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Chapter 3: Of Charity, and the Ten Commandments

1. Is it sufficient for a Christian to be instructed in the doctrine of faith & hope?

IT is very necessary that hee which hath attained vnto Faith & Hope, be indued with Charity also. For of these three vertues, Saint PAVL teacheth iointly thus: Nowe there 1 remaineth, saith he, Faith, Hope, Charity, these three, but the greater of these is Charitie.

Great vndoubtedly is faith, which may2 suffice to moue mountains, and worke miracles: Great also is Hope, a certaine3 helmet, & Ancour of saluation, which setting before vs the goodnesse of God, & the greatnesse of rewarde, doth afforde both effectual comfort to them that labour, & a singular confidence to them that pray. But greatest of all is Charity, the4 Prince of all vertues, which knoweth neither measure nor ende, nor forsaketh them that die, being stronger than death it selfe, without which in a Christian there may be indeed both Faith, & Hope; but5 they cannot be sufficient to the leading of a good & happy life. For which cause S. IOHN saith: He 6 that doth not loue, abideth in death, although in the meane season he beleeue and hope, as the example of the foolishe Virgins in the Gospell7 doth plainlie declare vnto vs.

2. What then is Charity?

A Vertue infused by God, by which God is syncerely loued for himselfe, and our neighbour for Gods sake.

For God is chiefely to bee loued in al things,8 & aboue al thinges, and for himselfe alone, as alone being the most soueraigne, and eternall good, which only satisfieth our mindes: whose loue, &9 honour, ought to bee the beginning and finall ende both of our wil, and of al our workes. Then for10 Gods sake must we loue our neighboure, that is to say,11 euery man without exception. For asmuch as wee be al neighbours amongest our selues, & linked together with a great affinitie, both in regarde of the same humane nature, common to all the ehildren of ADAM, & also by reason of Gods grace and euerlasting glory, whereof al that wil, may bee partakers.

3. Howe many precepts of Charity be there?

IN substance two; whereof the first of louing God, is thus propounded in the old & newe Lawe. Thou 12 shalt loue the Lord thy God, from thy whole heart, & with thy whole soule, & with thy whole minde, & with all thy strength. This is the greatest & the first Commaundement. And the second is like to this, thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. On these two commandements dependeth the whole Lawe and the Prophets.

This Charity is the13 fulnesse of the Law, & summe of Iustice, that is to say, the14 band of perfection. Charity, I say from a15 pure hart, & a good conscience, & a faith not fained.

4. Howe doth true Charity shew it selfe?

THe proofe of16 loue & Charitie, is to performe the same in deeds, and to obserue Gods Commaundements. Whoreupon Saint IOHN also the beloued of Christ, saith.17 This is the charity of God, that we keepe his Commaundements; & his Commaundementes are not heauie. And againe.18 Hee that saith hee knoweth God, and keepeth not his Commaundements: is a liar and the trueth is not in him. But he that keepeth his word, in him in very deed the charity of God is perfited. In this we knowe that we be in him.

And Christ himselfe also teacheth: If you 19 loue me keepe my Commaundements. He that hath my Commaundements and keepeth them: he it is that loueth me. And he that loueth me shall bee loued of my Father: and I will loue him, and will manifest my selfe vnto him. 20 He that loueth mee not, keepeth not my wordes.

5. Which are the Commaundements of God specially belonging to Charity?

THE ten wordes of God, first deliuered by MOYSES to the Iewes, and afterward commended by Christ & his Apostles to21 all Christians, which are commonlie called the Decalogue, or the ten Commaundementes, and are thus set downe. I am thy Lord God.

  • 1 Thou shalt not haue any strange gods before me. Thou shalt not make to thy selfe any grauen thing 22 to worshippe it.
  • 2 Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in vaine.
  • 3 Remember thou keepe holy the Sabboth daie.
  • 4 Honour thy Father and thy Mother, that thou maiest liue long in the lande which thy Lord God will giue thee.
  • 5 Thou shalt not kill.
  • 6 Thou shalt not commit aduoutry.
  • 7 Thou shalt not steale.
  • 8 Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.
  • 9 Thou shalt not 23 couet thy neighbours wife.
  • 10 Thou shalt not couet his house, nor his fielde, nor his seruant, nor his handmaid, nor his Oxe, nor his Asse, nor any thing that is his.

6. What meaneth this beginning, I am thy Lord God?

ALmightie God beginneth the ten Commaundementes with the knowledge of himselfe,24 & with the insinuation of his Maiesty. That the Law-maker being once known, we may feare & reuerence him the more, & the Commaundementes which he hath set down may bee of greater authority amongst al men. For we are so seriously dealt withal, that if euer we meane to be25 saued, we must first as in a most bright glasse, here assuredly behold the wil of the diuine Maiestie, & the whole & perfecte manner of liuing well, & then this most holy Lawe being once knowne by the26 helpe of Christs spirite exactly keepe & obserue the same.

