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A17372 The principles of the true Christian religion breifelie selected, out of manie good bookes. first reade: and then iudge. Butterfield, Swithun, d. 1611. 1590 (1590) STC 4206; ESTC S109600 46,918 109

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day and to rest from our labour in our calling on the same day and that our seruants may then also rest b Mark 2. 15 Iohn 7 22 13. Neuerthelesse in that day we may do any labour that may not well be done on another day The keeping holy of the Sabaoth day is thus c Acts 20. 7. and 16. 13. luke 4. 16 to 21. mar 6 2. Wee must assemble our selues together in one place with feare and reuerence to heare and lay vp in our heartes the worde of God preached vnto vs and then to confesse our sinnes vnto God d Mat. 18. 19. Phil. 4 6. 1. Cor. 16 2. And also to pray together with one consent for such thinges wee neede and to giue God thanks for the benefites wee haue receaued and to giue almes to our needie brethren e Acts ● 42. 1. cor 11. 33. and to vse the holy Sacraments in fayth and repentance This is the outward keeping holy of the Sabaoth day f Esa 56. 2. 58. 13. The inward keeping of it holy is to rest from our worldly businesse and refraine from our froward desires and so yeelde our selues wholy to Gods gouernance g Heb. 4 ● So shall our Sabaoth be a figure of the holy euerlasting rest h Mar. 2 27. 28. nom 15 32 to 36. mat 12 1 ●● 9. col 2 16 17 Wee keepe not our Sabaoth literally as a ceremonie with straight Religion as the Iewes did For the ceremonie of the Sabaoth that wee shoulde not doe any maner of worke therein vppon paine of death but that onely which was appoynted to bee done by the lawe ended with Christ and is abrogated i 1. Cor. 14 26 40. But wee reteine the keeping holy of the Sabaoth day as a necessarie remedie to keepe order in the Church and that seruaunts may then rest from their labours and then learne to knowe God And also that our publike prayers almes and other good workes may be the better done of vs. k Rom. 14. 5 6 Col. 2. 16. ●gal 4. 9 10. 11. To make difference betweene day and day as though one were more holy in it selfe then an other Saint Paule hath taught vs that so doing is superstition or vaine Religion an honouring of that which shoulde not bee so honoured The causes why the Sabaoth was instituted was for the publike seruice and worship of God In which consisteth the studie of the knowledge of god of good works and of thankfulnesse vnto God for his good benefites giuen vnto vs. HOnour thy father and thy mother ● That thy dayes may bee long in the lande which the Lorde thy God giueth thee a Leuit 19 3 32 col 3 20 22 23 and 4 1. matth 15 4 to 7. rom 13 1 2 3 7. tit 3 1. 2 9 10. 1 thes 5 12 13 heb 13 17 ●phe 6 9 mat 7 12. Here we are commaunded that wee should loue feare obey and releiue our parents And also all other that are vnto vs in their steade As our Prince and the rulers and our teachers and maisters And all superiours and powers which God hath constituted and set ouer vs. For they ought to be vnto vs in their offices as if wee were their children b Ephe. 6 1 2 3 mat 15 4 to 7 exo 20 12. 21 17 deut 27 16 prou 20 20. ●0 17. col 3 ●0 Honour in this commaundement signifieth outwarde reuerence obedience and loue We must honour our father and mother in esteeming and reuerencing of them To beare with them not to speak euill of them nor to curse them and to our power if they haue neede to releiue cherish and nourish them in all their necessities and to obey them and wish to them all prosperitie and health This is the duetie which wee owe to our father and mother And God here promiseth a blessing to those children that do honour their parents In this commaundement all particuler duties which are commanded to euery person in the holy Scripture are included and commanded That in this obedience God may be worshipped and the societie of mankind preserued THou shalt do no murther A In this commandement almightie Gen. 9 6 exo 21 12. deu 5 17 leuit 19 17. mat 5 22 44. 1. iohn 3 15 pro. 20. 