The fiſt command.

The expo
ſitioun of
Chriſt
maid to
the fiſt
command
Math.5.

he is redie to do ſkayth to his nychbour quhilk
ther feiris God nor man in Gods ſtede. Thairfor
be iuſt ordour efter ye thre firſt commandis, quha
biddis us do our dewtie to God, and efter the fo
cōmand quhilk biddis us do our dewite til our
theris in Goddis ſtede, followis the laif of the co
mandis, quhilk ar ſix in nowmer, and giffis till
inſtructioun how we ſuld ordour our ſelf till
nychbour, in deid, word, and deſire of hart. And:
cauſe that till our nychbour na temporal or erd
thing is darrar and mair precious yane is his a
bodylie lyfe, in this fift command God almych
forbiddis us to do ony ſkayth till our nychbour
his perſone, quharby we may hurt his bodylie l
Quhat is the trew expoſioun of yis cōmand: Of
hevinly maſter and ſalviour Chriſt Jeſus expon
this command in the evangil of ſanct Mathew
this maner: Audiſtis quia dictum eſt antiquis: n
occides. Qui autem occiderit reus erit iudicio. Eg
autem dico vobis quia omnis qui iraſcitur fratri fu
rens erit iudicio. Qui autē  dixerit fratri ſuo rach
reus erit concilio. Qui autem dixerit fatue, reus
gehēne ignis. Ze haif hard how it was ſaid to ya
of auld tyme: Thow ſall nocht commit ſlaucht
for he that ſlais ſal be giltie of the iugement. B
I ſay to zow, quhaſaeuir hais hettrent at his
ther ſalbe giltie & in dangeir of the iugement. A
quhaſaeuir ſais to his brother racha (that is an
lytheful crabit word) he is giltie and in dangeir
the counſell. And quhaſaeuir ſais to his broth
fuile, he ſalbe giltie & in dangeir of the fire of he
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