{"number":4,"title":null,"part":"THE FIRST PART, OF MANS MISERIE.","questions":[4],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What doeth the Law of God require of vs?","answer":"That doth Christ teach vs summarily, Mat. 22. Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with al thy heart, with all thy soule, with al thy mind, & with al thy strength . This is the first and the greatest commandement, and the second is like vnto this. Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. On these two commandementes, hangeth the whole lawe and the Prophets.","segments":[{"text":"That doth Christ teach vs summarily, Mat. 22. Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with al thy heart, with all thy soule, with al thy mind, & with al thy strength . This is the first and the greatest commandement, and the second is like vnto this. Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe. On these two commandementes, hangeth the whole lawe and the Prophets.","proofs":["Luke 10:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 10:27","osis":["Luke.10.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"The vse","answer":"The vse of the doctrine of the loue of God & of our neighbour, brieflie consisteth in these points. 1. That when wee heare it is required at our hands, to loue God with a single affection of hart, we chase away, and remoue far from vs all hypocrisie, lest that saying of the Prophet be fitly applied vnto vs: This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their hart is far from me. 2. That seing God requireth of vs, perfit loue of himselfe we earnestly consider, how great diligence and indeuour we had need to vse, that we may daily profite and increase more and more in the loue of God. 3. Seeing God requireth of vs to loue our neighbor as our selues, let vs beware of pretending any ignorance of this lawe, as that wee knowe not what, or how much we oughr to giue our neighbour, seeing every man is able to dissolue this doubt by the tender loue that he beareth vnto himselfe, and therefore is without excuse before God, if he do otherwise. Next, let vs restraine all selfe-loue in our selues, whereby it commeth to passe, that we think our selues only worthie to be loued, and doe either careleslie neglect, or disdainfully and proudlie despise all others.","segments":[{"text":"The vse of the doctrine of the loue of God & of our neighbour, brieflie consisteth in these points. 1. That when wee heare it is required at our hands, to loue God with a single affection of hart, we chase away, and remoue far from vs all hypocrisie, lest that saying of the Prophet be fitly applied vnto vs: This people honoreth me with their lippes, but their hart is far from me. 2. That seing God requireth of vs, perfit loue of himselfe we earnestly consider, how great diligence and indeuour we had need to vse, that we may daily profite and increase more and more in the loue of God. 3. Seeing God requireth of vs to loue our neighbor as our selues, let vs beware of pretending any ignorance of this lawe, as that wee knowe not what, or how much we oughr to giue our neighbour, seeing every man is able to dissolue this doubt by the tender loue that he beareth vnto himselfe, and therefore is without excuse before God, if he do otherwise. Next, let vs restraine all selfe-loue in our selues, whereby it commeth to passe, that we think our selues only worthie to be loued, and doe either careleslie neglect, or disdainfully and proudlie despise all others.","proofs":["Isaiah 29:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 29:13","osis":["Isa.29.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}],"text":null}