke ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures God hateth an olde body that doteth and is vnchaste Age is an honourable thyng neuertheles it standeth not onely in the length of time nor in the multitude of yeares but a mans wisedome is the gray heare and an vndefiled life is the olde age Exhort the elder men to be sober sage discrete sound in the fayth in loue in pacience ¶ The dutie of olde women THe dutie of olde womeÌ„ is as in age so in maners to be sober sage auncient to weare no light apparell but such rayment as become their age profession to be no tatlers but to order their tounges discretely to be no tauerne huÌ„ters nor geuen to drunckennes but to lead a sober life to prouoke no youÌ„g women vnto leâ—udnes and dishonestie but rather to shew theÌ„ selues liuely glasses naturall myrrours of all godlines and honestie ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Exhort y â— elder women that they be in such raymeÌ„t as becoÌ„meth holines not being false accusers not geuen to much wine but that they teach honest thinges to make the younge women sober minded to loue their husbandes to loue theyr children to be discrete chaste huswifely good obedient to their husbandes that the worde of God bee not euill spoken of ¶ The dutie of younge folke THe dutie of younge folke is not to be proud but humble lowly and gentle gladly to heare the discrete talke of their elders and to be ordered by them not to be rash but sober minded in all their doinges ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Ye youÌ„ger folke submit your selues vnto y â— elders submit your selues euery maÌ„ one to an other knit your selues together in lowlines of minde For God resisteth y e proude and geueth grace to the humble Thou young man keepe coÌ„pany with the multitude of such elders as haue vnderstanding consent vnto their wisedome with thine hart that thou mayest heare all godly sermons and that the worthy sentences escape thee not If y u be among meÌ„ of higher authoritie desire not to coÌ„pare thy self vnto theÌ„ and when an elder speaketh make not thou many wordes Exhort the younge meÌ„ that they be sober minded ¶ The dutie of all degrees and estates generally both toward God and their neighbour THe dutie of all degrees estates generally both toward God their neighbor is to beleue in God to feare God to kepe his coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes to loue god aboue al thinges our neighbor as our self to do none otherwise vnto other then we wish to be done vnto our selues ☞ Probations out of the holy He beleâ—â—â— God beleue also in me sayth Christ Fears God and keepe his commaundementes for that be loÌ„geth vnto all meâ—â— Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with â—ll thy hart with all thy soule and 〈◊〉 all thy mind Thys is the first 〈…〉 est commanndement And the second is like vnto it Thou shâ—â—
God but one The Father Thou O Lord art our father and redemer Thy name is from euerlasting Haue not we all one father Hath not one God created vs Why then doth euery one of vs despise hys owne brother so breake the couenaunt of our fathers Call no maÌ„ your father vpon the earth for one is your father which is in heauen We haue but one God euen the father of whom all thinges are One Lorde one fayth one baptisme one God and one father of all which is aboue al and through all and in you all Almightie I am the almightie God walke before me and be thou perfecte Thou O Lorde art the great and mightie God whose name is the Lord of Hostes great in counsell and excellent in worke Beholde I am the Lorde God of all fleshe is there any thyng to hard for me Shall any thyng be vnpossible in my sight saith y â— Lord of Hostes With God al things are possible O Lorde God almightie true and righteous are thy iudgementes Maker of heauen and earth In the beginning God made heauen and earth The heaueÌ„s O Lord are thâ—â—â— the earth also is thine thou hast layde the foundation of the round worlde and all that therin is The Lorde made the heauens and spread them abroad and set forth the earth with her increase which geueth breath vnto the people that is in it and spirite to them that dwell therin O Lord God it is thou that hast made hauen and earth with thy great power and hie arme â–ª there is nothing hid from thee O Lorde thou art God which hast made heauen and earth the sea and all that in them is God made all thinges thorowe Iesu Christ. ¶ The second Article ANd in Iesus Christ hys onely begotteâ— Sonne our Lord. ☜ The confirmations And in Iesus Christ. He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlasting life But hee that beleueth not on the sonne shall not see life but the wrath of God abydeth vpon hym Thys is the worke of God y â— ye beleue on him whom he hath sent If ye beleue not that I am hee ye shall die in your sinnes Christ said to y â— blind man whom he had made to see doost thou beleâ—â—a on the Soone of God He answered and soyd who is it Lord that I might beleue on him Iesus sayd vnto hym Thou hast seene hym and he it is that talketh with thee And he sayd Lord I beleue and he worshipped hym Christ sayd vnto Martha Hee that beleueth on me yea though he were dead yet shall hee liue And whosoeuer liueth and beleueth on me shall neuer die Beleuest thou this She sayd vnto him yea Lord I beleue that thou art Christ the â—onne of God which shoulde come into the world Ye beleue in God beleue also in me This is God the fathers commaundemeÌ„t that we beleue on the name of hys sonne Iesus Christ. He that beleveth on the sonne of God hath the witnes in hym selfe He y â— beleueth not God hath made hym a lier because hee beleued not the recorde that God gaue of hys sonne And this is that record how that God hath gaueÌ„ vnto vs eternall life this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne hath life and he that hath not y â— sonne hath not life His onely begotten Sonne The Lord said vnto