Th~ftrfl .Comm4ndement~ 27 -day;ana night: there death made an ende oftheir mifery 1 here it begins it. · Then it reproues them,who the more they be freed from Y'{e. 1 . ·outward miferY.,the more they be inOauery to theidnward corruptions:and lcafl fubiett toGods holyvvil.And therfgre the Prophet ler-.;.).complaineth ofthe great: meo,that they were thegrcatdt rebels againfl God; he tooke offthe yoke ·ofwant and mifery, and they fi1ooke offthe yoke ofobedience. · · ~ . Thou .flJalt haue none other God!/Jut me. THe drift of this Commandement is, that' wee lbould fan6Hfie God in our hcans, and .giue him his full pfiuiledge aboue all his creatures. - .Firfl ofthe oegatiue part: tohaue noneotherGods is,not tohaueany thing ~hereonwe fet ou~ddight,or which we-e dleeme, more than God. The DoCtrine from hence is,that Dofl 1 ~· ll r. a: h' . hd -1' ) h' Nor ung we rnun1urrer not tng to Wlt raw our 10U e,or any t 1ng lhould in:our:body,or foule,fromGod. For whatfoeue.r·withdraw- withdraw .h ' . . fi G d h . tl G .d vs. or any et any tntng tn vs ro£!1 o · ,t at IS anrangc o vnto vs. thing in vs That is euery ma~1s God, tha~ euery mans heart is m9A fet from God.• vpon. Whatfoeuer the minde ofman is more carried after, than the glorie and feruice of G 0 D, that is another God to him. As for matter of commodity: Ifaman fct his , hope, and his trull, and his heart vpon his wealth, this is Lt~k.u.:9• -Idolatry. As in Iob.3r .24. If I made golde my hope, &c. , So the rich ·man,in the Gofpell made his wealch an Idoil~ hecaufe hee trulled in it, anddid worlhip to it: for heere hee fpeakes of the inward W<?rfhip ofGod in .the foule. Ifone then rely vpon wealth, and thinke himfelfe fafe wh~· n he hath it,and vndone ifit bee taken from him: this is to make g?ods.his gods)and gold h~3 hope. F(jf ifhis hope b~e ~one Col.J·S• wtth hts goods .what was hts hope before? Ifwhen hts nches deparc,his confidence alfodeparteth: did he not fay to thetn . afore, Thou arc my confidence? So couetoufnefie is called Iooiarry: n0t that men bowe downe their bodies to it : bur · (which is wode)their fou les and aftet'bons,their wit-~rnemo~\ ry>·.vnd'erHanding, yea all their faculties Houpe to that; . wh1chlh~uld onely Hoope to God. So that hce that loues C riches
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