Neither truely doth our Lawemaker onelie giue Commaundements, but doth withal promise his27 blessing, and assisteth with his helping hand. I will put saith hee my 28 spirite in the middest of you, and I wil cause that you may walke in my Commaundements, and that you may keepe my iudgements, and that you may worke. For which cause when Christ also29 had commaunded: Take vp my yoke vpon you; least any man shoulde aleadge the difficulty thereof as an excuse: hee added. For my yoke is sweete, and my burthen light: Vnto those vndoubtedly, that beeing indued with the spirite of grace, doe walke in charitie not fained.

7. What importeth the first Commaundement?

IT forbiddeth and condemneth Idolatry,30 Superstitious obseruations, and the vse of Arte-Magicke & diuination.

It teacheth also and requireth, that wee account31 no creature at all for God, though it be neuer so excellent: but that we beleeue & confesse one only true, eternall, & infinite God, and that to him only we offer Sacrifice, and giue that singular32 & soueraigne honor which the GRAECIANS call Latria.

And by meanes heereof it commeth to passe, that aboue33 all thinges we honour, call vpon, and adore that soueraigne and eternall good, the most excellent, mightie, Maker, Redeemer, Sauiour, one immortall God, who34 is blessed aboue all thinges, the giuer of all grace and glory.

8. How, and in what sort doe we besides Almighty God, honor & call vpon the Saints also?

OF Saintes, to witte, of all those that are sanctified and borne againe in Christ, our meaning is not to speake in this place, as S. PAVL35 doth often applie this name to all Christians: but those we meane, that haue obtained the true rewards of their holinesse in36 heauen. Of whom the same S. PAVL doth testifie: that37 by faith they ouercame Kingdomes, wrought Iustice, obtained Promises. And these in very deed, are Saints, immaculate, without spotte and wrinckell, these are the most excellent members of the Church, & very choise instruments of Gods holy spirite, vnto whome no sinne or euill, can euer haue accesse. Which Saintes doe consiste partly of Angelicall, partly of humane nature, Creatures certes of almost noble and blessed, to whom it is graunted to be replenished with those most excellent and eternall good things that are in heauen, & to liue alwaies in most perfite loue and friendship with38 Christ our Lorde.

Therefore, by his fauour, both they are able to39 vnderstande, what thinges are done amongst vs vpon earth: & because they are inflamed with an exceeding Charitie towardes their breethren, though farre absent from them: they40 are careful of our saluation, they fauor vs, and doe wishe vs all manner of good. And they deale so much more feruently in our behalfe, by how much lesse cause they haue to be carefull for them-selues: and by how much greater perfection of synceare41 charity and of all kinde of vertue agreable vnto blessed Saints they continually doe exercise.

Not with-out greate cause therfore doe wee42 reuerence these lightes of heauen, and nexte vnto God the fortresses & principall ornaments of the Church. Not without greate cause doe we esteeme, praise, imitate, and loue exceedingly these Saintes aboue all mortall men, thoughe neuer so excellent. Not with-out greate cause, according to our small power, we doe exhibite great honor vnto then, being now aduanced to such and so great dignity. Finally, not without great cause, do we according to Christian pietie, make sute vnto then, &43 call vpon then, not that they may giue any thing as of themselues, but that they may pray with vs to God, the giuer of all goodnesse, and that they may be fauorable and effectuall intercessours, euen in their behalfe that haue deserued no good at all.

Which kinde of worship and inuocation, if it bee done rightly as it should: to witte, so as that supreame44 worshippe and honor due vnto Almighty God, which wee called Latria, may stand whole & perfite: there is doubtlesse no inconuenience therein, neither is it45 repugnant to holy Scripture, but is approued by many firme testimonies of the Church, & is very profitable.

And in that we do in this manner with the Church honor & cal vpon the Saints, it is so farre off from obscuring the glory46 of Christ our Lord & Sauiour, that it doth more set forth and aduance the same. For herein doth the most excellent vertue and glory of Christ our Redemer shine and shewe it selfe, in that he doth not only in himselfe, but in47 his Saints also, appeare mighty, glorious and marueilous: in that he honoureth48 them himselfe, and will haue them exceedingly49 honored in heauen and in earth: also in that, that by them, and for their sakes50 he giueth many thinges, and spareth oftentimes the vndeseruing. For it is well knowne that ABRAHAM,51 ISAAC, IACOB, DAVID, HIEREMIE, are reade to haue profited the liuing, though they themselues were departed before.

Whereupon, the fathers52 when they speake of the Saints, they often call them our fauorers, intercessors, and Patrones. And not without cause doubtlesse: forasmuch as the faithful suffrages of the Saints, when they are humbly and deuoutly desired in the name of CHRIST, are knowne by experience, to haue done good to many.