22. rom 12 19 20. ephe 4 26 32 col 3 12 13 mat 7 12. iohn 13 34. God forbiddeth vs all killing fighting and quarelling all anger malice desire of reuēge And also al those things which tend to the destruction of the life of mankind We are here commanded to preserue the life of all mankinde by exercising the workes of mercie and loue Vnder the name of murther are all sinnes which accompanie it comprehended And all those things which tende to the safetie of our life and others commaunded Negatiues include affirmatiues Gal. 6. 10 rom 12 17 18. as Thou shalt doe no murther therefore thou shalt ayde and helpe thy neighbour B When God commandeth a man Nom 35 31 leuit 24 17. exo 21 12 c. to bee slaine then God himselfe putteth him to death by man vnto whome he giueth this charge For if murtherers theeues robbers such like should not be put to death The felowship of men should be destroyed Therfore God punisheth whē the magistrat punisheth The ende of this commaundement is the preseruing of the life of mankinde and forbidding of all things which tend to the destruction of mankind THou shalt not commit adulterie a Rom. 13 9. 13. mat 5 28 32 leui 20. 10 c. deu 23 17 heb 13 14. 1 cor 5 11 6 9 15 c. eph 5 3 4. 5 18 col 3 5 1. thes 4 3 to 7. In this commandement we are forbidden all adulterie and fornication and all euill desires of the heart and all vncleannesse whatsoeuer which might intise vs to vnchast behauiour or allure vs to sinne The end of this commaundement is the preseruation of chastitie and the forbidding of all vices contrary to chastity Incest and adnlterie are much more heynous then theft and robberie For God appoynted Leu. 2010 c 18 29. death in Moyses lawe for the adulterers and incestuous persons but not so for theeues and robbers 8 THou shalt not steale a 1 Thes 4 6 leui 19 11 13 35 deut 24 14. to 16. iob 24. 2 esa 1 23 ●phe 4 28 2. thes 3 10. We are forbidden in this commandement all stealing and robbing in outward deedes And all desire of any mans goodes wrongfully by deceyte and wrongfull dealings The end of this commaundement is the preseruation of goodes or possessions which God giueth to euerie one for the maintenance of their life Thou shalt not steale that is thou shalt not couet or attempt by deceyt to conuey thy neighbours goodes to thee Therefore thou must defende and preserue them and giue thy neighbour his owne And liue of that which is
Ephe. 2. 10. 2. Tim. 3. 5. 17. Rom. 6. 16. and 12. and 13. 8. c. and 16 17. 1. Tim. 1. 5. Iam. 2 20. 1. Thes 4. 3. 4. 2. Thes 3 6 14 15 18. Reue. 2. 5. 16 3. 15. 16. d The true Christian is not vnder the law that he should beboūd with the curse thereof but is vnder grace for Christ is the end of the law to all that beleue in him Rom. 6. Luke 16. 16. 1. Tim. 1 5. 9. Col. 2. 11. c. Ephe. 2. 14 c Gal. 3. 24. 4. 5 6 31. and 5. 18. 2. Cor. 3 6 17 Rom. 10 4. Acts 15. 10. Rom. 8. 1 2 3 4. a 1. Ioh. 3. 23. Mat. 22. 37. 38. 39. The true and right worshipping of God is by true fayth in Christ and obeying his holy commaundements The holye lawe of God and his commaundements are briefly comprised in the tenne commaundements of almightie God The tenne Commandements of almightie God THe first foure is the worship of God The other sixe is the preseruation of mankinde which is our dutie towards our neighbour In the commaunding of vertues the forbidding of vices is conteyned God is not loued except our neighbour Iohn 4 7 8. 20 21. be loued nor our neighbour truly loued except God be loued GOd spake these wordes and saide I am the Lord thy God Thou shalt haue none other Gods but me Here is commaunded that a Matt. 4 10. 22 37 10 37. mar 12. 29. Ioh. 5 23. 17 3. 1 cor 8 4 5 6. Ephe 4 6 1 tim 2 5. deut 6 4 5. 6 2. 10 10. Ier. 17 5. esa 31 1. 46 9. psal 127. 86 10. 