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the Commandments which are called Moral. I not contrary, &c. ] So far are the Old and New Testa- ments from being contrary the one to the other, that they confirm one another, and convey Authority to each other. See Matth. v. 17, 18. Think not that I am come to destray the Law and the Prophets: I am not come to desiroy, but to fulfil, For verily I jay unto you, till Heaven and Earth pass away, one ot ar one Tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled, And Acts xviii. 28. He (gt. Paul) mightily convinced the Fetus, and that publickly, shewing by the Scriptures, that Jesus was Chrisl. And Jabn v. 39, 46. Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think ye have eternal Life, and they are they which testify of me. Had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed Me; for he wrote of Me.

See also Origen. He who is instructed in the Divine Pr. % Musick, knows that all the Scripture is a perfect ande. *

& well-tuned Instrument of God’s, which sendethforth © to those who are desirous to learn it, one harmonious and falutary Voice, tho* compos’d of different Sounds; « a Voice which stills and restrains all the Energy and « Power of the Evil Spirit.“

Both in the Oid and New, &c.] They both aim at the same End, which is, “The eternal Salvation of Mankind by Jesus Christ. The Cd Testament gives us the Law, and promises Salvation to such as obey it. But since such is the Infirmity of Human Nature, that no man can pay an exact Obedience to the Law, it follows, that by the Law no Man is saved. And therefore the Ou Testament points out to us Christ, as the only Author of our Salva- tion, thro’ the Shadowing of Ceremonies, and T ypes, and Prophecies, whereas the New Testament shews him to us clearly and plainly,

See Gen. iii. 15. J will put Enmity between Thee and the Woman, and between Thy Seed and her Seed: It shall bruise Thy Head, and Thou shalt bruise his Heel. And Gen. Ki. 13. In Thee shall all Families of the Earth be blessed.

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And Dan. xii. 2, 3. Many of Them that sleep in the Du/l of the Earth shall awake, some to Air Life, and some to Shame and everlasting Contempt. And they that be wife,

shall shine as the Brightness of the Firmament; and they that

turn many to Righteousness, as the Stars for ever and ever.

See allo Rom. iii. 23. Now the Righteousness of God with- out the Law is manif+/ted, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets. And Rom. xvi. 25, 26. The Revelation of the Mystery, which was kept secret since the World began, now is made manifest, and by the Scriptures ef the Prophets, ac- cording to the Commandment of the Everlasting God, made known to all Nations, for the Obedience of Faith, And Gal. iii. 24. The Law was our Schoolmasler to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by Faith,

See also Ignatius. We love the Prophets, because. „They also preached the Gospel, and hoped in him (to

Ad Autelyc, © Wit, Christ) and waited for him.” — And Theophilus of

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as well as Redemption.

Antioch, © The Writings of the Prophets and Evange- &« lists are found to agree together, with respect to the „ Righteousness of which the Law speaks.” And Jrenæus. & Let them not therefore ascribe the Unbelief of some ce Persons to the Law; for the Law did not forbid them ce to beligve in the Son of God, but cxhorted them to the e contrary, by telling them, that there was no other Way ce tor Men to be healed of the old Wound which was given

them by the Serpent, but by believing in him, who accor-

ce ding to the Likeness of sinful Flesh was lifted up from &« the Earth upon the Tree of Martyrdom, and who draws c all Things to himself, and quickens the Dead.“ —And Tustin Martyr. In the Books of the Prophets we find & our Lord Jesus Christ foretold as born of a Virgin, and &« crucified, and dying,“ Se. | ;

See also Hammond’s Pract. Cat. B. I. Sect. 1. Preface to the Whole Duty of Man, Sect. 12. Oc. Clagget on 2 Pet. i. 19. Nowelli Cat. p. 41.

The only Mediator] Namely, with respect to Intecession, See 1 John ii. 1. 1f any Man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Fesus Christ the Righ- teous. See alla 1 Tim. il. 5. There is one God, and One Mediator between God and Man, the Man Christ Fesus. See also Scott’s Christian Life, Part II. Ch. 7. Sect. 1, 6. Nowell: Cat. p. 109. .

looked for Spiritual and Eternal Things, sufficiently appears from Heb. xi. 10, 14, 26, 35. He (Abraham) loc 7” a | ity

of the Church of EnGLanD.

