Deuteronomy 17

^{1 a} Thou shalt not serue God for facions sake, as hypocrites do.

^{1 !} The punishment of the idolater.

^{2 b} Shewing that the crime can not be excused by the frailtie of the persone.

^{3 c} Whereby he condemneth all religion and serving of God which he hathe not commanded.

^{7 d} Whereby they declared that they testified the trueth.

^{7 e} To signifie a commune consent to mainteine Gods honour and true religion.

^{9 f} Who shal giue sentence as the Priests consel him by the Lawe of God

^{9 !} Hard controuersies are broght to the Priest and the judge.

^{11 g} Thou shalt obey their sentence that the controuersie may haue and end.

^{12 h} So long as he is the true minister of God, and pronounceth according to his worde.

^{12 !} The Contemner must dye.

^{15 i} Who is not of thy nacion, lest he change true religion into idolatrie, and bring thee to slauerie.

^{15 !} The election of the King.

^{16 !} What things he oght to auoide.

^{16 k} To reuenge their injuries, and to take them of their best horses, {1 King 10,28}.

^{17 l} From the Lawe of God.

^{18 !} And what he oght to imbrace.

^{18 m} Meaning the Deuteronomie.

^{18 n} He shal cause it to be writ by them, or, he shal write it by their example.

^{20 o} Whereby is ment, that Kings oght to loue their subjects, as nature bindeth one brother to loue another.