8 Command. vpon the Commandements. the, ad n'hr hereafter we muji more efchewe, the one with forrowe and true remorfe, the other with faith and conrtmuall care. Then /7iall thy Chrifi andour comfort, who in our R:R, fulñ.' led the lawe for vs cotter with his righteoufneffe all our finnesaQainflit. Then AY,.:! fi r s pz(fm his blood he f rgiuen,& we by him euer hereafterflrengthened.Then we/hall order our eyes with acarefull heart, we (hail fet a watch before our mouth and keepe the doore of our lippes. All fall inticements to forbid lufis roe fhallgladly refraine,and fo ef- cape the fnne it felfe the better. This I fay good Lord we (hall doe, if thou werke with vs, th,tu,thatarel thy power, and thou and thy mercy,Jhall doe i: in vs. which voucbfafeO Father ofHeauen for thy vnmeafurableandvnfearchablegoodneffefalte. Amen. The eight Commaundemcnt. Theta flialt net Aisle. ,9,yeflion. OWE can thisCommatondement pafbyßandwith that opinion of communitie? Ant. Indeed no way:or it manifeftly ouerthroweth fo vtlean imagination, &fliéweththe deftinetion domi. nrons& propriety in things was and is the ordinance of the Lord.For entry prohibition fheweth an ordinaunce befoteeftablifhed, which fhould be obferued either in Gods lawes or mans, though not alwaies eipefly. As forbidding of murther fheweth preferuation of life to be the will of G O D, and the deniall of adultery infer. reth the liking of chaflity either in marriage or out. So he forbidding of health which is an alienation of an other mans goods to our felues, fhewcrh that Burry thing is not our owne to take at our plcafute, but propriety in poflctfïon i. the will of the Lord. For ifall things be common there can be no health, and this law efriuolous and tonopurpofe, which God forbid we fhouldafñrme or thinke. ref many haue beetle of this opinion, affirming that tyranny, and not Divinity ma- k : h this d. f . rence among fl men. Anfw. lt is very true. Yet I hope you fee how euidently this law of God which I Crowe they will account divinity doch ouerthrow them and their folly, as doe alto all oche' laves, that may hereunto be reduced with many Scriptures mo. For as there canbe no Realth if alltsings be common, and therefore this law of God as I laid in vaine giuen,fo there can be nb buying or felling, no borrowing or lending, no letting ()dealing, or any fuch thing amongfl men, if eueiy man haue like intereft to take at his pleafure, and therefore. the Lord God cues in thefe alto greatlyouerfeene,for that he would trouble himfelfe to make lames touching thefe matters, when as no man harh or ought to haue any propriety in any thing more than an other. Againe, all the cshortations in the Scripture to acmes deedes and to mercy towards the poore are feiuoious,tor they sue as good right to take any thing theywant from any man, as the other haue to giue them. But all rhde you fee are abfutd and thereforetheopi. nion, and the contrary ofir the will and ordinance of the Lord. Quell. what a then the very drift cf this Commaundemenr? Aufw. The very end of it is tors, to binde our loue and care to our neighbours goods, as before it bath beencto his life, and things deare vnto him as his life. Fork cat not be, that our hearts fhould be right in affe¿tions towards Our brethren, and we fpoilcrs and wallets, or any way.harmers ofthe commodities which they enioy. Loue eherifheth and keepech cuco cuery thing fo neere as it an which he accounteth of; 8; 1
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