Common Places, Propositions · Section 37 – Section 41
Propoſitions out of the xvij. and xviij. chapters of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 WArs are not forbidden vntounto chriſtians, ſo they be taken in hand for a iuſt cauſe, and by them which hauehave the right of the ſwoord.
proposition 2 A magiſtrate is a publike power inſtituted by God, to helpe the good, and puniſh ſhe euill, by diſtributing puniſhments and rewards, as the lawes doo appoint.
proposition 3 Wars muſt not for this cauſe be made, that when victorie is gotten, the ſubiects ſhould liue in idleneſſe, or giuegive themſelues to pleaſures, but to aduance and reſtore religion and ciuill diſcipline.
proposition 4 In the making of wars, albeit that we are principallie to put our truſt in God, yet are not the meanes and waies agréeable to the art of war to be contemned.
proposition 5 They which do war in the campe for the ſaftie of the people, although of the whole people they muſt be aſſiſted by praier, yet dooth this ſpeciallie belong vntounto the miniſters of the church, whoſe duties of calling are not to fight with weapons but with praiers.
proposition 6 Although there be a conuenient ſecret place for praiers, yet muſt not the holie aſſemblie of the church vnderunder that pretenſe be omitted: for the praiers be moſt effectuall which procéed from manie ioined togither.
proposition 7 When God commandeth that victorie obteined ſhould be written, euen ſo in like ſort he commandeth that it ſhould be read: euen as when he commandeth that the Goſpell ſhould be preached, he willeth that the ſame ſhould be heard.
proposition 8 It is lawfull not onelie to giuegive vntounto GOD ſignes of reuerence, as to vncouer the head, to bow the bodie, and ſuch like; but alſo to thoſe men which excell in publike authoritie, holineſſe, doctrine, or excellent gifts of God; reſeruing neuertheleſſe a difference of the honours due to God and to men.
proposition 9 It is no ſound argument [to ſaie] it is lawfull to giuegive theſe ſignes of reuerence vntounto noble men, therefore alſo vntounto images & dead ſaints.
proposition 10 They which contend in iudgement, ought ſo to ſettle their mind, as to inquire of iudges the will of God taken out of the lawes, and to reſt therein when they heare the ſame.
proposition 11 Iudges likewiſe, ſince they be miniſters of lawes, ſhould ſo behaue themſelues, as though they were to giuegive anſwer concerning the will of God, and not according to their owne affections.
proposition 12 The higher ſort in the Church and Commonweale do not alwaies ſée the better things, wherof it commeth, that in more difficult cauſes men ſhould alſo aſke counſell of the meaner ſort.
proposition 13 Chriſtian men ought not to neglect thoſe profitable and ſound things, which are taught of the Ethnike authors, ſince they procéed of the holie Ghoſt.
proposition 14 It is not profitable for the Common-weale or the Church, that one by himſelfe ſhould take all offices vponupon him.
Probable.
proposition 1 AMaleck was the firſt enimie that came out againſt Iſrael, bicauſe he was of the poſteritie of Eſau, and feared leaſt the Iſraelites would chalenge to themſelues the bleſſing of the firſt birth-right.
proposition 2 Moſes would praie vponupon the mountaine, his hands being lifted vp with the rod, that he might be in the ſight of the people, while they fought, and to be in the ſtead of an enſigne, at whoſe ſight they might call to mind, how manie and great benefits they had before time obteined by him and the miniſterie of his rod, and ſo their faith to be made the ſtronger.
proposition 3 Hands lifted vp were a ſigne of earneſt praiers.
proposition 4 The lifting vp of hands dooth well agrée with praiers, as who ſhould ſaie the bodie is drawne thither; that is to wit, into heauen, whither the mind is carried: and by an outward ſigne is ſhewed, that we doo deſire helpe of our father out of heauen.
Propoſitions out of the xviij. and xix. chapters of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 IT is not profitable in a Common-weale, that one ſhould beare rule altogither, but it is expedient that more ſhould gouerne the ſame.
proposition 2 Kingdoms and magiſtrates, as they be ordeined by God, ſo are they in ſuch wiſe preſerued of him, as they cannot be ſo greatlie confounded and corrupted by the wicked which inuade them and rule them, as there ſhould remaine no good thing in them.
proposition 3 This is a ſtrong argument: GOD made lawes, therefore he would alſo hauehave magiſtrats.
proposition 4 We ought to abſteine as much as we can from contentions, yet is it not forbidden vsus but that we may ſometime trie our cauſe by lawe.
proposition 5 No godlie man ought as touching himſelfe to refuſe the Eccleſiaſticall iudgement, if he can obteine the ſame.
proposition 6 It is a good prouocation for a man to receiue the lawe, and to obeie the ſame, to be perſuaded that GOD dooth ſo by his prouidence rule humane things, as he dooth good to them that obeie him, and puniſheth them that be diſobedient.
proposition 7 The promiſes which be in the holie ſcriptures, hauehave firſt of all place in Chriſt, and afterward they be deriued through him vntounto the ſaints.