me y â— art myn soÌ„ne this day haue I begotteÌ„ thee This is my welbeloued sonne in whom I am well pleased Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing God God hath so loued y â— worlde that he gaue hys onely begotten sonne that euery one y â— beleueth on him may not perishe but haue euerlasting life For God sent not hys sonne into the world to condemne the world but that y â— world should be saued by hym He that beleueth on hym is not condemned but hee that beleueth not is already coÌ„demned because hee hath not beleued on the name of the onely begotteÌ„ sonne of God In this appeareth y â— loue of God toward vs because y â— God sent hys onely begotten sonne into y â— world that we might liue through hym Our Lord. I am the Lord and thys is my name My glory will I geue to none other neyther myne honour to grauen Images God is faythfull by whom ye are called vnto the fellowship of hys sonne Iesus Christ our Lord. There is but one Lord eueÌ„ Iesus Christ by whoÌ„ are all thynges and we by hym Ye call me Master and Lorde ye say well for so am I in deede ¶ The thyrd Article WHich was conceaued by the holy ghost borne of the Virgin Mary ☜ The confirmations Which was conceaued by the holy Ghost Ioseph y â— sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wife For that which is conceaued in her commeth of the holy ghost The holy ghost shall come vpon thee and the power of y â— â—iert shalt ouershadow thee Therfore that holy thyng which shall bee borne shall be called the sonne of God Borne of the Virgin Mary Beholde a Uirgin shall coÌ„ceaue and 〈◊〉 are a some and thou shalt call hys name Emanuell Unto vs is a childe borne and vnto vs a sonne is geuen There shall come a rod forth of the kinred of I say and a blossome shall florishe out of hys roote Iacob beg at Ioseph y â— husband of Mary of whom Iesus was borne which is called Christ. She shal bring forth a sonne and y â— shalt call hys name Iesus For he shall saue his people froÌ„ their sins Beholde thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shalt call hys name Iesus When the tyme was full come God sent hys sonne made of a woman made bonde vnto the lawe ¶ The fourth Article HE suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was cruciâ—â—ed dead buried He descended into hell ☜ The confirmations He suffered vnder Ponce Pilate The kinges of the earth stoode vp and the rulers toke counsell together agaynst the Lorde and agaynst hys annoynted Of a truth O Lord agaynst thy holy childe Iesus whom thou hast annoynted both Herode and also Ponce Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israell gathered them selues together in thys citie for to do whatsoeuer thy hand and thy counsell determined before to bee done I geue thee the charge in y â— sight of God which quickneth all thinges and before Iesu Christ which vnder Ponce Pilate witnessed a good witnessing that thou keepe the commauÌ„dement and be without spot c. Was crucified They pearsed my handes and my feete He was wounded for our offences smitten for our wickednes They shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed As Moyses lifted vp the serpent in the wildernes so must the
brought the price of the thinges that were solde and layde it down at the Apostles feete And distribution was made vnto euery man according as he had neede ¶ The tenth Article I Beleue in the forgeuenes of sinnes ☜ The confirmations I am he yea I am he which put away thine iniquities and that for mine owne sake and will remember them no more The Lorde shall put downe our wickednesses cast all our sinnes into the bottome of the sea Loke how wide the east is from the west so farre hath hee set our sinnes from vs. Yea like as a father pitieth hys owne children euen so is the Lord mercifull vnto all them that feare him For hee knoweth perfectly wherof we be made he remeÌ„breth that we are but dust Christ hath taken vpon hym our infirmities and borne our diseases The sonne of man came to seeke and saue that was lost All that beleue in Christ shall not perishe but haue euerlasting life Thys is a true saying and worthy to bee noted that Christ Iesus came into y â— world to saue sinners The bloud of Iesus Christ maketh vs cleane froÌ„ all sinne If we say we haue no sinne we deceaue our selues the truth is not in vs. But if we confesse our sinnes God is faithfull and righteous to forgeue vs our sinnes and to make vs cleane from all iniquitie ¶ The xj Article I Beleue the resurrection of the body ☜ The confirmations I beleue that my redemer liueth and that I shall rise out of y â— earth in the latter day and that I shall be clothed again with this skinne and see God my Sauiour in my fleshe Yea I my selfe shall behold hym not with other eyes but with these same eies Thys hope is stedfastly set in my hart Thy dead men shall liue euen with my body shall they rise again Awake and sing ye that dwell in the duste For thy dewe is euen as the dew of herbes the earth shall cast out them that be vnder her O ye dry bones he are the worde of the Lord. Thus sayth the Lorde God vnto these bones beholde I will put breath vnto you that ye may liue I will geue you sinewes and make fleshe grow vpoÌ„ you and couer you ouer with skinne and so geue you breath that ye may liue and know that I am the Lord. Behold I will open your graues O my people and take you out of your Sepulchres The houre shall come in y â— which all that are in y â— graues shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God and shall come forth they y t haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euill vnto the resurrection of damnation If Christ be preached how that he rose froÌ„ the dead how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead If there be no rising agayne of the dead then is Christ not risen againe If Christ bee not risen agayne then is our preaching in vaine and your fayth also is in vaine Read the whole Chapter We know that he