For which cause were53 the VIGILANTIANS long since condemned, who do defraud the saints & their holy54 Relickes of their honours, which the true Catholike Church hath alwaies giuen vnto then.

Neither must we giue eare vnto malitious cauilers, who doe falselye affirme, that the honour due vnto God, is by this meanes translated 55 vnto men: that Saints are adored for Gods: that creatures are by Catholikes, made equal vnto the Creatour. For, that it is nothing so, bothe many other thinges doe conuince, & amongst the rest that olde and solempne supplication, called the Lytanie, dothe testifie: where God & the diuine persons are worshiped and inuocated, first of all, & in a farre more high and excellent manner, than the Saintes56 or all the orders of Saintes together.

Hereupon also were those feasts of Saintes instituted, which Sainte AVGVSTINE writing againste FAVSTVS the Manichee 57 defendeth in this manner: The Christian people, saith he, dothe celebrate the memories of Martirs with a religious solemnity, that they may both stirre themselues vp to the following of their steppes; and also be made partakers of their merits, and holpen by their prayers.

9. Is the receiued vse of the images of Christ and his Saintes, contrary to this first commaundement?58

NO surely: for we doe not, as the Heathens are wonte, worshipe images, stockes, & stones, as if they were certaine59 Goddes (for that is speacially prohibited in this commandement:) but after a Christian maner and with a deuoute minde, we doe there honour Christ himselfe & his Saintes, where they are represented60 vnto vs, by their images set before vs.

So doth the Church61 both of olde, and of this present time teach with one consent, commending vnto vs the deuoute and reuerend images: the vse of which we haue receiued as commended vnto vs, by Apostolicall tradition; and we retaine as approued by a most holy generall Councell of Fathers. Yea God himselfe appointed to the auncient Sinagog62 their peculiar images.

For which cause was condemned the63 error of the Iconoclastes, or Image breakers, as they that made no difference betweene the likenesses of the Goddes, and the Images of Christe and his Saintes, nor had anie consideration of the time of grace, or the new lawe, wherein God him-selfe beinge made man, hath put on vpon himselfe his own Image & likenes64 which he created in the beginning, and hath represented him-selfe vnto vs in the same. And it is not only an absurde error, but also a moste wicked madnes65 of those that doe cast out of Sacred places the holy Images and amongst them also the Crosse of our Lorde, and with sacrilegious handes pull downe in a manner all the holy thinges they can.

10. What is prescribed vnto vs by the second commandement?66

IT forbiddeth the abuse & irreuerence of Gods holy name, which is committed by Periurours, Blasphemours, and those that rashlye sweare67 by God, by the Saintes, or other holy thinges, against that saieng,68 Doe not sweare: let your talke be yea yea, and no no.

69Then it requireth, that according to the right vse of the tongue wee exhibite greate reuerence to Gods holy name, we kepe our othes we breake not our vowes made to God and his Church; finally that we handle the70 holy word of god with reuerence.

11. What are wee bounde vnto by the thirde commandement?

71IT requireth, that we spende in good workes the Sabothe or festiuall day obserued in the Church. And therefore it willeth that our mindes be then present and voyde of cares, freely disposing it selfe, to yeeld interiour & exterior honour vnto God in faith, hope, and charity. It willeth vs that without all lets and incombrances: we meditate of Godes benefites, we be occupied about holy thinges, we pray and honour almightie God both priuately and publikely with others72 in spirite and truth.

It forbiddeth to labour on holy daies, to spend any time in handicraftes, and to vse prophane occupations, to the intent certes that we may attend to a holy repose in going to the Church, & hearing Masse the publike sacrifice of the Church, & the ordinary Sermon, accordingly as godlye deuoute persons haue al-waies accustomed to keepe this commandement.

12. What is the summe of these three commandementes?

THese three first Commaundements which appertaine to the first73 Table, do instructe & teach vs how we may geue true honour vnto God: to wit, interiour and exteriour: with harte, worde, & deed: in priuate and in publike.

The other seuen hereafter folowing, are called preceptes of the seconde Table, added to this end to explicate our duetie towardes our neighbour.

13. What is proposed & enioyned in the fourth commandement?74

HEEre, are children taught what dutie they owe to their Parents by whose means they came into this world, & by whose labour they are honestly brought vp. Also Subiects75 are taught to performe their duty to their Superiours: that is to say, to al that are supereminent in some dignity & power, whether it be in Ciuil or Ecclesiastical gouernment.

And both they vnto theire Parentes, and these vnto their Superiours, doe owe both interiour &76 exteriour reuerence & obseruance,77 succour also and obedience.

Furthermore, we are forbidden any kinde of way to offend78 or grieue any such persons of high calling or authority, be it by worde, deede, or any manner of signe.

