item: #1 of 16 id: A03697 author: Horne, Robert, 1565-1640. title: Points of instruction for the ignorant as also, an expositition on the ten commandements, and the Lords Prayer, by questions and answeres. With an examination before our comming to the Lords table. And a short direction for spending of time well. By Robert Horne. date: 1617 words: 17186 flesch: 96 summary: Neither haue I done this for any w●…nt : for there is store of Catechisms abroad , to which this worme of mine is no way comparable : and God hath 〈◊〉 mercif●…ll with our age for the meanes of knowledge ; but we famish spirit●…lly at the ful measure of these 〈◊〉 , either by 〈◊〉 vsing them 〈◊〉 all , or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sh●…ld . The bo●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of CHRIST giuen vs by God , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…th receiued 〈◊〉 vs to ●…r 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of eternall life in Him. keywords: christ; commandement; cor; doe; duties; gen; god; gods; good; haue; ioh; mat; psal; rom; selues; thing; vvhat; wee; word cache: A03697.xml plain text: A03697.txt item: #2 of 16 id: A14092 author: Twisse, William, 1578?-1646. title: A briefe catecheticall exposition of Christian doctrine Diuided into foure catechismes, comprizing the doctrine of the 1. Two sacraments. 2. Lords prayer. 3. Ten commandements. 4. And the creed. date: 1632 words: 11925 flesch: 97 summary: Q. What is the second ? A. m To feare God. Q. Did God make the diuels ? A. m keywords: act; christ; cor; doe; doth; god; gods; ioh; mat; rom; sinne; things; wayes cache: A14092.xml plain text: A14092.txt item: #3 of 16 id: A15011 author: Lee, Richard, d. 1650. title: A pithie, short, and methodicall opening of the Ten commandements. By Master William Whately, preacher of the word of God at Banburie in Oxford-shire date: 1622 words: 41325 flesch: 82 summary: For though he be not subiect to sense , yet from things subiect to sense wee are bound to forme in our selues thoughts of his excellencies ( according to our abilitie of conceiuing , ) viz. of his power , goodnesse , mercie , wisdome , &c. 3. The third chiefe faculty called reasonable , is the Will , the vertue of which is flexiblenesse to the will of God , and that in regard of 1. Things by vs to bee done and auoided , that is obedience , which is a full purpose to doe all that God requireth , and leaue all that hee forbiddeth for his sake . keywords: c. 2; commandement; deeds; defect; doe; duties; estate; euill; excesse; faults; god; gods; good; hath; haue; himselfe; inward; loue; man; manner; matter; men; ones; outward; owne; power; regard; right; selfe; selues; speciall; things; twofold; viz; vnto; vpon; vse; words cache: A15011.xml plain text: A15011.txt item: #4 of 16 id: A20720 author: Downame, George, d. 1634. title: An abstract of the duties commanded, and sinnes forbidden in the Law of God. By the Right Reuerend Father in God, George Dovvname, Doctor of Diuinity, and Lord Bishop of Derry date: 1620 words: 32130 flesch: 90 summary: Disorder , when we lo●e any things as much , or more than God , the loue of Our selues ; I meane not the naturall loue of our selues , whereby we seeke our preservation ( which as it is sub●rdinate to the loue of God , is lawfull ) nor the spirituall loue of our●elues , whereby wee seeke our saluation ; but the carnall loue of our selues , 2. keywords: act; bee; cor; deut; duties; duty; esa; euill; gen; god; gods; good; haue; ioh; loue; luk; math; meanes; men; opp; owne; pet; prou; psal; respect; rom; sam; selues; things; tim; viz; vse; wee; word cache: A20720.xml plain text: A20720.txt item: #5 of 16 id: A27480 author: Bernard, Edward, 1638-1696. title: Private devotion and a brief explication of the ten commandments date: 1689 words: 25319 flesch: 82 summary: My flesh trembleth for f●ar of thee : and I am afraid of thy judgments , O Lord. Lord soften , bruise ▪ change and reform my soul according to thy own will according to thy own image , and after the likeness and innocence of Adam , when thou first breathest into him life and reason ; yea according to the same t●mper and purity , I most humbly beseech thee , wherein by thy grace I once ascended from the laver of Regeneration . keywords: almighty; amen; body; christ; day; earth; eternal; father; glory; god; good; grace; heaven; holy; jesus; life; lord; lord god; lord jesus; mercy; o lord; psal; saviour; soul; thee; thou; thy; world cache: A27480.xml plain text: A27480.txt item: #6 of 16 id: A29188 author: Bralesford, Humphrey, 1658-1733. title: The poor man's help being, I. An abridgement of Bishop Pearson on the Creed; shewing what he is to believe. II. A short exposition of the Lord's Prayer, directing him what to beg of God. III. The Ten Commandments explain'd; teaching him his duty both to God and man. With some additional helps for his private devotion. date: 1689 words: 12031 flesch: 61 summary: I believe , that whereas every Sin is a Transgression of the Law of God , upon every Transgression there remains a Guilt upon the Transgressor , and that Guilt brings an eternal Punishment ; so that all men being concluded under Sin , they were all obliged to suffer the punishment of eternal Death ; yet it pleased God to give his Son , & his Son to give himself to be a surety for this Debt , and to release us from these bonds : And because , without shedding of blood , there is no Remission , he gave his Life a Sacrifice for sin ; he laid it down as a Ransom , even his precious Blood , as a Price by way of Compensation , and Satisfaction to the Will and Justice of God ; by which Propitiation , God , who was by our sins offended , became reconciled , and being so , took off our Obligation to eternal punishment , which is the Reward of our sins ; and appointed in the Church of Christ , the Sacrament of Baptism for the first Remission , and Repentance for the constant Forgiveness of all following Trespasses : And thus I believe the Forgiveness of Sins . Our Enemies , O Lord , are mighty , and vigilant , and the best of us unable of himself to withstand the least of their Assaults : Leave us not , O God of our strength , to be overcome by their Wiles , or Power ; and suffer us not to be tempted above what thy Grace does enable us to bear : And though in those Temptations that thou permittest us to be led into , thy favour may seem to be shadowed from us for a time ; yet teach us so much spiritual Wisdom , as not to despair of Deliverance , but to be satisfied , that thou hast appointed them their Limits , which they are not able to go beyond . keywords: christ; day; father; god; holy; lord; man; power; sins; son; thee; thou; thy; world cache: A29188.xml plain text: A29188.txt item: #7 of 16 id: A31058 author: Barrow, Isaac, 1630-1677. title: A brief exposition of the Lord's prayer and the Decalogue to which is added the doctrine of the sacraments / by Isaac Barrow ... date: 1681 words: 38050 flesch: 56 summary: The Scripture frequently mentioneth a place of his special residence ( seated in regions of inaccessible light , above the reach not onely of our sense , but of our fancy and conception ) where his royal Court , his presence Chamber , his imperial Throne are ; where he is more immediately attended upon by the glorious Angels , and blessed Saints ; which place is called Heaven , the highest heavens ; the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , the highest places ; by his presence wherein God is described here , as for distinction from all other parents here on earth , so to encrease reverence in us toward him ( while we reflect upon his supereminent glory and majesty ) and to raise our hearts from these inferiour things unto desire , and hope , and love of heavenly things ; withdrawing ( saith S. Chrysostome ) him that prays from earth , and fastning him to the places on high , and to the mansions above . 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 , 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 If God will have it so , so let be : if we could observe those rules and precepts , which even the Philosophers so much inculcate ; to commit all our affairs to God , to love and embrace ( hugg ) all events ; to follow , and to accompany God ; to yield , deliver , and resign our selves up to him . keywords: children; christ; doth; duties; duty; father; god; good; hath; holy; law; life; lord; manner; men; mind; nature; neighbour; paul; people; practice; reason; religion; respect; saith; saviour; selves; sense; thee; thereto; things; thou; thy; word cache: A31058.xml plain