which raysed vp the Lord Iesus shall raise vs vp also by the meanes of Iesus If we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose againe euen them also which sleepe by Iesus will God bring againe with him Read y â— latter end of the chapter ¶ The xij Article I Beleue euerlasting life ☜ The confirmations Many of them that sleepe in the dust of the earth shall awake some to euerlasting life some to perpetuall shame reprofe The wise such as haue taught 〈◊〉 her shall glister 〈◊〉 the shining of heauen and those that haue instructed the multitude vnto godlines shal be as y â— starres world without end ¶ Read the. 2. Chapter of the 4. booke of Eâ—â—ras The righteous shall goe into euerlasting life My sheepe heare my voyce I know theÌ„ and they follow me and I geue them euerlasting life This is euerlasting life euen to know thee y t alone true God and whoÌ„ thou hast sent Iesus Christ. O Father these that thou hast geueÌ„ me I will that where I am there also they bee with me that they may see my glory which thou hast geuen me The eye hath not seene and the eare hath not heard neither haue the thinges entred into the hart of man which God hath prepared for them thâ—t loue hym We know that if our earthly maÌ„sion of this dwelling were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitation not made with hands but euerlasting in heauen Amen ¶ All these Articles aforesayd I with my whole hart beleue with my mouth vnfaynedly confesse to be true and agreable to Gods holy word ¶ The Prayer of the Apostles Lord increase our fayth ¶ Of Prayer ¶ What Prayer is PRayer is a lifting vp of a pure minde vnto God wherein we aske somewhat of God that is agreable to hys holy will ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures We know not what we shoulde desire pray for as we ought nevertheles the spirite it self maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnspeakeable gronings Howbeit he that searcheth the hart knoweth what the minde of the spirite is for hee maketh intercession for the sainctes according to y e pleasure of God The tyme commeth and is now already that the true worshippers shall worship in spirite and truth For y â— father will haue such to worship him God is a spirite and they that worship him must worship him in spirite and truth We are the circumcision euen we that serue God in spirite I will that all men pray in all places lifting vp pure haÌ„des without wrath and strife This people honoureth me with their lips but their hartes is farre from me verily they worship me in vaine Aske and it shall be geuen you Seeke and ye shall finde knocke and it shall bee opened vnto you For whosoeuer asketh receaueth and he that seketh findeth and to hym y â— knocketh it shall be opened Thys is the trust that we haue in God that if we aske any thyng according to hys will hee heareth vs. And if we know that he heareth vs whatsoeuer we aske we know that we haue the peticious that we desire of hym What benefites we receaue of God by prayer By prayer we are deliuered out of trouble ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures When I was in trouble I called vpon the Lorde and hee graciously heard me Call on me in the day of trouble and I will deliuer thee and thou shalt honour me He shall call vpoÌ„ me and I will heare hym yea I am with him in trouble I will deliuer hym and bring hym to honour When any man in hys trouble did turne vnto the Lorde God of Israell and sought hym hee was found of hym By prayer we are preserued from our enemyes ☞
Probations out of the holy Scriptures I will call vpoÌ„ the Lord which is worthy to be praysed so shall I be safe from myne enemyes King Ezechias by prayer was deliuered from the proude wicked tyraunt Senacherib both hee and all hys So likewise was Ioseph Daniell Susanna Peter c. By prayer we get the victory of our enemies in battell ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The people of Israell gotte the victory ouer the Amalechites so long as Moyses prayed for them When the blacke Mores came out to fight agaynst Asa King of Iuda Asa prayed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde gaue him the victory so that all his enemies were destroyed in battell Read y e chapter Iudas Machabeus after he had called on the name of the Lord got a noble victory of Gorgias and his company By prayer we obtaine health of body ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The miracles which Christ wrought vpon theÌ„ that were diseased fled vnto hym for helpe with faythfull prayer proue this true By prayer we obtaine all thinges necessary for the body ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Moyses by prayer obtained MaÌ„na from heauen for the Israelites Helias by prayer obtained raine of God to water the earth By prayer our sinnes are forgeuen vs. ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures I sayd I will confesse my sinnes vnto the Lord and thou forgauest the wickednes of my sinne For this shall euery one that is godly make his prayer to thee in a time when thou mayest be found I forgaue thee all that det wheÌ„ thou desiredst me The sinfull Publicaue praying for remission of hys sinnes went home more righteous in the sight of God then the proud Pharisey If any be diseased among you let him call for the elders of the coÌ„gregation and let them pray ouer him and annoint him with oyle in the name of y e Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lord shall raise hym vp and if he be in sinnes they shall be forgeuen hym By prayer we ouercome the deuill and all our ghostly enemies ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Thys kinde of deuils is not cast out but by prayer and fasting Watch and pray that ye fall not into temptation The spirite is willing but the fleshe is weake By prayer we obtaine God the holy Ghost ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures If ye which are euill can geue your children