14. What importeth the fifth Commaundement?

79IT doth not only prohibite all externall slaughter & violence, that may preiudice the body and life of our neighbour: but also cutteth of, anger, hatred, rancour, indignation, desire of reuenge, & all other internall affectes tendinge any waies towards the hurte of our neigh-bour.

It requireth meekenesse80 of minde, ciuility, clemency, courtesy, and beneficence: that is to say, that we doe easely forget iniuries, and doe not couet reuengement, but that we pardon one an other all offences, as God in Christ hath81 pardoned vs.

15. What hath the sixth commandement?

IT forbiddeth fornication, aduoutrie, and all vnlawfull copulation,82 and vncleane voluptuousnes whatsoeuer.

Moreouer, it will haue occasions eschued and cut off, which doe prouoke and cherishe the lustes of the fleshe, as filthie83 speeches, dishonest songes, and vnchast gestures.

Contrarie-wise it requireth fidelity84 in wedlocke, also all manner of puritie, both of minde in our85 thoughtes, and desires; and of86 body, in the tongue, face, eies, eares, & touching, finally in all exteriour shew and behauiour: that whether we liue in priuate or abrod with others; we not only avoyd all signe of riote, voluptuousnes & inten perancy; but also diligently practise modesty, frugality, & continency.

16. What are wee taught in the seuenth commandement?87

IT forbiddeth all vnlawfull handling, and vsurpation of an other mans goodes, by thefte, robbery, simony, vsury, vniust lucre, cosenage, & any other contracts, wherby brotherly charity is hurte, & our neighbour by crafte circumuented.88 On the contrary part this precept requireth that in all busines and trafique whatsoeuer, iustice be kepte inuiolate, & that the profite of our neighbour when occasion serueth by al manner of meanes or helpe of our part be aduanced.89

17. What is comprehended in the eight commandement?

VVE are by it prohibited to beare false and deceitfull witnesse against any man, and any way to subuert in iudgement the cause of our neighbor, yea or out of iudgement to hurt his good name: which doubtles is done by all whisperers, detractors, railers, false accusers, and flatterers. Breefelye all lying, & abuse of the tongue against our neighbour is here forbidden.

We are with-all taught to speake well and fauourably of our neighbour,90 to wit for his defence & profite, with-out any colour, dissimulation or deceipt.

18. The two last commandementes what doe they containe?

91THey forbid all concupiscence of an other mans wife or goodes: that we do not only abstain from other mens wiues, vnlawfull traficke, and open manifest wrong, but also that we do not so much as in wil or desire, hurte, or deliberate to hurt any man.

These two precepts therfore require the sinceritie & beneuolence of our harte towards all men to be sound and perfite,92 that what-soeuer is for the commodity and health of our neighbour, we doe wishe from our harte, and doe not at any time consent to couetousnesse, with the least iniury that maie bee to another man.

19. To what ende are all the ten commandementes to be referred?

TO charity, two sortes wher-of those two93 Tables wherin by the finger of God these commandements were engrauen, doe commend vnto vs. For the commandementes of the first Table; doe teache vs that which belongeth to the loue of God: and those of the second; that which appertaineth to the loue of our neighbour.

Therefore of these ten, the two first doe cause thus much, that we doe speaciallye auoide those vices which are moste repugnant to the seruice and honour of God: as Idolatrie, and periurie.

Then doth the thirde commandement admonish vs that we yelde vnto him in most faithfull manner true and pure seruice and honour in harte, worde, and deede. Which surely when it is well obserued, no doubt but than God only is in all thinges and aboue all things loued and honoured.

Now, the summe of the precepts, that belong to the loue of our neighboure, standethe euen in this one point. That 94 which of an other thou hatest to be done vnto thee, see that not at any time thou doe it to an other. To which doth answere that speach of Christ:95 All things what-soeuer you will that men doe to you, doe you also to them: for this is the law and the Prophetes.

20. Which are the duties and argumentes of brotherly charitie?

96OF these Saint PAVL discourseth in this manner. Charitie is patient, is benigne: Charitie enuieth not, dealeth not peruersly, is not puffed vp, is not ambitious, seketh not her own, is not prouoked to anger, thincketh not euill, reioiseth not vpon iniquitie, but reioiseth with the trueth: suffereth all thinges, beleueth all thinges, hopeth all thinges, beareth all thinges.

And Christ, to the intente hee mighte exhibite him-selfe vnto vs,97 a patterne of true and perfite charitie: in that last supper, which hee wonderfullye seasoned with excellent tokens of his charitie, saied very earnestlye: A new 98 commandement I giue you, that you loue one an other, as I haue loued you, that you also loue one an other. And againe: This is 99 my precept, that you loue one an other, as I haue loued you. Which surely is of so greate importance, that Saint PAVL affirmeth: That 100 he that loueth his neighbour hath fulfilled the law.

