~ The Prtfoct. beiAg lehoua,which fignifieth hiseffence,andbeingJncom~ municable to any creature: and fecondly fro1n his benefits~ either general,in thefe words(Thy God)that is,one that haue · boundmy felfe in couenant with thee,to be thine,to·deliuer thee frotn all euils.of foule and bodie, and to doe theeall good,for this life,and that which is to come ~or elfefpecial, in the lafl words (~hich ha11ebrought thee oHt of t·he l~nd of dg]'Pt)llgnif),ing>that he had fi1ewcd, and prooued him.. felfe to bee their God, bydrawing them out ofthat place, which was wholy additted to ldobtrie and fuperA:ition :, and out ofthat condition and Aatewhich was full' of mife.. tit and bondage. S!nce therefore this wondcrfull deliue– rance dothabundantly tdlifie hi~ loue & goodnes toward them ;-therefore they lhould wholly fubmit chemfelues vnto. him,and acknowledge him,and himonly tobe their God.~ . . GodJPrllzeall theft word.r. I N'tbat h-ee bdngeth i_n the Author of the words, faying: Godis nf- (God fpake them)we ar·etaughr,that God is after a pecul ~rapem-liar manner the author ofthe tenne Commandements.As al rar ma;-z. • . . • b d d d' fi G d r 11 erthe au- Scupture ts .to ee regar e , as procee mg rom o , 1()1 tkorofthe more neerely thefe. ten words) bccaufe they be after a more: ten comfpcdall fort his-words.. · · mande· , That thi~ is fa;,~t is prooucd plainly inDeuc.s. zz. where .mcnts. . Mo};s hauing repeated this law,fets downe two priuiledges that it had aboue all other Scriptare, to winne the.more au-. thoritie vnto it. - FirH he faith, TbefowordJ;tbeL1rd flulb.,!vntoa!lyourmu/:.. . titude:: noting this vntothem,thatwhereas the. cercmoniall and iudicialllawes.were· de1iuered by the miniHcrieof An.;. gels,and the other Scriptures by the mean"'s ofthemenof God the Prophets; thef'e words,.. and thcfe Commande- – ments,God hin1fdfe,\n his owne perfon,fullofmaiefHe and t,error~!)ccompanied with his glorious Angels, in a flame of fire,di.d pronouncefo ternbly in the heanngofthem all;as -that. theytrembled,~nd came to Mofos, reque(Hnghi-tnthac- _ . theymight no tnore heare God fpeaking on.,this-mannet: . for.ifthcydid ,) lfiiuedly .they ilioulddie for feare. Where'!- - · fure~
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