9S Corn.'. Obfervatiens front,thefirfi Commandment. Chap.4, the Analogy ofFaith , left happily that which we incline to,be not the retire ofthe Holy Ghoft. 3. In a cafeof Controverte when both parties think themfelves in theright, and either part hath great reafons to maintain their opinion., then the Rule is, In Coeirroverfiis maximum , it is belt to take it in its largeft extent. As in the cafe of Ufury , fome think it altogetherunlawful, and fome unlawful in fome cafes. The fáfeft way then is , that a Man put not out at all his Money to Ufury and that will make his heart hghtelt when the furrows of death make it moll heavy. A Man is a Niggard of his Hand, and a Prodigal ofhis Tongue. It is Chriftian wildern to do with the molt, and (peak with the lea& Thefe our common reftrainers count but fmall matters. And in doing the molt we are to follow the Wife mans Rule, Ni.,, negligere minima,not to neglea the leaf}, for gui minima Ffernit, paulatim decidir, he that flighteth and defpifeth the leaf} things, decays by little and little : and there. fore we are not to conceiveIt a final" matter to negleft fmall things. If thine Eye t =9 offend thee pluck it out. Inflandum in minimis, give no ground to fmall , nay the leaf} occafions of evil. The fafeft way is to beware of the Serpents Counfel, and to command Eve and our Concupifcence, not fo much as to look upon theTree. Thus much for Obfcurity, Ambiguity, Contreverfir, CHAP." ICI. Threegeneral ebfervations in the Decalogue. I. That the Precepts are ad in thefccand Perfon. 2. All but two are Negative. 3. Ali but two are in the twine 7nrfe, Obfervations general from the far.f"i Precept. r. Impediments are tò be removed, before true wntflip can be performed. 2. The worfoip of Gael is the foundation of all obedience to the refl.. 3. That SPiritual worfhip to ckioflycommanded in the firfb Pre_ iept. ,Addition 8. about the diftin/lion of inwardand outward worfhip, Here are ihrcé,efpecial points to be further obferved throughout the whole courle of the Commandments. i That the Commandments run in the fecond Perron ungular , Thou (halt not do thisor that. The Stile of Gods Laws is not likeshe"Stile of the Heathen Laws, in thethird Perlonplural, Deosadeunto sale. 2. That ( except two ) they all are negative. 3. That ( except the fourth and fifth ) they,all run in the future Tenle. For the firft. We fee in Deuteronomy "God fpeakoth" to the People of ¡frael r as unto one Man. Audi lfrael non habebis alias Dew warn m -e, Hear, O Ifrael , Dear. p. thou fhalt have no other Gods before me. He fpeakGth to all, and to all alike, as well to Mofes and Aaron, as to the meaneft of the People. It is an Argu. ment of equality in refpeEt of the Bond of obferving the Law of God, not a- ny one is excepted more than another. As we feein that Commandment, Non a Sam. rn.7. machaberie, Nathan laid to King David,. 7u es Hopro , thou art the Man, And Mat. 14.4. 7ahn..$apt-ifl to Herod though a King too, Non licet tibi, &c. It is not lawful for thee; Vie. So neither do the Commandments leave WS in a generality that." fo we may flip our Necks from them : but they are in the fecond Perron that whofoeverheareth or readeth them, they{hall be as thong to him, as if there were as many 7u es, as Perlons that hear them. Therefore every one upon reading or hearing the Law in the fecond Perlon, ought to apply it to himfelf, and the fpeaking of it in this manner is as forcible as ifGod himfelf did fpeak to every particular Man. By the ufing a negative or countermand , there is implicitely a confirmation of that which is contrary. It is held in Logique, that adplantfe extendit Negatie,_ Imam afirmatis. Itwas Gods purpofeto have his Commandments beatenout as far as the Rules
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