Therfore that we may conclude this place of charity with an Oracle of God himselfe, it is thus written:101 Choose life, that bothe thou maiest liue, and thy seed: And loue thy Lorde thy God: And obey his voice, and cleaue vnto him. For he is thy life, and the length of thy daies. Then that no man may doubt but that the Euangelicall doctrine of Christ doth herein accord with the lawe, let vs remember that Christ him-selfe did say: If 102 thou wilt enter into life keepe the commandementes. And in an other place hauing commended vnto vs the preceptes and workes of charitie, he also annexeth these wordes: This 103 do and thou shalt liue. 104 For not the hearers of the lawe are iuste with God, but the dooers of the lawe shal-be iustified.

OF these doers were105 ABEL, NOE, ABRAHAM, ZACHARIE whome the Scripture testifieth to haue ben iust, before God: as those that loued God & their neighbour in worke and in trueth.

Wherfore DAVID not the least amongst them, glorieng after a holy manner, singeth thus: I haue 106 runne the way of thy commandementes, when thou hast dilated my harte: I 107 haue loued, I haue obserued, I haue kept thy commandementes, and thy testimonies: in 108 keeping them much retribution: 109 accursed are they that decline from thy commandementes.

Footnotes

    1. Cor. 13, 13.
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    1. Cor. 13, 2. Mat. 11, 23. Mat. 7, 22.
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    1. Thes. 5, 8. Eph. 6, 17. Heb. 6, 19.
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  4. Prosp. l. 3 de vita cont. ca. 13 &, 15. Aug. in Ps. 47. & tract. 5. ep. Io. & ech. c. 117. & ser. 53. de temp. ↩

  5. Aug 15. de Trin. c. 18 ↩

    1. Io. 3, 14
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  7. Mat. 25, 11. Aug. ser. 23. de verb. do. c. 4. & 8. Mat. 22, 36. uc. 10, 27. Mar. 12, 30. Aug. lib. 3. doc. cap. 10. ↩

  8. Bern. de dilig. Deo. ↩

    1. Cor. 10, 31. Col. 3, 17.
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  10. Aug. ho. 38 ex 50. ca. 2. & seq. ↩

  11. Aug. in Ps. 118. concione 8. & ser. 53. & 59. de temp. ↩

  12. Deut. 6, 4 Mat. 22, 36. Mar. 12, 30. Luc. 10, 27. Greg. lib. 10. mor. c. 6. & 7 ↩

  13. Rom. 13, 11. ↩

  14. Col. 3, 14. ↩

    1. Tim. 1, 5.
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  16. Greg. ho. 30. in Euang. ↩

    1. Io. 5, 3.
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    1. Io. 2, 4.
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  19. Io. 14, 15 ↩

  20. The Commandements are thus distinguished by S. Aug. 9.71. in Exo. et ep. 119. c. 11. Clemens Alexan. l. 6. strom. comment. Hier. in Ps. 32. Ex. 20, 1. & 34, 28. Levi. 19, 1.37. Deut. 4, 13. & 5, 6. & 10, 4. ↩

  21. Mat. 19, 17. & 5, 18. & 22, 37. Mar. 10, 19. & 12, 31. Luc. 18, 19. & 10, 25. Ro. 2, 13. & 13, 8. & 7, 12 Gal. 5, 14. Jac. 2, 8. & 1, 25. & 4, 11. 1. Tim. 1, 5. Con. Tri. sess. 6. c. 19.20, 21 ↩

  22. Le. 26, 1. The comman dements are expounded by Orig. ho 8. in Exod. Aug. quaest. 71. in Ex. & tract. de 10. plagis. & lib. de 10. chord. ↩

  23. Deut. 5.21. ↩

  24. Deut. 6, 1.15.24. & 4, 23.40. & 10, 16. Mal. 1, 5.14. Hier. 32, 17. Psal. 46, 3. ↩

  25. Mat. 4.18. & 19, 17 & 28, 20. Heb. 5, 9. Ps. 118, 1.4.1. Io. 3, 24. Aug. quaest. 140. sup. Ex. ↩

  26. Ro. 8, 26. Ioan. 1, 17. Phil, 4, 13. ↩

  27. Ps. 83, 8. Deut. 28, 1. Leuit. 26, 3. ↩

  28. Ezec. 36, 27. & 11, 19.20. ↩

  29. Mat. 11, 28.30. 1. Ioan. 5, 3. Conc. Trid. sess. 6. ca. 11. & Can. 18. Chrys. l. 1. de com. cor. Bas. q. 176. in reg. breu. Aug de nat. & gra. c. 43. & 69. & ser. 61. & 191. de temp. Hier. in sym. ad Damas. ↩

