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A00831 A very fruitfull exposition of the Commaundements by way of questions and answeres for greater plainnesse together with an application of euery one to the soule and conscience of man, profitable for all, and especially for them that (beeing not otherwise furnished) are yet desirous both to see themselues, and to deliuer to others some larger speech of euery point that is but briefly named in the shorter catechismes. By Geruase Babington. Babington, Gervase, 1550-1610. 1583 (1583) STC 1095; ESTC S108401 209,221 568

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commandment_n it_o must_v needs_o be_v grant_v que._n what_o be_v the_o law_n for_o thing_n commit_v to_o our_o custody_n ans_fw-fr if_o a_o man_n deliver_v unto_o his_o neighbour_n say_v the_o law_n to_o keep_v ass_n or_o ox_n 22.10_o exod._n 22.10_o 〈◊〉_d sheep_n or_o any_o beast_n and_o it_o die_v or_o 〈◊〉_d hurt_n or_o take_v away_o by_o enemy_n &_o not_o ●●an_z see_v it_o 11._o 11._o a_o oath_n of_o the_o lord_n shall_v be_v betwixt_o they_o two_o that_o he_o have_v not_o put_v his_o hand_n ●●to_o his_o neighbour_n good_a &_o the_o owner_n 〈◊〉_d it_o shall_v take_v the_o oath_n &_o he_o shall_v not_o make_v 〈◊〉_d good_a but_o if_o it_o be_v steal_v from_o he_o 12._o 12._o he_o ●●all_v make_v restitution_n unto_o the_o owner_n ●●ereof_o if_o it_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n he_o ●●all_v bring_v record_n 13._o 13._o and_o shall_v not_o make_v it_o ●●odwhich_v be_v devore_v by_o which_o law_n ●●us_o much_o we_o may_v note_v that_o notwithstanding_o for_o thing_n commit_v to_o thei●_n 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and_o a_o gréevous_a breach_n of_o this_o commandment_n we_o shall_v cover_v in_o charity_n what_o no_o body_n know_v but_o we_o if_o the_o party_n will_v be_v reform_v even_o as_o willing_o and_o ready_o as_o ever_o we_o will_v ourselves_o find_v favour_n for_o our_o infirmity_n but_o do_v we_o it_o be_v my_o brother_n shame_n my_o grief_n be_v his_o credit_n dear_a unto_o i_o as_o my_o life_n go_v i_o backward_o with_o a_o cloak_n on_o my_o back_n to_o cast_v upon_o his_o offence_n loath_a that_o either_o other_o or_o i_o myself_o shall_v see_v it_o as_o good_a sem_fw-mi and_z japheth_n do_v to_o their_o bare_a father_n in_o his_o drunkenness_n 9.23_o gen._n 9.23_o no_o no_o we_o grin_v and_o laugh_v rather_o with_o curse_a cham_n and_o blab_v it_o out_o to_o other_o good_a belove_a let_v we_o weigh_v our_o want_n and_o never_o make_v our_o vice_n virtue_n god_n ask_v but_o our_o confession_n in_o grief_n and_o sorrow_n and_o he_o will_v heal_v us._n it_o be_v a_o branch_n and_o a_o breach_n of_o this_o commandment_n and_o therefore_o no_o thing_n to_o be_v continue_v in_o but_o i_o dwell_v too_o long_o in_o this_o speech_n unto_o you_o many_o thing_n mo_z may_v yet_o be_v rehearse_v but_o see_v they_o your_o self_n and_o let_v my_o silence_n pass_v they_o these_o few_o bewray_v our_o want_n of_o perfect_a obedience_n to_o the_o law_n and_o so_o consequent_o of_o any_o life_n and_o safe_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o same_o and_o therefore_o i_o hope_v we_o clear_o perceive_v that_o without_o a_o saviour_n we_o be_v but_o lose_v make_v what_o distinction_n we_o can_v of_o obedience_n of_o justification_n or_o such_o like_a fast_o cleave_v to_o we_o and_o can_v be_v deny_v gréevous_a guilt_n against_o both_o this_o law_n and_o all_o the_o former_a and_o curse_a be_v he_o which_o abide_v not_o in_o all_o to_o do_v they_o say_v the_o lord_n 3.11_o deutro_n 27_o jam._n 2.10_o galat._n 3.11_o he_o that_o be_v guilty_a of_o one_o be_v guilty_a of_o all_o and_o by_o the_o work_n of_o the_o law_n can_v no_o flesh_n live_v be_v justify_v for_o the_o just_a shall_v live_v by_o faith_n we_o have_v not_o do_v all_o but_o we_o have_v break_v much_o and_o therefore_o the_o conclusion_n light_v upon_o we_o and_o all_o the_o subtlety_n of_o all_o the_o wit_n in_o the_o world_n can_v not_o remove_v it_o from_o we_o if_o the_o lord_n shall_v mark_v what_o we_o have_v do_v amiss_o but_o in_o this_o one_o law_n of_o he_o and_o judge_v we_o thereunto_o and_o by_o we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o abide_v it_o we_o be_v cast_v away_o therefore_o let_v we_o fly_v from_o the_o law_n as_o fast_o as_o ever_o we_o can_v and_o take_v the_o right_a use_n of_o it_o thereby_o to_o be_v lead_v unto_o christ_n and_o let_v this_o be_v our_o firm_a comfort_n 4.4_o galat._n 4.4_o that_o when_o the_o fullness_n of_o time_n be_v come_v god_n send_v forth_o his_o son_n make_v of_o a_o woman_n and_o make_v under_o the_o law_n that_o he_o may_v redeem_v we_o from_o