City which hath Foundations, whose Builder and Maker is Gd. They who say such Things, declare plainly that they seek a Country —Efteeming the Reproach of Christ greater Riches than the Treasures in Egypt: for he had respe unto the Recompence of the Reward. —Others were tortured, not accepting Deliverance, that they might obtain @ better Resur- reftion.—See allo, Field of the Church, B. I. Ch. 5.

Although the Law given, &c.] That the Ceremonies of the Mosaical Law were to be abolished, God himself fore- tels, in Fer. xxxi. 31, 32. Behold the Days come, faith the Lord, that I will make à new Covenant with the House Israel, and with the House of Judah : Not accarding to the Covenant that I made with their Fathers in the Day that I took them by the Hand, to bring them out of the Land of Egypt. See also Gal. iii. 25. After that Faith is come, wwe are no longer under a School-master. And Gal. v. 1. Stand fast in the Liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the Yoke of Bondage. And Col. ii. 16, 17, Let no Man judge you in Meat, or in Drink, or in respett of a Holy-day, or of the New-Meoon, or of the Sabbath-Days ; which are a Shadow of Things to come : But the Body is of Chrijtl, And As xv. the whole Chapter, And Heb. vii. 12. 28. The Priesthood being changed, there is made of Necessity a Change also of the Law.—The Law maketh Men High- Priests, which have Irnfirmity; but the Mord of the Oath, which was since the Law, maketh the Sen, who ts consecrated for evermore.

See also Ignatius. It is absurd to call Jesus tne Christ, rpip. ad e and at the same time to Fudaize.” And Jrenæus. The Mags. Law began in /Z:/es’s I ime, and of course ended in the — « Time of John, when Christ came to fulfil it.” —And 5. 1 4 Origen. *The fame Providence which heretofore gave intra Cel- the Law, and now the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not fun; J. 7. being willing to retain the Rites and Ceremonies of #: 349: «© the Fews, destroyed their City and Temple, Cc.“ — And Fuftin Martyr. © We do not hope in Aases, or in Pialg. cum ce the Law; for then we should do the same with You ; Tryp6- « But now, O Tryphon, I have read that there was to be? 8. 4% e the last Law, and a Testament the strongest of all, which „now all Men must obey, whoever would lay claim to te the Inheritance of God. For the law which was given in Horeb, is now antiquated.” —dee also Szillingfleet’s Orig. Sacr. L. II. C. 7. ;

Yet na Christian Man, &c. i The Precepts of the Moral Law are so excellently adapted to Human Ngture, that if

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they should be made void, the Condition of Mankind would be extremely miserable. And therefore Christ him- self hath ratihed them anew, Matth. v. 17, 18, 19, 20. Think not that I come to deflroy the [Law and the Prophets: J am net come to destroy, but to fulfil, For verily I jay unto you, till Heaven and Earth pass, one Fot or one Tittle shall in no wise pass from the Law, till all be fulfilled. Whefeever e sball break one of these least Commandments, and fall teach Men so, he sball be called the least in the Kingdom of Heaven: But whesoever shall do and teach them, the same shall te called great in the Kingdem of Heaven, . Fer I say unto you, that Except your Righteousness shall exceed the Rigteous= ness of the Scribes and Phar:sees, ye shall in no case enter into

• the Kingdem of Heaven, See also James ii. 8, 9, 10, 11.

If ye fulfil the Royal Law, according to the Scripture, Thou halt love thy Neighbour as thyself, ye do well. But if ye have Respet? to Persons, ye commit Sin, and are convinced of the

| Law as Transerefsors. For whosoever shall keep the whole

Law, and yet offend in one Point, he is guilty of all. For He that said, Do not commit Adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no Atultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a Transgresser of the Law. . |

See also Irenæus. That our Lord did not abrogate the & Natural Duties prescribed by the Law, by which Duties « Man is justified, and which those Men who were justi- « fied by Faith, and pleased God, observed before the Giv- ce ing of the Law, but that he enlarged them, and supplied de what was wanting in them, is manifest from those Dis- &« courses of his which begin in this manner: It was said

& by them of old Time, &c.” Sce Maltb. v. 21, &c.

See allo Hammeoind’s Pract. Cat. B. II. Sect. 3. Hooker’s Eccl. Pol. B. I. Sect. 15. :

Notes

• They are not to be heard, &c.] That the Old Fathers