  30. Deut, 12, 2. & 4, 15. & 18, 19. 1. Reg. 28, 3. Psa. 113, 12. Leui. 19, 26.31. & 20, 6.27. Eccli. 34, 4. ↩

  31. Aug. lib. 10. ciuit. c. 1. & ep. 49, q. 3 ↩

  32. Aug. l. 10 ciu. c. 1. & 4. & l. 15. con. Faust. c. 9. & l. 20. cap. 21. ↩

  33. Io. 4, 23. Rom. 10, 11 1. Ioan. 4, 8. Mat. 4, 10. Luc. 4, 8. Esa. 43, 1. 1. Tim. 6, 13 ↩

  34. Ro. 9, 5. Psal. 83, 12. ↩

  35. Ro. 1, 7. 2. Cor. 1, 1. Phil. 4, 22. Col. 1, 1. Philem. 7. ↩

  36. Apo. 7, 9 ↩

  37. Heb. 11, 33. Eph. 5, 27. Apo. 5, 8. & 7, 9. & 21, 2. &, 22.3. Eph. 4, 30. 1. Cor. 6; 19. ↩

  38. Phi. 1, 23 2. Cor. 5, 1.6 Gregor. 4. mor. c. 32. Niss. de S. Ephr. & Ephrem. l. 1. comp. c. vlt. ↩

  39. Greg. lib. 12. mor. cap. 13. & lib. 4. dial. c. 33. Aug. de cura pro mort. c. 15. & 16. Orig. lib. 8. con. Cels. 4. Reg. 5, 26. & 6, 9. 1. Co. 14, 25 ↩

  40. Dan 10, 12 Mat. 18, 10. Heb. 1.14. Tob. 12, 12. Luc. 15, 7. Act. 5, 19 & 12, 7. Apoc. 5, 8. & 8, 3. Cypr. de mort. Naz. orat. 19. ↩

  41. Hier. in vigil. c. 2. 3. Bern. in vig. Pet. & Pau. & serm. 2. in festo eorundem. & ser. 2. de S. Vict. ↩

  42. Dam. l. 4. cap. 16. ↩

  43. Bas. in 40. Mart. et in Mamátem. Naz. ora. 18. in Cypr. 21. in Ath. & 20 in Bas. Nyss. de San. Eph. Chrys. in ser. de catenis S. Petri. Amb. de vid. & de fid. resur. & in c. 22. Luc. Chrys. ho. 66. ad pop. Ephr, de laud. Mart. Hier.. in epit. Paulae. ep. 27. c. 1. 7. 14. Aug. de cura pro mort. c. 4. & l. 7. con. Don. c. 1. Ber. ser. 66. in cant. Theod. l. 8. Graec. aff. & in Philoth. Prud. in lib. peri steph. 7. synod. Act. 6. vide etiam supra in salutationem Angelicam. Gen. 48, 16. Iob. 5, 1. Gen. 32, 26. Ose. 12, 4. Zach. 1, 12. Hier. 15, 1. ↩

  44. Aug. lib. 10. ciu. c. 1 & lib. 20. cont. Faust. ca. 21. & lib. 8. ciu. cap. 27. ↩

  45. Ro. 15, 30 Heb. 13, 18. Ephes. 6, 18. Col. 4, 2. 1. Thes. 5, 25 2. Thes. 3, 1. Luc. 7, 3. Iob. 42, 8. ↩

  46. Conc. Trid. sess. 25. ↩

  47. Ps. 67, 36. Ioan. 14, 12. ↩

  48. Io. 12, 26 Mat. 19, 28. Luc. 19, 17. Ap. 2, 26. & 3, 21. & 5, 10 ↩

  49. Psal. 138, 17. ↩

  50. Chry. ho. 2. in Psal. 50. & ho. 27. in Mat. & 42. in Gen. & fr. de virt. et vit. ↩

  51. Gen. 26, 3.24. Ex. 32, 13.3. Reg. 11, 12.32.34.36 et 15, 4. Esa. 37, 35. 4. Reg. 8, 19. et 19, 34. et 20, 6. et 2. Mac. 15.12. ↩

  52. Amb. & vid. et in ca. 21. Luc. Leo. se. 1. et 2. de Pet. et Pau. et ser. de annuers. Paulin. ad Cyth. et de. B. Faelice Maxim. de Taur. Mar. Bas. in 40. Mar. Aug. quest. 108. in Exod. Euseb. de praep. lib. 13. cap. 7. ↩

  53. Hier. con. Vig. ca. 2. & seq. & epist. 53. adu. Ripar. & in ca. 65. Esa. er 2. Syn. Nic. & Gangreh. ↩

    1. Reg. 13, 21. Eccli. 48, 14. Aug. 22. ciu. cap 8. Dam. lib. 4. cap. 16. Bas. in Psal. 115. Chrys. in Iuuent. & Max. & in Bab. & ser. de catenis Petri. Amb. ep. 85. & ser. 91. & 93. Naz. Iamb. 18. Conc. Trid. sess. 25. Act. 19, 12. & 5, 15. Luc. 8, 44. Mat. 14, 36.
    ↩