good giftes how much more shall your father which is in heauen geue the holy ghost to them that desire it of hym As the disciples of Christ were gathered together in one place and continued in prayer they were all filled with the holy ghost By prayer we obtaine all good thinges both for the body and soule ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures What thinges soeuer ye desire wheÌ„ ye pray beleue that ye receaue them and ye shall haue them The haruest is much but the labourers are fewe Pray ye therfore the Lorde of y e haruest that he will send labourers into hys haruest If any of you lacke wisedome let hym aske of hym that geueth it euen God which geueth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth and it shall bee geuen him But let him aske in fayth c. The Lord is euen at hand Bee careful for nothing but in all prayer and supplication let your peticions bee knowen vnto God with thank esgeuing ¶ Many other benefites receaue we of God through prayer which here to rehearse were to long Read diligently my booke called the Pathway vnto Prayer and that shall sufficiently instructe thée in all thingâ—s concerning prayer ¶ The Lordes prayer called the Pater noster with confirmations of euery Peticion out of the holy Scripture The Disciples sayd vnto Christ Lord teach vs to pray And he said vnto them when ye pray say Our Father which art in heauen hallowed be thy name c. ¶ The Preface of the Lordes Prayer OVr Father which art in heauen ☞ The confirmations Our Father Is not the Lord God the father and thine honour Hath hee not made thee ordayned thee Thou O Lorde God art our father and redemer Haue we not all one father Hath not God made vs no â—hy doth euery one of vs then despise hys owne brother Should not a sonne honour his father and a seruaunt hys master If I bee now a Father where is myne honour If I bee a Lorde where is my feare Ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receaued y â— spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba that is to say father The same spirite certifieth our spirite that we are the sonnes of God If we bee sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres I meane of God fellow heyres annexed with Christ. Which art in Heauen HeaueÌ„ is my seate â–ª and the earth is my footestoole The Lorde hath prepared his seate in heauen Our God is in heauen hee doth whatsoeuer pleaseth hym Unto thee lift I vp myne eyes which dwellest in the heauens Call no man father vpon earth for one is your father which is in heauen ¶ The first Peticion HAllowed bee thy name ☞ The confirmations I will make the name of my holines to be knowen amoÌ„g my people of Israell and I wil not let my holy name to be euill spoken of any more but y â— very heathen also shall know that I am the Lord the holy one of Israell The time shall come that who soeuer calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saued From the rising vppe of the Sunne vnto the going downe of the same my name is great among the Gentries yea and that in all places The Lord gaue and the Lorde hath taken away Now blessed bee the name of the Lord. Sing vnto the Lorde and prayse hys name Bee telling of hys saluation from day to day Declare hys honour among the Heathen and hys wonders among all people I will declare thy name vnto my brethren In the middest of the congregation will I prayse thee The name of the Lord is a strong Tower the righteous flyeth vnto it and shall be saued By Christ do we offer the sacrifice of prayer alwayes vnto God that is to say y e fruite of those lips which confesse hys name ¶ The second Peticion THy Kingdome come ☞ The confirmations Seeke fyrst the kingdome of God and the righteousnes therof and all thynges shall be ministred vnto you The kingdome of heauen suffereth violence the violent plucke it vnto them Who soeuer receaueth not the kingdome of God as a childe hee shall not enter into it Except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he can not enter into the kingdome of God
mothers curse rooteth out the foundations Reioyce not when thy father is reproued for it is not honour vnto thee but a shame For y â— worship of a mans father is his owne worship where the father is without honour it is the dishonestie of y â— some My sonne make much of thy father in his age greeue him not as long as he liueth And if his vnderstanding faile haue pacience with hym and despise him not in thy streÌ„gth For the good deede y t thou shewest to thy father shall not be forgotteÌ„ when thou thy self wantest it shall be rewarded thee and for thy mothers offence thou shalt be recompenced with good yea it shall be founded for thee in righteousnes and in the day of trouble thou shalt be remeÌ„bred thy sinnes also shall melt way like as the Ise in the ayre and warme weather He that forsaketh his father shall come to shame and he that despiseth his mother is cursed of God Children obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde for that is right Honour thy father mother the same is the first commaundement in y â— promise that thou mayâ—st prosper and liue long on earth ¶ The sixt Commaundement THou shalt not kill ☞ The confirmations Who so sheddeth mans bloud by man shall his bloud be shed For in y â— image of God did God make maÌ„ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy hart c. Thou shalt not auenge thy selfe nor be mindfull of wrong agaynst the children of my people but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe I am the Lord. He that killeth any man let him dye the death Cursed bee he that smiteth hys neighbour secretly and all y â— people shall say Amen Ye haue heard that it was sayd to theÌ„ of the olde time Thou shalt not kill for who soeuer killeth shall bee in daunger of iudgement But I say vnto you that who soeuer is angry with hys brother shall be in daunger of iudgement c. Ye haue heard that it was said thou shalt loue thy neighbour and hate