proposition 8 God being infinit dooth occupie all things, yet neuertheleſſe he is ſaid to come or deſcend to anie place, when he declareth himſelfe there after a new maner.
proposition 9 Holineſſe firſt belongeth vntounto God, then vntounto all thoſe which be appointed to his ſeruice.
proposition 10 In this ſtandeth the holineſſe of creatures, that they be remooued from a prophane vſe, and are appointed to a holie vſe.
proposition 11 Baptiſmes were before the lawe, in the lawe, and vnderunder the Goſpell; and all, as touching their ſubſtance, had one efficacie.
proposition 12 It is not true that the ceremonies of the old fathers were onelie outward exerciſes, wherein there was no remiſſion of ſinnes.
proposition 13 Curioſitie dooth therefore much hinder faith, bicauſe faith is of things which are not ſéene.
proposition 14 When God requireth of the Iſraelites, that they ſhould abſteine from their wiues vntill the third daie, he dooth not therefore condemne the fellowſhip of marriage, that it ſhould be ſinne if a man vſe the ſame lawfullie.
Probable.
proposition 1 IT were good in a Common-weale that all citizens ſhould hauehave their rulers of tens, of hundreds, and ſuch like officers, which might take ſpeciall care of them.
proposition 2 To beléeue God, and to beléeue in God, is all one.
proposition 3 The waſhing of garments was a ſigne of obteining of righteouſnes and newnes of life.
Propoſitions out of the xix chapter of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 GOd is ſaid to hauehave béene ſéene of the Hebrue people vponupon mount Sina, by a participation of his properties; whereas they perceiued nothing but the outward tokens wherewithall he was compaſſed.
proposition 2 Good works in the holie ſcriptures are trulie and properlie otherwhile attributed to vsus, and otherwhile to God.
proposition 3 Frée will, which in Gréeke is called foreign, is power of the will, wherby we deſire or refuſe anie thing according to the iudgement of reaſon.
proposition 4 Thoſe things which are manifeſtlie and euidentlie good, when they be offered vntounto the will, they are neceſſarilie choſen.
proposition 5 The good things which be after a ſort vncerteine and euident, are ſhunned and deſired according as it hath knowne that thing.
proposition 6 Neceſſitie is not properlie ſet againſt the fréedome of will, but violence and compulſion.
proposition 7 A man not regenerate cannot chooſe true and ſound good things, which are pleaſing vntounto God.
proposition 8 As touching morall and ciuill actions, thoſe which be not regenerate may chooſe manie good things; albeit they neuer in a maner chooſe or execute them without error.
proposition 9 They which be borne anew in Chriſt hauehave frée will reſtored vntounto them, as touching both kinds of good things.
proposition 10 In the regenerate the execution of deliberated actions is not perfectlie and fullie reſtored.
proposition 11 Thoſe which be not regenerate as touching true good things, albeit they cannot deſire them, yet can they not be ſaid not to doo fréelie about them.
proposition 12 The fréedome of the will is not hindered, although the children of God are ſaid to be led by his ſpirit; or elſe in this reſpect, that the diuell worketh effectuallie in the children of diſobedience.
Probable.
proposition 1 WHen the lawe ſhould be publiſhed, there went before the ſame verie terrible ſignes, that by the report thereof mens minds might be ſhewed to be beaten downe, and that the Maieſtie of God which publiſhed the ſame might be declared.
proposition 2 The lightenings, thunder, earthquakes, and found of trumpet vponupon mount Sina, were doone by the worke of angels.
proposition 3 The ſignes, which went before the Goſpell, were mild and gentle, that the comfort might be ſignified, which thereby ſhould come vntounto mortall men.
proposition 4 Thoſe things, which were doone in the publiſhing of the lawe, ought to be compared with the ſolemne ſending of the holie Ghoſt vponupon the apoſtles: for in both places God was openlie declared the king of his people.
proposition 5 God gaue the lawe, without the land of promiſe in the deſert, that the Iſraelites entering into the kingdome of Chanaan, might deteſt the lawes of the Gentils, being now a good while inured with the lawes of God.
Propoſitions out of the xx. chapter of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 GOd cannot be defined, but in the place of the definition of him, we vſe certeine notions to know him by, gathered as well out of the holie ſcriptures, as from the creatures.
proposition 2 When God offereth himſelfe to be knowne of vsus, vnderunder certein tokens; none is more excellent than this, wherein we apprehend him to be the father of our Lord Ieſus Chriſt, by whome he hath redéemed and ſaued vsus.
proposition 3 The ſubſtance of the firſt commandement is, that we account the true GOD for our Lord, whereof it ſtraitwaie followeth, that vntounto him is due our faith, hope, louelove, feare, and obedience.
proposition 4 We muſt behold in the firſt precept, not onelie the commandement it ſelfe, but the promiſe of the Goſpell ioined therewith.