  55. Gen. 19, 1. & 23, 7. & 33, 3.6. & 42, 7. Ios. , 14. 1. Reg. 20, 41. & 25, 23. 4. Reg. 2, 15. 1. Pat. 29, 20. ↩

  56. Bern. ser. de 4. modis orandi. Victor. lib. 3. de persecutione Wand. ↩

  57. Lib. 20. con. Fau. ca. 21. & in Ps. 88. Conc. 3. & ser. 47. de sanctis. Ber. in. Vig. Pet. Pau. Isid lib. 1. de off. ca. 34. & 35. ↩

  58. Bar. 6, 25.38. Deut. 4, 15. & 5, 8. Psa. 113, 12. & 134.15. Sap. 14, 1.21 1. Cor. 10, 7. & 8, 4. ↩

  59. Leu. 26, Tert. l. 2. 501. Mar. cap 22. ↩

  60. Bas. de spir. san. c. 18 Damasc. lib. 4. cap. 17. Athan. ser. 4. cont. Arrian. ↩

    1. Synod. & 8. Synod. cap. 3. Aug. lib. 1. de consen. Eung. c. 10. Dam. in vita Sylu. Ath. de pass. imag. cap. 4. Greg. l. 9. ep. 9. & li. 7. indict. 2. ep. 53. & 109. Damasc. l. 4. c. 17. Euseb. l. 7. hist. c. 14. Soz. l. 5. c. 20. Niceph. lib. 2. c. 7. & 43. & lib. 6. cap. 16. Nicetas. de imperio Manuelis lib. 5. Ionas Aurel. de imag. cultu. Damasc. in tribus orationibus de imagi.
    ↩

  62. Exo. 25, 24. & 37, 8. Num. 7, 89. & 21, 8. 3. Reg. 6, 23. ↩

    1. Synod. Nic. Act. 7. & Syn. 8. c. 7. Niceph. lib. 16. cap. 27. Gre. l. 9. ep. 9. Trid. sess. 25.
    ↩

  64. Gen. 1, 26 Phil. 2, 7. ↩

  65. Paul. Diacon. lib. 6. de gestis longob c. 14 et lib. vlt. de gestis Roman. in fine. Ioan. Patr. Hier. in vita Damasc. ↩

  66. Ex. 20, 7. Leu. 19, 1: & 5, 1. Eccli. 23, 8. & 27, 15. Zach. 5, 2. & 8, 17. Leu. 24, 14 Mat. 5, 34. ↩

    1. Tolet. can. 2.
    ↩

  68. Mat. 5, 37 Iac. 5, 12. ↩

  69. Psa. 33, 2. Ier. 4, 1. Ps. 14, 5. & 49, 14. & 75, 12. Eccle. 5.3. 1. Tim. 5, 12 Deut. 23 2 ↩

  70. Ps. 49, 16. 2. Cor. 2, 17. & 4, 2. Trid. Sess. 4. ↩

  71. Exod. 20, 8. 31, 13. Deut. 5, 12. Leu. 23, 2. Hier. 17, 21. Esa. 56, 4. Ap. 1, 10 Act. 20, 7. 1. Cor. 16, 2. Aug. ad Ian. ep. 119. c. 12 et 13. et ep. 118. cap. 1. et serm. 154. de temp. Leo. ep. 81. cap. 1 ↩

  72. Io. 4, 23 Deut. 5, 12. Num. 15, 32 Leu. 23, 2. Ignat. ad Phill p. Leo ser. 3. de quadra. Greg. l. 11. ep. 3 Hier. in c. 4. ad Gal. Aug. cont. Adim. c. 16. et ser. 251 de temp. Conc. Mg. c. 6 2. Matis. c. 1 Agathen. c. 21. t 47 ↩

  73. August. quaest. 71. Exo. et in ps. 32. Conc: . see the annotation in the 5. section before ↩

  74. Deut. 5, 16. Col. 3, 20. Eph. 6, 1. Eccli. 3, 1.5. Prou. 23, 23. Tob. 4, 3. ↩

  75. Ro. 13, 1. Heb. 13, 7. Tit. 3, 1. & 2, 9. 1. Tim. 2, 1. & 6, 1. 1. Pet. 2, 13. & 5.5. Eph. 6, 5. Col. 3, 22. ↩

  76. Leu. 19, 32. 1. Pet. 2, 13. Gen. 43, 26. 1. Tim. 6, 1. Eccli. 4, 7. Act. 10.25. ↩

  77. . Tim. 5, 17. 1. Cor. 9, 7. Mat. 10, 9. et 22, 21. Luc. 10, 7. Amb. lib. 5. hexam. c. 16. ↩

