¶ The lawe of God may not be forgotten.
CAPI. VI.
THese are the commaundementes, ordi∣naunces, [unspec A] and lawes, whiche the Lorde your God commaunded me to teache you, that ye myght do them in the lande why ther ye go to possesse it: namely, that thou myghtest * 1.1 feare the Lorde thy God, & kepe all his ordynaunces, and his commaunde∣mentes whiche I commaunde the: thou and thy sonne, and thy sonnes sonne all dayes of thy lyfe, that thy dayes maye be prolonged. Heare therfore, O Israel, and take hede, that thou do therafter, that it maye go well with the, & that ye maye encrease myghtely, euen as the Lorde God of thy Fathers hath pro∣mysed the a lande, that floweth with mylke, and hony.
* 1.2 Heare O Israell, the Lorde our God is Lorde only, and ‡ 1.3 thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with al thyne herte, and with al thy [unspec B] soule, and with all thy myght. * 1.4 And these wordes whiche I commaunde the this day / shall be in thyne herte, and thou shalt shewe them vnto thy Chyldren, and shalte talke of them when thou art at home in thyne house / and as thou walkest by the waye, and when thou lyest downe, and when thou rysest vp: and thou shalt bynde them for a sygne vpon thyne hande. And they shall be warnynges bytwene thyne eyes & thou shalte wryte them vpon the poostes of thy house, and vpon thy gates. And when the Lorde thy God hath brought the into the lande / whiche he sware vnto thy fathers, Abrahā, Isaac, and Iacob, and gyueth the great & goodly cityes whiche thou buyldest not, houses ful of all maner of goodes whiche thou fylledst not, and welles dygged which thou dyggest not, vyneyeard{is} and olyue trees whiche thou plantedst not, & whē thou hast eaten & arte ful: Then beware leest thou forget the Lorde, whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage.
* 1.5 Thou shalt feare the lorde thy god, and [unspec C] serue hym, and ☞ sweare by his name. Se that ye walke not after straunge goddes: the goddes of the nacions which are about you. For the Lorde thy God, is a ielouse God a¦monge you, lest the coūtenaunce of the lorde thy God be moued to wrath agaynst the, and destroye the from of the earth. * 1.6 Ye shall not tempte the Lorde youre God as ye dyd ❀ in the temptacion. But kepe the commaunde∣mentes of the Lorde your God, and his wyt∣nesses, and his ordynaunces whiche he hath cōmaunded the, & thou shalte do that whiche is ryght and good in the syght of the Lorde: that thou mayst prospere, & that thou mayst go in, and conquere that good lande, whiche the Lorde sware vnto thy fathers to cast out all thyne enemyes before the, as the Lorde hath sayde.
* 1.7 And when thy son asketh the in tyme to [unspec D] come, sayenge: What meaneth these wytnes∣ses, ordinaunces, and lawes, which the lorde our God hath cōmaunded you? Then thou shalte say vnto thy son: We were Pharaos bondmen in Egypte, & the lorde brought vs out of Egypt with a myghty hande. And the Lorde shewed sygnes, & wondres greate and euyll vpon Egypt▪ vpon Pharao, & vpon all his housholde, before our eyes, but brought vs out from thence: to brynge vs in, and to gyue vs the lande whiche he sware vnto our fathers. And the Lorde hath cōmaunded vs to do all these ordynaunces, and to feare the Lorde our god, for our welth all the dayes of our lyfe, as it is come to passe this daye. Moreouer this shall be our ryghtousnesse be¦fore the Lorde our god, yf we take hede, and kepe all these cōmaundementes, as he hath cōmaunded vs.