thine enemie But I say vnto you loue your enemies Blesse theÌ„ that curse you Do good to theÌ„ that hate you Pray for theÌ„ which hurt you and persecute you that ye may be the childreÌ„ of your father which is in heauen for he maketh hys 〈◊〉 to arise on the euill and on the good sendeth raine on y â— righteous and on the vnrighteous Bee ye mercifull as your father is mercifull Iudge not and ye shal not be iudged Condemne not and ye shall not be coÌ„demned Forgeue and ye shall be forgeuen Geue and 〈…〉 other men mete to you againe RecoÌ„pence to no maÌ„ euill for euill If it be possible as much as is in you liue peaceably with all men Dearly beloued auenge not your seluest but rather geue place vnto wrath For it is writteÌ„ Uengeance is myne I will reward saith the Lord. Therfore if thine enemy huÌ„ger feede him if he thirst geue him drinke for in so doing thou shalt heape coales of fire vpon hys head Be not oâ—â—rcome of euill but ouercome euill with goodnes Be angry and sinne not let not the sunne goe downe vppon your wrath neither geue place vnto the backbiter Let all bitternes and fearcenes and wrath and roaring cursed speaking bee put away from you 〈…〉 Be ye 〈…〉 an other merciful 〈…〉 euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeueÌ„ you He that hateth hys brother is a manflayer And ye know that euery manflayer hath not euerlasting life dwelling in hym This commaundement haue we of God that he which loueth God should also loue his brother ¶ The seuenth Commaundement THou shalt not committee adulterie ☞ The confirmations Thou shalt not lie w t thy neighbours wife to defile her with sede Thou shalt not make thy daughter common that thou wouldest cause her to be an whore least the land also fall to whoredome and be full of wickednes It a man be found lying with a woman y â— hath a wedded husband they shall die both of them both the man that lay with that wife and also the wife and so shalt thou put away euill from Israell There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israell nor whore-keeper of the sonnes of Israell Cursed be he that lieth with his neighbours wife and all the people shall say Amen The lips of an harlot are a dropping hony combe and her throte is more glistring then oyle But at the last she is as bitter as wormewood and her tounge as sharpe as a two edged sword Her feete goe down vnto death and her steppes pearse through vnto hell Be glad with the wife of thy youth Louing is y â— Hinde frendly is y â— Roe Let her brestes alway satisfie thee holde thee euer content with her loue O my sonne why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlot embrace y â— bosome of an other woman Euery mans wayes are open in the sight of y â— Lord and he 〈…〉 of the vngodly shall 〈◊〉 himself with the 〈◊〉 of his own sinnes shall he be trapped Keepe thee froÌ„ the euill woman and froÌ„ the 〈◊〉 tounge of the harlot that thou lust not after her beautie in thy hart and least thou be taken with her faire lookes An harlot will make a man to beg hys bread but an honest woman will seke about to get her liuing May a maÌ„ cary fire in his bosome in his clothes not be burnt or can one go vpon hote coales his feete not be hurt Euen so who soeuer goeth into his neighbours wife and touâ—heth her can not be vngiltie Who so coÌ„mitteth adultry with a woman he is a â—oole bringth his life to destruction He getteth him self also shame and dishonour such as shall neuer be put out 〈…〉 An whore is a deepe graue 〈…〉 like a theeâ—e and bringeth vnto her such men as be full of vice He that keepeth company with harlots shall come to beggary ¶ Read the 〈◊〉 Chap of 〈◊〉 My sonne keepe the well froÌ„ all whoredome and beside thy wife see y â— no fault be knowen by thee If my hart hath lusted after my neighbours wife or if I haue layd waite at his doore Oh then let my wife be an other mans whore and let other men lie with her For thys iâ— a wickednes and â—inne that is worthy to be punished yea a 〈◊〉 that shoulde vtterly consume and roote out all my substance Whoredome wine drunkennes take the hart away Ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time thou shalt not commit adultry But I say vnto you that who soeuer loketh on an other mans wife to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his hart If any that is called a brother be a fornicatour with him that
is such see that ye eate not Neither fornicators neither adultrers neither weaklings neither abusers of theÌ„ selues with maÌ„kind shall inherite y â— kingdome of God Let vs not be defâ—â—ed with fornication as some of them were defiled with fornication and fell in one day xxiij thousand As for fornication all vncleannes let it not be once named amoÌ„g you as it becoÌ„meth sainctes or filthines or folishe talking or iesting which are not comly but rather giuing of thankes For this ye know y â— no whoremonger nor vncleane person hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ and of God This is the will of God euen your holines y t ye should abstaine from fornication that euery one of you should know how to keepe his vessell in holines honour and not in y â— lust of concupiscence as do the heathen which know not God Wedlocke is honourable among all men and the bed vndefiled As for whoremongers and adultrers God shall iudge them Whoremongers haue their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone ¶ The eight Commaundement THou shalt not steale ☞ The confirmations Ye shal not steale neither lie neither deale falsly one with an other Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong neither rob him violently neither shall thy workmans labour abide with thee till the morning Ye shall do no vnrighteousnes in iudgement in metyard in weight or in measure True balances and true waight shall ye haue I am the Lorde If thou sellest ought vnto thy neighbour or byest of thy neighbors hand ye shall not deceaue one an other If thy brother bee 〈◊〉 poore