proposition 5 Although that all vſe of images be not forbidden the godlie, yet thoſe which are lieng, offenſiue, and vſed to repreſent God, muſt not be ſuffered: no more alſo muſt thoſe which be filthie.
proposition 6 Theſe two ſaiengs are not diſagréeing in themſelues; namelie, that the child beareth not the iniquitie of the father, and that God viſiteth ſinnes vntounto the third and fourth generation.
proposition 7 For the holineſſe of the forefathers God dooth bleſſe the poſteritie.
proposition 8 8 Whatſoeuer is ordeined for a ſeruice of God againſt his word, belongeth to idolatrie, which Tertullian pronounced not amiſſe, to be all maner of worſhip or ſeruice giuen to anie idoll.
proposition 9 Outward images are not alwaies required to the committing of idolatrie.
proposition 10 All heretiks are worthilie reckoned among idolaters.
proposition 11 In euerie idolatrie the diuell is worſhipped.
proposition 12 Artificers, which labour to make images, which they know ſhall be appointed to the vſe of idolatrie, doo moſt gréeuouſlie ſinne.
proposition 13 In the third commandement, not onelie periurie and vaine oths are forbidden, but alſo euerie kind of contempt of the name of God.
proposition 14 In a well ordered Common-weale, the crime of blaſphemie againſt GOD ought to be puniſhed with death.
proposition 15 In the third commandement, not onelie it is commanded that we ſhould not prophane the name of God, but contrariwiſe, that we ſhould ſanctifie the ſame.
proposition 16 Euen as it is lawfull for the faithfull to vſe oths in time and place; ſo are not curſſes alwaies forbidden them.
proposition 17 The Magiſtrate muſt take care, that oths be kept inuiolate, as well for the honor of the name of God, as for that they be the bonds of humane ſocietie.
Probable.
proposition 1 IMages ſhould not be placed in temples.
proposition 2 In that men take pleaſure of imitation, it commeth hereof, that they are made according to the image of God.
proposition 3 In the primitiue church, before the Goſpell was publikelie receiued, the profeſſours of prophane authours taught with great danger of the hearers: but at this daie it is not ſo.
Propoſitions out of the xx. chapter of Exodus.
Neceſſarie.
proposition 1 WHatſoeuer iuſtice is found in the lawes of men, is conteined either in the Ethnike writers, or elſe in the table of the ten commandements.
proposition 2 All iuſt and vniuſt actions maie be reduced vntounto the table of the ten commandements: euen as all things, which be, are to the ten predicaments.
proposition 3 In the table of the ten commandements are taught in few words thoſe things which be moſt plaine: for principles ſhould both be bréefe and euident.
proposition 4 All things which be commanded in the table of the ten commandements, doo verie well agrée with the light of nature.
proposition 5 The table of the ten commandements is vnderſtood of all thoſe which be indued with reaſon, concerning thoſe things which are laid before vsus in it at the firſt vew: but thoſe things which it hath in ſecret are not perceiued, except of them which are lightened with the ſpirit of God.
proposition 6 In both the tables there are handled thrée kinds of actions; namelie, of the heart, of the toong, and of the worke.
proposition 7 Certeine precepts of the ten commandements were not then firſt commanded by God, when he gaue the lawe vponupon mount Sina, but long before: but in the lawe they are repeated and plainlie ſet downe for the better expreſſing of them.
proposition 8 There are two cauſes alledged why the ſabboth was commanded, whereof the one is of the whole commandement, and the other is of a part.
proposition 9 Although that theſe words; Thou ſhalt louelove the Lord thy God with all thy hart, &c. And thy neighbour as thy ſelfe, be not expreſſelie had in anie of the ten precepts, yet are they the forme and meaſure of them all.
proposition 10 Albeit that he, which loueth his neighbour, hath fulfilled the lawe, yet are not ſo manie commandements of the table ſuperfluous.
Probable.
proposition 1 IN the firſt table we place foure precepts; firſt, that he which is the true God, ſhould be alone accounted for God. The ſecond precept, that no other gods, or anie images ſhould be placed togither with him. The third, that his name ſhould be accounted holie. The fourth, that the ſabboth daie be kept. But in the ſecond table there are taught ſix precepts; namelie, Thou ſhalt honour thy parents, Thou ſhalt not kill, Thou ſhalt not commit adulterie, Thou ſhalt not ſteale, Thou ſhalt not beare falſe witneſſe, Thou ſhalt not luſt.
proposition 2 The laſt precept, wherein is ſpoken of concupiſcence, is to be comprehended in one, not to be diuided into two.
proposition 3 Onelie two kinds of coueting are recited therein, bicauſe thoſe be the groſſer kind, and doo more commonlie happen.
proposition 4 The firſt commandement and the laſt doo after an excellent maner anſwer one to another; for both of them giuegive precept as touching the ſpirituall motions of the mind: for the firſt requireth good motions, and in the laſt we are forbidden euill motions.
proposition 5 He that offendeth in one is made guiltie of all; for no leſſe are the commandements of God ioined one with another, than are the vertues of the philoſophers.