  78. Mat. 15, 3. Heb. 13, 17. Ex. 21, 15. et 22, 28. Leu. 20.9. Deut. 21, 18. et 27, 16. Pt. 20, 20. et 28, 24. et 30, 11.17. Eccli. 3, 14. ↩

  79. Gen. 9, 5. Leui. 24, 17. et 9, 16. & 19, 16. Deut. 5, 17. Ex. 20.13. & 21, 12. Mat. 5, 21. Ia. 2, 11 1. Ioa. 3, 15. Ephes. 4, 26.31. Col. 3, 8. Ps. 4, 5. Ro. 12, 17.19. Deu. 32, 35. Eccli. 28, 1. Heb. 10, 30. & 12, 15. ↩

  80. Eph. 4, 1. Col. 3, 12. Ro. 12, 14.17 1. Pet. 3, 8. Ephes. 6, 9. Phil. 4, 7. Mat. 6, 14. et 5, 38. & 18, 21, 33. Luc. 6, 37. Mar. 11, 25. Pro. 24, 29. ↩

  81. Ephes. 4, 23. ↩

  82. Leuit. 20, 10.22. & 19, 29. Deu. 22, 20. & 23, 17. Mat. 5, 28. Eccli. 41, 21.27. 1. Cor. 6, 9.15. Ephes. 4, 18. & 5, 3. Pro. 6, 24. Iud. 4.7.23. ↩

  83. Col. 3, 5.8. Eph. 5, 3.2, Pet. 2, 6.10.12. ↩

    1. Thes. 4, 4. Heb. 13, 4. Tob. 4, 6. 1. Cor. 7, 3.10.
    ↩

  85. Tob, 3, 16. Mat. 15, 18. Dan. 13, 8.56. ↩

    1. Tim. 5, 11. Eccli. 9, 3. Iob. 31, 1.11. Pro. 6, 24. Gen. 9, 22. Deu. 25, 11. Gen. 38, 9.1. Tim. 2, 8.1. Pet. 3, 1. Esa. 3, 16. Amos. 6, 4. Iac. 5, 1.5. Ro. 13, 12. Ezech. 16, 48. 1 Tim. 5, 6.22.
    ↩

  87. Leu. 19, 11.13.35.15. Eph. 4, 28. 1. Cor. 6, 7. Luc. 6, 34. Act. 8, 18. 4. Reg. 5, 20. Deut. 25, 13 Pro. 11, 1. & 20, 10. Eccli. 10, 6.8 1 Thes. 4, 6. ↩

  88. Psal. 14, 1. Luc. 6, 30. Eze. 18, 5.7.8.12.17. Rom. 13, 7. Mat. 5, 40 ↩

  89. Leu. 19, 11.13. Ex. 23, 1.6. Deu. 5, 19 & 16, 18. & 19, 15. et 27, 19. Pro. 12, 17. & 4, 24. & 24, 21. & 25, 18. Iacob. 4, 11. 1. Pet. 2, 1. Ephes. 4, 25 Pro. 17, 4.7.9.15. et 18, 6 & 19, 5. Ro. 1, 29. Ps. 5, 7.10. Apoc. 21, 8.27. & 22, 15. Iac. 3, 2.14. ↩

  90. Mat. 12, 35. Col. 3, 8.16 Eph. 4, 29. Pro. 15, 1.4.7. Eccli. 6, 1.5. ↩

  91. Deu. 5, 20. Eccli. 25, 28. Mat. 5.28. Ro. 13, 9. 1. Thes. 4, 3. Iac. 1, 14. Esa. 1, 23. Eccli. 5, 1. & 18, 30. Ps. 9, 25. & 61, 11. Act. 20, 33 ↩

  92. Iob. 31, 1.11 1 Cot. 10, 24. Tob. 9, 9. & 10, 11. Gen. 24, 59. 1. Tim. 6, 9 ↩

  93. Exod. 32, 15. & 34, 1. ↩

  94. Tob. 4, 16. ↩

  95. Mat. 7, 12 Luc. 6, 31. ↩

    1. Cor. 13, 4. Greg. lib. 10 mor. cap. 8.
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  97. Ioan. 13, 1. Luc. 22.15 ↩

  98. Io. 13, 34 ↩

  99. Io. 15, 12 ↩

  100. Ro. 13, 11. ↩

  101. Deu. 30, 20. ↩

  102. Mat. 19, 17. ↩

  103. Luc. 10, 28. ↩

  104. Ro. 2, 13. ↩

  105. Gen. 6, 9. & 7, 1. & in oratione Manassis. Sap. 10, 4. Mat. 23, 35. & 1, 19. Iob. 13, 18. Luc. 1, 6. & 2, 25, Iac. 2, 21. ↩

  106. Ps. 118, 32 ↩

  107. Ps. 118, 47.48.51.55.101.102.110.113.127.128.157.159.163.167.168. ↩

  108. Ps. 18, 12 ↩

  109. Ps. 118, 21. ↩

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