and fallen into decay with thee thou shalt relieue hym that he may liue with thee Thou shalt not geue hym thy money vppon 〈◊〉 nor lend him thy corne for increase Thou shalt not take vsury of hym or vauntage If one of thy brethreÌ„ among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lorde God geueth thee thou shalt not haâ—den thy hart nor shut thyâ—e 〈◊〉 from thy poore brother but â—pen thine hand vnto him 〈…〉 The land shall neuer be without poore and therefore I commaund thee saying Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother that is needie and poore in thy land Who so keepeth company with a theefe hateth hys owne soule Wo be to thee y â— spoylest for thou thy selfe shalt be spoyled Breake thy bread to the hungry and bring the poore waudring into thine house When thou seest a naked man â—ouer him and so shalt thou not despise thy fleshe The theefe is cursed of God all that he hath shall come to nought Shame and sorow goeth ouer the theefe Anna olde Tobies wife went dayly to the weauing worke and looke what liuing she coulde gette with the labour of her handes she brought it home And it happened that she tooke a kid and brought it home and wheÌ„ her husbaÌ„d heard it cry he said looke that it bee not stollen if it bee restore it agayne to the owners for it is not lawfull for vs to eate or touch any thing that is stollen Geue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy fare froÌ„ the poore so shall it come to passe that the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Be mercifull after thy power If thou hast much geue plentiously if thou hast little doe thy diligence gladly to geue of that little For so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessitie For mercy deliuereth from all sinne and from death and suffereth not the soule to come in darkenes Beholde Lorde sayd Zacheus the halfe of my goods do I geue to the poore if I haue done any maÌ„ wrong I restore him foure folde Neither theeues neither pillers shall inherite y e kingdome of God Let hym y t stole steale no more but let hym rather labour with his haÌ„des y e thyng which is good that he may geue vnto him that nedeth ¶ The ninth Commaundement THou shalt not beare false witnes agaynst thy neighbour ☜ The confirmations Thou shalt not accept a vaine tale neither shalt thou put thy hand to the wicked to be an vnrighteous witnes If any vnrighteous witnes rise vp against a man to accuse hym of trespasse then both the men which striue together shal staÌ„d before the Lord before the priestes the iudges which shall be in those dayes and the iudges shall make diligent inquisition And if the witnes be found false and that he hath geuen false witnes agaynst hys brother then shall you do to him as he had thought to do to his brother and thou shalt put away euill froÌ„ thee Cursed be he y t taketh a reward to stay the soule of innocent bloud and all the people shall say Amen The Lord hateth a false witnes that bringeth vp lies A false witnes shall not remaine vnpunished and he that speaketh lies shall perishe A false witnes shall perishe but he that is a true man boldly speaketh that he hath heard Who so beareth false witnes agaynst hys neighbour he is a very club a sworde and a sharpe arrow The mouth that lyeth slayeth the soule Thou O Lord wilt destroy all them that speake lies In no wyse speake agaynst the worde of truth but be ashamed of thy lying Use not to make any maner of lie for y â— custome therof is not good A theefe is better then a maÌ„ that is accustomed to lie but they both shall haue destruction to heritage The two elders that bare witnes against Susanna were stoned to death Out of the hart come false witnesses and those defile a man Euill speakers shall not inherite the kingdome of God Put away lying and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour for asmuch as we are members one of an other All lyers shall haue their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone ¶ The tenth Commaundement THou shalt not couet thy neighbours house thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife nor his seruant nor hys maide nor hys Oxe nor his Asse nor any thing that is hys ☜ The confirmations Keepe thy hart with all diligeÌ„ce for therupon hangeth life God hateth an hart that goeth about with wicked imaginations Take heede that thou lust not in thy hart after the beautie of a straunge woman Euill thoughtes are abomination to the Lord. Who soeuer loketh on an other mans wife lusting after her hath committed adultery with her already in his hart Out of the hart procede euill thoughtes and those defile a man The cares of this world and the deceitfulnes of riches the lustes of other thinges choke the worde and make it vnfruitfull Take heede to your selues least at any tyme your hartes bee ouercome
plentiously And let euery man do according as he hath purposed in hys hart not grudgingly or of necessitie For God loueth a cheerefull geuer God is able to make you riche in all grace that ye in all thinges hauing sufficient vnto the vttermost may bee riche vnto all maner of good workes as it is written He hath sparsed abroad and hath geuen to the poore and hys righteousnes remayneth for euer The office of thys ministration not onely supplyeth the nede of the saintes but also is abundant herein y t for this laudable ministring thankes might be geuen to God of many which praise God for y t obedience of your consenting to y ◠Gospel of Christ and for your singlenes in distributing to them to all mē and in their prayers for you which long after you for the abundaunt grace of God in you Thankes be vnto God for his vnspeakable gift ¶ The dutie of all estates and degrees ¶ The dutie of the hie powers and of the other temporall Magistrates THe dutie of the high powers and of the other temporall rulers is to be learned in the lawe of God to maintaine pure and Christian Religion to nourishe and defend the preachers and