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Ten Commandments
⇒ 1st Commandment
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“And God spake all these words, saying, ‘I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.'”
Ex. 20:1-2
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Order of Contents
Articles 4
Latin 2
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Articles
1500’s
Viret, Pierre – The Exposition of the Preface of the Law in A Christian Instruction… (d. 1571; London: Veale, 1573), pp. 417-538
Questions concerning the presence of God in the mountain of Sinai, and of his voice, and of the law given by the Angels
Of the presence of God in general, which is common to all men and creatures, and of his special presence towards his servants
Of the voice of God which was heard by men, and of his law given by the Angels
Of the preface of God in his Law, and of the titles which He gives to Himself in the same: and of the point that is chiefly required in that Law
Of the name ‘Eternal’ which is ‘Jehova’ in Hebrew, given to God
In what sort God is generally called the God of all men, and chiefly the God of his chosen people
For what cause God does make express mention in the preface of his Law, of the deliverance of Israel out of Egypt
How that this remembrance of the going forth out of Egypt, is a mark to separate the true God from the false gods
Of the sundry titles which have been given to God in the holy Scriptures, as well before the going forth out of Egypt, as after, and chiefly since the coming of Christ in the flesh, and for what causes they have been given
Of the true knowledge and manifestation of God, and to what end the titles serve which are given to Him to guide and lead us to the same
How the deliverance of the people of Israel out of Egypt, was a shadow and figure of the deliverance which is made by Christ Jesus, and how the Christian people are comprehended in the people of Israel, and their deliverance also in the deliverance of that people
Of the order and mean that God did keep in giving of his Law, and of the great doctrine contained therein: and what agreement it has with the form of prayer which was given by Jesus Christ
Of the testimonies that God in his law gives unto us of Himself, and of his nature, and of the nature of man, and of the redemption of him
How that the law of God contains much more in substance than the words seem to signify at the first sight, and how they ought to be understood according to the nature of the Lawmaker
Of the difference that is between the law of God and the laws of man, and the things required in these same and of the judgment of God, and the judgment of men concerning the same
In what sort the words of the law of God ought to be understood: and how that God does not only behold the outward works, but the original of them also, & what be the things that God does allow or condemn in man
Of the consideration of those things which in deed displease God in man, and first of all in his work: and in what sort it ought to be considered, as commanded or forbidden by God
By what rule the works of men ought to be examined, and how dangerous a thing it is to follow the judgment of man’s reason
How that the law of God is transgressed not only in doing that which is forbidden by it, but also in leaving that undone which is therein commanded, and how that those good works which we do, are not able to satisfy for them which we ought to do, and do not, nor yet for those which we do against the will of God
How that it is not sufficient to do outwardly the works which God commands, if that they be not done to the intent and to the very same purpose for the which God does command them, and how greatly hypocrisy displeases God
What good or hurt the work does that is outwardly done, and not with a good heart, and what it may bring to the worker of the same, and also to others, and whether it be better that it be done or undone
In what sort the heart of man may fulfill the law of God or no, and may be condemned, or absolved by the same, without the works which God requires of him in the same
How that men do glory in vain of their good heart and of their faith, if their works bear not witness of it, and for what cause the judgment shall be given by God according to their works, and why the Prophets do so earnestly require them, exhorting the people of God to repentance
How that the dissimulation and feigning of man’s heart is declared by the transgression of the Law of God: and how there is neither ignorance, nor constraint, nor any reason, what soever it be, that can excuse him
How sin cannot be but voluntary, and how difference must be put in this matter, between constraint and necessity, and in what signification they ought to be taken in this case
Examples and similitudes for declaration of the difference that is put between Necessity and Constraint
