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Deuteronomy 5

5 Moſés is the meane betwene God and the people. 6 The Lawe is repeted 23 The people are afraide at Gods voyce. 29 The Lord wiſheth that the people wolde feare him 32 They muſt nether decline to the right hand nor left.
1.THen Moſés called all Iſraél, and ſaid vnto them, Heare ô Iſraél the ordināces and the lawes which I propoſe to you this day, that ye may learne them, and take hede to obſerue them.
2.The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horéb.
3.The Lord made not this couenát with our fathers, onely, but with vs, euen with vs all here aliue this day.
4.The Lord talked with you face to face in the mount, out of the middes of the fire.
5.(At that time I ſtode betwene the Lord and you, to declare vnto you the worde of the Lord: for ye were afraide at the ſight of the fire, & went not vp into the mount) and he ſaid,
6.I am the Lord thy God, which haue broght thee out of the land of Egypt, fró the houſe of bondage.
7.Thou ſhalt haue none other gods before my face.
8.Thou ſhalt make thee no grauen image, or anie likenes of that yt is in heauen aboue, or which is in the earth beneth, or that is in the waters vnder the earth.
9.Thou ſhalt nether bowe thy ſelf vnto them, nor ſerue them: for I the Lord thy God am a ielous God, viſiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon the children, euen vnto the third and fourth generacion of them that hate me:
10.And ſhewing mercie vnto thouſands of them that loue me, and kepe my commandements.
11.Thou ſhalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vaine: for the Lord wil not holde him giltles, that taketh his Name in vaine.
12.Kepe the Sabbath day, to ſanctifie it, as the Lord thy God hathe cómanded thee.
13.Six daies thou ſhalt labour, and ſhalt do all thy worke:
14.But the ſeuéth day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: yt thou ſhalt not do anie worke therein, thou, nor thy ſonne, nor thy daughter, nor thy man ſeruante, nor thy maide, nor thine oxe, nor thine aſſe, nether anie of thy cattel, nor the ſtranger that is within thy gates: that thy man ſeruát and thy maide may reſt aſwell as thou.
15.For, remember that thou waſt a ſeruant in the lád of Egypt, and that the Lord the God broght thee out thence by a mighty hand and a ſtretched out arme: therefore the Lord thy God commáded thee to obſerue the Sabbath day.
16.Honour thy father & thy mother, as the Lord thy God hathe commáded thee that thy daies may be prolonged, and that it may go wel with thee vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.
17.Thou ſhalt not kil.
18.Nether ſhalt thou commit adulterie.
19.Nether ſhalt thou ſteale.
20.Nether ſhalt thou beare falſe witnes againſt thy neighbour.
21.Nether ſhalt thou couet thy neighbours wife, nether ſhalt thou deſire thy neighbours houſe, his field, nor his man ſeruant, nor his maid, his oxe, nor his aſſe, nor oght that thy neighbour hathe.
22.¶ Theſe wordes the Lord ſpake vnto all your multitude in the mount out of the middes of the fire, the cloude & the darkenes, with a great voyce, and added no more thereto: and wrote them vpon two tables of ſtone, and deliuered them vnto me.
23.And when ye heard the voyce out of the middes of the darkenes, (for ye mountanie did burne with fire,) then ye came to me, all the chief of your tribes, and your Elders:
24.And ye ſaid, Beholde, the Lord our God hath ſhewed vs his glorie & his greatnes, & we haue heard his voyce out of ye middes of the fire: we haue ſene this day that God doeth talke with man, and he liueth.
25.Now therefore, why ſhulde we dye: for this great fire wil conſume vs: if we heare the voyce of the Lord our God anie more, we ſhal dye.
26.For what fleſh was there euer, that heard the voyce of the liuing God ſpeaking out of the middes of the fire as we haue, & liued?
27.Go thou nere and heare all that ye Lord our God ſaith: and declare thou vnto vs all that the Lord our God ſayeth vnto thee and we wil heare it, and do it.
28.Then the Lord heard the voyce of your wordes, when ye ſpake vnto me: and the Lord ſaid vnto me, I haue heard the voyce of the wordes of this people, which they haue ſpoken vnto thee: they haue wel ſaid, all that they haue ſpoken.
29.*Oh that there were ſuch an heart in them to feare me, and to kepe all my commandementes alway: that it might go wel with them, and with their children for euer.
30.Go, ſay vnto them, Returne you into your tentes.
31.But ſtand thou here with me, & I wil tel thee all the commandements, and the ordinances, and the lawes, which thou ſhalt teache them: that they may do them in the land which I giue them to poſſeſſe it.
32.Take hede therefore, that ye do as the Lord your God hathe commanded you: turne not aſide to the right hand nor to the left,
33.But walke in all the wayes which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may liue, and that it may go wel with you: & that ye may prolong your dayes in the land which ye ſhal poſſeſſe.

Notes

1:".
Ebr I ſpeake in your eares.
2:*.
Exod. 19,5.
3:a.
Some read, God made not this couenát, that is, in ſuche ample ſort & with ſuche figures and wonders
4:b.
So plainely that you nede not to doute thereof.
6:*.
Exod.20,2. leu.26,1. pſal 81,10.
6:".
Or, ſeruants.
7:c.
God bindeth vs to ſerue him onely, without ſuperſticion and idolatrie
9:*.
Exod 34.7. ier 32.18.
9:d.
That is, of his honour, not permitting it to be giuen to other.
10:e.
The firſt degre to kepe yͤ comandements is, to loue God
13:f.
Meaning, ſince God permitteth ſix daies to our labours, that we oght willingly to dedicat the ſeuéth to ſerue him wholy.
16:g.
Not for a ſhewe, but wͤ true obediéce, and due reuerence.
17:*.
Matth 5.21.
18:*.
Luk.18.20.
19:*.
Rom 13.9.
21:*.
Rom 7.7
21:h.
He ſpeaketh not onely of yͤ reſolute wil, but that there be no motion or affectió
22:i.
Teaching vs by his exáple to be contét wͤ his worde & adde nothing thereto.
24:*.
Exod.19.19.
24:*.
chap. 4.33.
26:".
Or, man
27:*.
Exod 20.19.
29:k.
He requireth of vs nothing but obediéce, ſhewing alſo yͤ of our ſelues we are vnwilling therevnto
32:l.
Ye ſhal nether adde nor diminiſhe
33:m.
As by obedience, God giueth vs all felicitie: ſo of diſobeyng God p̄cede all our miſeries.