145 15. Iam. 1 17. thou shalt onely haue the almightie God that created the heauen and earth for thy God And thou shalt haue none other for thy God but him onely Thou shalt loue him with all thy hart mind soule and power and honour and feare him aboue all Thou shalt put thy whole trust and confidence in him and pray vnto him in all sickenesse troubles and daungers for helpe and succour And shalt giue him thankes and prayse for all things and acknowledge him the gouernour and giuer of all things The ende of this commanndement is that due honour may bee giuen to God in the minde will and heart of man That God is the gonornour and giuer of all things See proofe hereof at large before in the first Art●cle of the Creede THou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen Image nor the likenes of any thing which is in heauen aboue or in the earth beneath or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not bowe downe to them nor worship them For I the Lord thy God am a gealous God and visite the sinnes of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate mee and shew mercy vnto thousands in thē that loue me and kepe my commandements a Esa 40. 18. 25. 42 8. 46 5 to 10. acts 17. 29. exod 34 14 leuit 26. 1 deut 4 15 to 28. 7. 5 6. 27. 15. psal 97. 7 115 4 to 9. ier 10 3 to 17. haba 2. 18 19. rom 1. 22 c. 1 cor 8 4 10. 7 14. 2. cor 6 16. 1. iohn 5 21 iohn 1. 18. 4 23. 24. 1. tim 6. 16. In this commandement we are commanded that we should not thinke or imagin God to be like man or woman or any other thing for we cannot imagin what the almightie God is his diuine power is so incomprehensible But we see and knowe his greatnesse so farre as is needfull for vs to knowe by the glory of the heauens and earth and by his holy worde and workes b Mat. 15 9. 28 20. mar 7 8 9. deut 12 32. 17 2 3. pro. 30 5 6. reue 22 18 19. gal 1 8. 2. ioh ver 10. 11 exod 23 2. esa 29 13 66 3 4 tit 1 4 13 14 16. col 2 8. 20 22 23. ioh 4 24 1 sam 15 9 c. psal 119 113. acts 5 29. Therefore we must not worship God according to mans imagination but as hee hath commanded vs in his worde God will be worshipped in spirit and trueth And will not be represented by any Image or likenesse what so euer Neither will hee haue vs to worshippe any Image in any manner of Religion nor to doe any honour seruice or obedience to it nor to call vppon it nor bowe downe before it God doth forbid these things with most horrible and fearefull threatnings In this Commaundement all false worshippe of God is forbidden and the true worshippe of God commaunded THou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for the Lord will not holde him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine a Deu. 28 58. 5 11. 29. luke 1 50 leu 19 12. In this we are commanded that we vse with most high reuerence the name of God when so euer we speake or thinke vpon it And that we doe not vse his name to euill vses or falsely and not in truth b Leuit. 19. 12 gal 5 19 20 21 deut 18 10 11 12. mala 3 5. leuit 24 14. They which vse the name of God in false swearing coniuring witchcraft sorcerie cursing and such like those do blaspheme the name of God and take his name in vaine And the Lorde will not holde him guiltlesse that taketh his name in vaine c Iere 4 2. mat 5 34 to 38 Iames. 5. 12 1 pet 4 11. gal 1. 20. col 3 17 1. cor 10 31 2 cor 1 23. exo 22 10 11. hebr 6 16. Also in this commaundement we are commaunded that we neuer sweare by the name of God in our common talke though the matter bee neuer so true but onely to sweare in truth in iudgement and in righteousnesse where the glorie of God is sought or the saluation of our brethren or before a magistrate witnessing the truth when we are thereunto lawfully called d Deut 6 13. 10 20. iere 5 7 12 16. In which causes wee must onely sweare by the name of God and not by any other thing This commandement consisteth in the right honourable vsage of the name of God REmember thou keepe holy the Sabbaoth day Sixe dayes shalt thou labour and do all that thou h●st to do but the seuenth day is the Sabaoth of the Lord thy God In it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy daughter thy man seruant thy maid seruant thy cattell and the stranger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the Lord made heauen and earth the sea and all that therein is and rested the seuenth day wherefore the Lord blessed the seuenth day and halowed it a Deut. 5 14. exod 23 12 31 13. eze 20 12. In this we are commaunded to keepe holy the Sabaoth