Of the free necessity to do well, that was in man before sin: and of the necessity to do evil, unconstrained notwithstanding, into the which he is fallen through the same, and in what meaning this word of necessity ought to be taken, when it has regard to good things
How that the necessity that is here spoken of, is free and commendable in good things: and how it ought to be otherwise considered in God than in Creatures
Of the creation and fall of the angels, and how that God in the same has declared the difference that is between the Creator and the Creature, and how it is only He that is perfect and unchangeable
Of the marvelous counsel of God which was declared in the fall of the angels, which are fallen from their first estate: and in the preservation of those which did continue firm and steadfast, and how He has declared the justice of his judgment towards the one sort, & the riches of his grace towards the others
How that the Devil may not impute the fault and fall of his damnation but to himself, and how it is manifest by that fall that there is no unchangeable verity nor constancy but in the nature of God
Of the comparison and agreement of the first estate, and of the fall of man, with that of the Angels, and their first estate: and in to what necessity man has brought himself through his sin
Of the marvelous counsel of God which is declared in the fall and the restoring of man: and wherein it is different, or like to that which He has declared in the fall of the evil angels, and in the conservation of the good Angels
How that al’ that which has been done as well in the fall and conservation of the Angels, as in the fall and restoring of man, tends to the glory of God, and how that same only reason ought to content us in the doctrine of predestination
How that the will of man cannot by any means be constrained, no, not by the Devil himself, but only of his own wickedness
Of the contrariety which seems sometime to be among the commandments of God, and what consideration is required in the same, and of the division of the whole law into two tables, and of the order of the matters that are disposed & contained in them
Of the manner how to accord and agree the passages and sentences of the law and of the holy Scriptures, which seem to disagree, set forth upon the commandment given to honor father and mother, and what love or hatred He would that we should bear them
An example to the like purpose, upon the commandment given of the obedience due to Princes, and upon the commandment given against murder
Of the hidden sins that are in the conscience and wicked will of man and how that concupiscence is a sin worthy of damnation in the sight of God, and how greatly it does displease Him, and for what cause
How that by reason of that concupiscence we are justly worthy of death and damnation, even from our mother’s womb
Of diverse degrees of sin, and of the root and fruits, and of their begetting and consummation
Of the names of sins, according to their degrees and proper kinds, with their generation
Of deadly and venial sins, and of the difference of them: and in what meaning we ought to understand the sins to be venial or mortal
Of the opinion of those which say that none shall be damned: and of the abuse of the mercy of God, and of the greatness of sin, and of the pain due to the same, and of the wrath of God against it, declared in the death of Jesus Christ, and of the mean whereby to be delivered from it, and in what meaning we ought to understand that God has made no man to destroy or damn him
How that every sin is of his own nature damnable, and how that notwithstanding, it is not able to damn the faithful
What mean it behoves to keep to fight against sin and to resist it, and to be delivered from it, and how every man ought to fear lest he should be hardened therein, and should fight against his own conscience, to the end that sin be not to death
Beza, Theodore, Anthony Faius & Students – Propositions & Principles of Divinity Propounded & Disputed in the University of Geneva by Certain Students of Divinity there, under Mr. Theodore Beza & Mr. Anthony Faius… (Edinburgh: Waldegrave, 1591)
29. ‘Upon the Preface of God’s Law & the First Commandment’ 66-68
Virel, Matthew – Preface in A Learned & Excellent Treatise Containing All the Principal Grounds of Christian Religion (London, 1594), bk. 2, 1. Of Good Works, 1st Part
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1600’s
Willet, Andrew – ‘Preface’ in Hexapla in Genesis & Exodus… (d. 1621; 1633, London), pp. 263-371
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Latin Articles
1500’s
Ramus, Petrus – Commentary on the Christian Religion (Frankfurt, 1576; 1594), Bk. 2 [Of the Decalogue]
2. Of the Preface of the Law 100
Ramus (1515-1572)
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1600’s
Tilen – An Ordered Arrangement of Theological Disputations held in the Academy of Sedan, vol. 1 (1607, 1611)
36. Preface of the Decalogue 301-7
Tilen (1563-1633)
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