studientes of Gods worde to banishe all false religion idolatry to punishe yea and if they wil not turne to kill the preachers and maintainers of false doctrine to iudge equally indifferently without parcialitie to take no bribes nor to oppresse the common people but to care for thē as a father for his children to defend the good to correct the euill to auaunce vertue and to punishe vice That they ought to bee learned in the lawes of God ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The king shall not multiplie horses to him self neither ought he to multiply wiues vnto him self least his hart turne away neither shall he gather him siluer and golde to much And when he is set vpon the seate of hys kingdome hee shall write hym out a copie of this lawe in a booke And it shall bee with hym and hee ought to read therin all the dayes of his life that he may learne to feare the Lorde hys God and to keepe all the wordes of this lawe and these ordinaunces for to doe them and that his hart arise not aboue his brethren and that he turne not frō the commaūdement to the right hand or to the left but that he may prolong his dayes in hys kingdome Let not the booke of thys lawe depart out of thy mouth but recorde therin day night that thou mayest obserue doe according to all that is written For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous and then shalt thou do wisely Get ye vnderstanding now O ye kinges be learned ye that iudge the earth Serue the Lord in feare and reioyce vnto hym with reuerence Kisse the sonne least he be angry so ye perish frō the right way If your delight be in royall seates and scepters O ye kinges of y e people set your lust vppon wisedome that ye may raigne for euermore O loue the light of wisedome all ye that be rulers of the people ¶ Read the ix Chapter of the booke of Wisedome That they ought to maintaine pure and Christian Religion ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures How greatly king Dauid aduanced Gods religion sought hys glory the holy Scriptures make mencion Asa king of Iuda did that was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God For he tooke away straunge altars hill altars and brake downe the images and cut down the groues and cōmaunded Iuda to seeke the Lorde God of their fathers and to doe according to the law and commaundement Yea he put away y e abominable Idols that hys father had made And he put down Maacha his mother from bearing rule because she had made images in groues And Asa destroyed her images burnt thē by the broke Cedron The Lord God therfore gaue hym and all his land rest and quietnes Iehosaphat king of Iuda sent to hys Lordes that they shoulde teach in the cities of Iuda with them he sent Leuites and priestes And they taught in Iuda and had the booke of the lawe of God with them went about through out all the cities of Iuda and taught the people And the feare of the Lorde fell vppon all the kingdomes of the landes y t were round about Iuda they fought not agaynst Iehosaphat And the Lord stablished the kingdome in his hand and all they that were in Iuda brought king Iehosaphat presentes so that hee had abundance of riches honour King Hezekia put away the hill altars and brake the images and cut downe the groues and all to brake the brasen serpent that Moses had made He renued the feast of the Passeouer He ordayned Priestes and Leuites to serue the Lord God prouided honest liuinges for them that they might substantially apply thē selues to the lawe of the Lord. And the Lorde was with hym so that he prospered in all thynges which he tooke in hand The good king Iosias beside the purging of Iuda and Ierusalem frō hill altars groues carued images and images of metall and such other kindes of idolatry he repayred the house of the Lord his God renued the feast of the Passeouer red in the eares of all the people the wordes of the lawe of the Lorde and made a faythfull promise vnto the Lorde that he and all hys people should walke according to the statutes of that booke And they turned not aside from the Lorde God of their fathers so long as he liued The Lorde God therfore deferred hys plague y t he had threatned to Iuda suffered Iosias to liue in much honour and brought hym to hys graue in peace so that hys eyes dyd not see the mischiefe that the Lorde God afterward brought immediatly vppon Ierusalem and vppon the inhabitors of the same Kinges shall bee thy nursing fathers and Queenes shall be thy nursing mothers That they ought to punishe yea and if they will not turne to kill the preachers and maintainers of false doctrine ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures If there rise among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreames and geue thee a signe or wonder that signe or wonder which hee hath said come to passe and then say let vs go after straunge Gods which thou hast not knowen and let vs serue them harken not thou vnto the wordes of that prophet or dreamer of dreames For the Lorde thy God proueth you to know whether you loue the Lorde your God with all your hart with all your soule Ye shall walke after y ◠Lorde your God and feare hym and kepe his commaundement and harken vnto his voyce serue hym cleaue vnto hym And that prophet or dreamer of dreames shall die because he hath spoken to turne you away from the Lord