the_o curse_n thereof_o and_o so_o by_o he_o we_o may_v receive_v the_o adoption_n of_o son_n which_o without_o he_o we_o can_v never_o attain_v to_o this_o be_v sure_a and_o this_o be_v comfortable_a to_o hold_v by_o and_o the_o lord_n increase_v this_o faith_n in_o we_o ever_o the_o ten_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n house_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n nor_o his_o &c._n &c._n wherein_o say_v your_o book_n the_o lord_n plain_o forbid_v all_o inward_a desire_n of_o any_o thing_n unlawful_a to_o be_v do_v although_o we_o never_o consent_v unto_o it_o as_o the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o flesh_n all_o corruption_n of_o the_o old_a man_n all_o blot_n of_o original_a sin_n so_o that_o by_o this_o commandment_n most_o clear_o we_o may_v see_v the_o image_n of_o that_o man_n that_o please_v god_n even_o such_o a_o one_o in_o who_o nothing_o be_v impure_a neither_o in_o will_n nor_o nature_n question_n yet_o plain_a i_o pray_v you_o if_o you_o can_v set_v down_o the_o difference_n of_o this_o commandment_n from_o the_o other_o for_o as_o i_o have_v hear_v some_o have_v half_o think_v it_o superfluous_a see_v as_o the_o former_a do_v also_o forbid_v the_o inward_a thought_n aswell_o as_o the_o outward_a act_n ans_fw-fr it_o be_v as_o plain_a as_o may_v be_v already_o yet_o to_o content_v you_o thus_o over_o again_o the_o former_a commandment_n do_v forbid_v the_o act_n and_o the_o settle_a or_o consent_v think_v of_o the_o heart_n though_o the_o deed_n be_v not_o do_v as_o for_o example_n the_o precept_n of_o kill_v forbid_v the_o deed_n and_o with_o all_o once_o to_o think_v in_o heart_n to_o do_v such_o a_o deed_n with_o a_o resolution_n very_o to_o accomplish_v it_o if_o i_o can_v but_o now_o this_o commandment_n come_v near_a and_o condemn_v not_o only_o that_o thought_n that_o be_v settle_v and_o lack_v but_o opportunity_n to_o do_v the_o deed_n but_o even_o the_o very_a think_v also_o of_o any_o thing_n contrary_a to_o the_o love_n of_o god_n or_o my_o neighbour_n though_o i_o do_v never_o consent_v to_o it_o but_o snubbe_v it_o mislike_v it_o and_o reject_v it_o for_o even_o that_o have_v of_o a_o evil_a thought_n in_o my_o mind_n be_v a_o fruit_n of_o my_o corruption_n such_o as_o in_o innocence_n if_o we_o have_v stand_v we_o shall_v never_o have_v have_v and_o therefore_o naught_o so_o there_o be_v two_o degree_n of_o thought_n the_o one_o with_o consent_n to_o accomplish_v in_o deed_n what_o we_o do_v think_v if_o we_o can_v and_o the_o other_o without_o consent_n repulse_v away_o when_o we_o awake_v and_o see_v it_o the_o former_a in_o the_o former_a commandment_n be_v forbid_v and_o the_o late_a in_o this_o a_o strange_a doctrine_n in_o show_n no_o doubt_n to_o many_o that_o think_v this_o their_o thought_n be_v free_a but_o we_o must_v not_o marvel_v since_o even_o the_o apostle_n paul_n himself_o will_v never_o have_v suspect_v any_o danger_n in_o concupiscence_n lust_n and_o desire_n if_o the_o law_n have_v not_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o lust_n or_o desire_n 7.7_o rom._n 7.7_o nay_o it_o appear_v very_o plain_o in_o that_o place_n say_v a_o godly_a man_n that_o he_o think_v marvellous_a well_o of_o himself_o before_o he_o come_v to_o this_o commandment_n he_o take_v himself_o before_o to_o be_v live_v and_o in_o good_a like_n towards_o god_n and_o godliness_n but_o when_o he_o have_v look_v upon_o this_o law_n and_o behold_v himself_o a_o while_n in_o this_o part_n of_o the_o glass_n he_o see_v himself_o plainele_o to_o be_v no_o body_n but_o a_o dead_a man_n sell_v unto_o sin_n and_o therefore_o a_o thousand_o time_n needful_a that_o the_o lord_n shall_v add_v this_o law_n to_o all_o the_o rest_n to_o humble_v we_o thorough_o see_v so_o singular_a a_o man_n be_v not_o full_o cast_v down_o before_o he_o have_v wrestle_v with_o the_o justice_n of_o god_n in_o the_o same_o let_v we_o therefore_o think_v of_o this_o thing_n that_o seem_v so_o little_a in_o our_o eye_n for_o 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beside_o her_o husband_n to_o tickle_v she_o with_o conceit_n unlawefull_a though_o in_o the_o end_n she_o repulse_v it_o and_o abhor_v to_o accomplish_v it_o and_o how_o can_v it_o then_o be_v faultless_a in_o these_o heart_n of_o we_o the_o spouse_n of_o the_o lord_n to_o dally_v with_o such_o delight_n and_o to_o pursue_v in_o mind_n by_o think_v of_o they_o the_o pleasure_n that_o such_o conceit_n do_v plead_v before_o we_o though_o in_o the_o conclusion_n we_o give_v the_o denial_n and_o do_v not_o consent_v o_o it_o be_v a_o great_a matter_n to_o love_v the_o lord_n with_o all_o the_o heart_n than_o that_o it_o may_v