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A Bright Star which Leadeth Wise Men to our Lord Jesus Christ

by John Dod · 1549–1645

Published: 1603
Length: 151,529 words
Reading: ~10 hours
Divisions: 40

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The bright star which leadeth wise men to our Lord Jesus Christ, or, A familiar and learned exposition on the ten commandements gathered from the mouth of a faithfull pastor by a gracious young man, sometime scholler in Cambridge.

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Exposition of Proverbs 9-10

1606

London Imprinted by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, dwelling in Pater Noster Row, at the signe of the Talbot 1603.

Original spelling, as transcribed by the Text Creation Partnership.

Front matter
Title pageLAEORE ET CONSTANTIA
To the readerTo the Chriſtian Reader.
Table of contentsA neceſſarie Table, referring the Reader to the principall matters contained in this booke.
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IntroductionExod. 20. 1. God ſpake theſe wordes, and ſaide, I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land…
PartGod ſpake theſe words.
PartAll theſe Words.
PartI am IEHOVAH▪
PartThy GOD.

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PartWhich brought thee out of the land of Aegipt, out of the houſe of bondage.
Commandment 1Thou ſhalt haue none other gods before mee.
PartBefore my face.
Commandment 2Thou ſhalt not make to thy ſelfe any grauen Image, nor the likeneſſe of any thing that is in heauen. &c.
PartThou ſhalt not make to thy ſelfe any idoll.
PartI am Iehouah thy God, a iealous ſtrong God.
PartViſiting the ſinnes of the fathers on the children.
PartOf them that hate mee.
PartAnd ſhewes mercie to thowſands of them that &c.
PartThoſe that loue him and keepe his commandements.

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Author: John Dod (1549–1645)
Imprint: London Imprinted by Iohn Harison for Thomas Man, dwelling in Pater Noster Row, at the signe of the Talbot 1603.
Extent: [14], 92 [i.e. 184], 102 [i.e. 204] p.
Language: English
Catalogue: STC 6967.5 · ESTC S5010
Source: TCP A20559
Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal (Text Creation Partnership)

Exposition of Proverbs 11-12

1607

Commandment 3Thou ſhalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine, for the Lord will not hold him guiltleſſe that…

PartFor the Lord will not hold him guiltleſſe that takes his name in vaine.

Commandment 4Remember that thou keepe holy the ſabboth day, ſixe daies ſhalt thou labour & do all that thou haſt to doe,…

PartTo keepe it holy.

PartSixe daies ſhalt thou labour &c.

PartIt is the ſabboth of the Lord thy God.

PartIn it thou ſhalt doe no manner of worke.

PartNor the ſtranger that is within thy gates.

PartFor in ſixe daies the Lord made heauen and earth, the ſea, &c. and reſted the ſeauenth day.

PartIn ſixe dayes the Lord created the heauen and earth.

PartWherefore the Lord bleſſed the ſeauenth day, and hallowed it.

Commandment 5The ſumme of the fifth Commaundement is to ſhew what duties we owe one to another in reſpect of their and…

PartExod. 20. 12. Honour thy father and thy mother, &c.

PartThat the Lord thy God giueth thee.

Commandment 6Thou ſhalt not kill.

Commandment 7Thou ſhalt not commmit adulterie.

Commandment 8Thou ſhalt not ſteale.

Commandment 9Now followes the ninth commaundement. Thou ſhalt not beare falſe witneſſe againſt thy neighbour.

Commandment 10Thou ſhalt not couet thy neighbours houſe nor his wife nor his ſeruant nor his Oxe nor his Aſſe nor any…

PartNor any thing that is his.

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