in the worde minister vnto him that teacheth him in all good thinges Be not deceaued God is not mocked ¶ The duetie of husbandes vnto their wiues THe dutie of a faithfull husband vnto hys wife is to forsake all other for her sake to cleaue onely to his wife to loue her as Christ loued the congregation to cherish her as he would cherishe hys owne body to prouide for her to teach her the lawe of God to dwell with her according to knowledge and to geue honour vnto her although y â— weaker vessell as to one that is fellowe heyre with him of the grace of life ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my fleshe She shall be called woman because she was taken out of man For this cause shall a maÌ„ leaue his father and mother and shall be ioyned with hys wife and they shall become one fleshe Be glad with the wife of thy youth Let her brestes alway satisfie thee and holde thee euer coÌ„tent with her loue My sonne why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlotte and embrace the bosome of an other woman Ye husbandes loue your wiues euen as Christ also loued the congregation gaue him self for it to sanctifie it clensed it in the fountaine of water through y â— worde to make it vnto him self a glorious coÌ„gregatioÌ„ without spot or wrinkle or any thing but y t it should be holy and without blame So ought meÌ„ to loue their wiues as their owne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth him selfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his own flesh but nourisheth and cherisheth it euen as the Lord doth the congregation c. Ye husbandes loue your wiues and be not bitter to them Ye meÌ„ dwell with your wiues according to knowledge geuing honour vnto the wife as vnto the weaker vessell as vnto them that are heyres also of the grace of life ¶ The dutie of wiues vnto their husbandes THe dutie of an honest faythfull woman vnto her husband is to knowledge her husband to bee her head to bee subiecte vnto hym to reuerence hym to obey hym quietly to learne of hym to lead a blameles life to vse much silence peaceably circumspectly to looke vnto her housholde and to tier her self with such apparell as becommeth a sober Christian woman ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Ye women submit your selues vnto your own husbandes as vnto the Lord. For y â— husband is y â— wiues head euen as Christ is the head of the congregation the same is he y t ministreth saluation to the body Therefore as the congregation is in subiection to Christ euen so let the wiues be in subiection to their husbandes in all thinges Ye wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as it is comely in the Lord. I will that women aray them selues in comely apparell with shamefastnes discrete behauour not with broydered heare eyther golde or pearles or costly aray but as it becommeth women y t professe godlines through good works Let the womaÌ„ learne in silence with all subiectioÌ„ But I suffer not a womaÌ„ to teach neither to vsurpe authoritie ouer y â— man but to be in silence Ye wiues be in subiectioÌ„ to your husbandes y t euen they which obey not y â— worde may without y â— worde bee wonne by y â— conuersation of the wiues while they beholde your â—hast conuersation coupled with feare Whoâ—e apparell shall not bee outward with broydered heare hanging on of golde eyther in putting on of gorgious apparell but let the hid man which is in y â— hart be without all corruption so that the spirite be at rest quiet which spirite before God is a thing much set by For after this maner in the olde time did y â— holy women which trusted in God tier theÌ„ selues and were obedient to their husbandes euen as Sara obeyed AbrahaÌ„ and called hym Lord whose daughters ye are so long as ye do well ¶ The dutie of fathers and mothers vnto their children THe dutie of fathers mothers vnto their children is to traine them vp in the law of God to teach theÌ„ to know God his holy word euen froÌ„ their cradles to bring theÌ„ vp in good learning and necessary artes to bridle them from the folishe and noysome lustes of youth and to garnishe their life with sober and graue maners ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Set your hartes vnto all the wordes which I testifie vnto you this day ye shall coÌ„maund them vnto your children y t they may obserue do all y â— wordes of this law If thou haue sonnes bring them vp in nurture and learning holde them in awe from their youth vp If thou haue daughters kepe their body and shew not thy face cheerefull toward theÌ„ Mary thy daughter and so shalt thou perfourme a waightie matter but geue her to a man of vnderstanding He y â— teacheth his soÌ„ne shall haue ioy in him and nede not to be ashamed of him amoÌ„g his aquaintance He that spareth the rod hateth the sonne but who so loueth hym chasteneth hym betimes Ye fathers moue not your children to wrath but bring them vp through the doctrine and information of the Lord. How godly Salomon youÌ„g Toby SusaÌ„na Philip y â— Euangelistes daughters Timothe and such lyke were brought vp of their parentes the holy scriptures beare witnes ¶ The dutie of children toward their fathers and mothers THe dutie of childreÌ„ toward their parentes is in their minde to loue them outwardly to reuerence and honour them to obey them in all thynges that are agreable to Gods will and if they chaunce to fall into pouertie to helpe theÌ„ and to geue them wherof to liue ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Honour thy father froÌ„ thy whole hart and forget not the sorrowfull trauell y t thy mother had with thee Remember that thou wast borne through them and how canst thou recompence them the thinges that they haue done for thee Children obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord for y t is right Honour thy father and mother the same is the first coÌ„maundement in the promise that thou mayest prosper and liue long on earth Read the confirmations of the fift commaundement ¶ The dutie of Maisters to their Seruauntes THe dutie of Maisters to their Seruauntes is to entreate theÌ„ gently to geue them their couenauntes and to helpe theÌ„ that they may afterward be able to liue ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures Where as thy seruaÌ„t worketh truly entreate him not euil nor y t hireling y â— is faythfull vnto thee Loue a discrete seruaunt as thine owne soule defraude him not of his libertie neither leaue him a poore man Ye maisters doe vnto your seruauntes that which is iust and equall putting away threatninges knowing