text: A31058.txt item: #8 of 16 id: A42355 author: Gurnay, Edmund, d. 1648. title: Toward the vindication of the second commandment by Edm. Gurnay ... date: 1661 words: 14058 flesch: 58 summary: (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A42355) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108755) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1672:1 or 2478:7c) Toward the vindication of the second commandment by Edm. keywords: doth; god; gods; good; hath; honour; images; instruction; kind; lord; man; men; senses; things; thy; time; yea cache: A42355.xml plain text: A42355.txt item: #9 of 16 id: A54391 author: Perkins, William, 1558-1602. title: The whole duty of man, containing a practical table of the Ten commandments wherein the sins forbidden, and the duties commanded, or implied are clearly discovered / by famous Mr. Will. Perkins. date: 1674 words: 3018 flesch: 61 summary: The Affirmative part of this Commandment , is , to cease from sin , from the works of our ordinary callings , and also to perform those spiritual duties , which God requires : Where in Preparation to the Sanctification of this day , ( as Christ and the practice of the old Law were wont ) the Assemblies must be frequented , God's word and his creatures meditated ; Works of charity , the needy relieved , the sick visited , the faln admonished , differences reconciled . 1. That we must acknowledge God. keywords: commandment; day; god; neighbour; tcp; text; thou; thy cache: A54391.xml plain text: A54391.txt item: #10 of 16 id: A58134 author: Rawlet, John, 1642-1686. title: An explication of the Creed, the Ten Commandments, and the Lord's Prayer with the addition of some forms of prayer / by John Rawlet ... date: 1672 words: 20975 flesch: 79 summary: Q. To whom do we owe the praise of any good thing wrought in us or performed by us ? A. To the Spirit of God , who works in us both to will and to do . Q. What are we taught in the second Commandment ? A. The second Commandment teacheth us to worship God according to his own appointment , and to take special heed that we make not any image or picture of him ; nor give religious worship to an Image , upon any pretence whatsoever . keywords: christ; church; day; god; good; holy; ioh; love; prayer; rom; sins; thee; thou; thy; world cache: A58134.xml plain text: A58134.txt item: #11 of 16 id: A66751 author: Wither, George, 1588-1667. title: Divine poems (by way of paraphrase) on the Ten commandments illustrated with twelve copper plates, shewing how personal punishments has been inflicted on the transgressors of these Commandments, as is recorded in the Holy Scriptures : also a metrical paraphrase upon the Creed and Lords prayer / written by George Wither. date: 1688 words: 22126 flesch: 69 summary: These Evils to prevent ; This Law divine The wandring humane Fancy doth confine All men in Sacred worshipings restraining As well , from Intellectual Objects faining , As from Corporeal forms : And him God threats Who due performance of this Law forgets . 5. Would God my ways were so directed that I might keep thy Statutes . keywords: day; doth; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; holy; honour; know; law; life; lord; love; man; means; men; nature; power; self; sin; thee; thou; thy; time; way; yea cache: A66751.xml plain text: A66751.txt item: #12 of 16 id: A66766 author: Wither, George, 1588-1667. title: A paraphrase on the ten commandments in divine poems illustrated with twelve copper plates, shewing how personal punishments has been inflicted on the transgressors of these commandment, as is recorded in the Holy Scripture, never before printed : also, a metrical paraphrase upon the creed and Lord's Prayer / written by George Wither ... date: 1697 words: 21792 flesch: 69 summary: ●nd that prime Attribute have overthrown , ●y which , he chiefly to be God is known ? ●or , none are bound to serve him ( by this Law ) These Evils to prevent ; This Law divine The wandring humane Fancy doth confine All men in Sacred worshipings restraining As well , from Intellectual Objects faining , As from Corporeal forms : And him God threats Who due performance of this Law forgets . keywords: doth; god; gods; good; grace; hath; heart; holy; honour; know; law; life; lord; love; man; means; men; nature; power; self; sin; thee; thou; thy; time; way; yea cache: A66766.xml plain text: A66766.txt item: #13 of 16 id: A70809 author: Palmer, Herbert, 1601-1647. title: An endeavovr of making the principles of Christian religion, namely the Creed, the Ten Commandements, the Lords prayer, and the Sacraments, plaine and easie tending to the more speedy instruction of the meanest capacities, and weakest memories, and for the making triall also of their understandings, who though they have attained some measure of saving knowledge, yet through the weaknesse of their abilities cannot expresse even that which they doe conceive. date: 1644 words: 16196 flesch: 94 summary: How fit it is to perform this , though thy own expe●●ce will best inform thee , if thou be pleased to make triall of it toward any thou hast care of , yet thou maist partly conceive , if thou wilt take along with thee the reason of the composition of it in this forme , and the drift aimed at by the Author , which will also direct thee to make right use of it . Now the God of all wisdome & grace , who hath graciously promised , that under the kingdom of Christ the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the ●●ord , ●s the waters cover the sea , and particularly that all our children shall be taught of him : von ●safe for Iesus Christs sake , and through him our great Prophet his blessing , as upon all other means used by any , so upon these weak indeavours of his 〈◊〉 thiest servant , that by them , thou ( whoever thou art ) that thinkest good to attempt the making use of them , maist for thyselfe and thine , si●de some help toward the more easie overcoming the conceited inseparable difficulty of making those that are not book learn'd ( as the phrase is ) attain to any measure of understanding in matters of Religion , so as both thou and they may be both the more willing and able to teach and to learn , untill we all com● to the blessed persection promised , when there shall be no more need of teaching every man hi , neighbour , and every man his brother , saying , Know the Lord , because all shall know him from the least to the greatest : comming all in the unity of 〈◊〉 , and of the knowledge of the Son of God , unto a perfect man , unto the measure of the stature of the fulnesse of Christ . keywords: christ; doth; god; gods; grace; hath; man; psal; sin; sins; things; ● ● cache: A70809.xml plain text: A70809.txt item: #14 of 16 id: A79808 author: City of London (England). Court of Common Council attributed name. title: The cities X commandements, commanded to be read in all churches, by Mr L. Warner and the Common Councell. date: 1648 words: 1350 flesch: 70 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A79808 of text R210812 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.11[133]). l. on that day thou shalt doe no manner of work , thou nor thy sonne , nor thy daughter , for we have entred that day into the Kalendar , and command it to bee kept holy . keywords: common; text; thou; warner cache: A79808.xml plain text: A79808.txt item: #15 of 16 id: A91463 author: Elsynge, Henry, 1598-1654, attributed name. title: The Parliaments X. commandements. date: 1648 words: 1031 flesch: 75 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A91463 of text R210764 in the English Short Title Catalog (Thomason 669.f.11[121]). [Elsynge, Henry] 1648 679 4 0 0 0 0 0 59 D The rate of 59 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. keywords: -early; text; thou cache: A91463.xml plain text: A91463.txt item: #16 of 16 id: B02143 author: Chishull, John. title: A brief explication of the Ten Commandments; intended for a help to the understandings and memories of children. / By John Chishull. date: 1665 words: 1486 flesch: 74 summary: Copies of the texts have been issued variously as SGML (TCP schema; ASCII text with mnemonic sdata character entities); displayable XML (TCP schema; characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or text strings within braces); or lossless XML (TEI P5, characters represented either as UTF-8 Unicode or TEI g elements). Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 182749) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books; Tract supplement ; A4:2[79]) keywords: command; eebo; english; tcp; text cache: B02143.xml plain text: B02143.txt