3iZ Tilebartionp of t o Otbitie Zttributto Chap. r7. of a. Redeemer,ind hewas not revealedduring the Legal Difpenfation. His Death was only shadowed forth in Types, and foretold in fuch a manner as was obfcure to the Jews. The Gofpel urgesnewReafons to increafe our averfion fromfin, which neither Adam nor Mofes were acquainted with. So theApoftle dehorts Chriiti- ans from uncleanness, becaufe their bodies are Members 2cor.9.1. ,ao. ofChilli, and Temples of the Holy GhofI, and therefore fhould be inviolably confecrated topurity. Ifthe Uten- fils of the Temple were fo facred, that the employing them to a common ufe, was revenged in a miraculous Heb, io.19. manner; How much forer punifhment (hall be infliEled on thofewhodefile themfelves,after they were fánclified by the Bloodofthe Govenant'TheGofpel alfo recommends to us Love to one another,in imitation of that admirable Love which Chrift expreft to us,and commands the high-. eft Obedience evenuntodeath when God requires ir, in conformity to our Redeemer'sSufferings.Thefe and ma- nyother Motives are derived from a pure vein Of Chri- ftianity,& exalt the Moral Law to a higherpitch,asto it Obligation upon men,than in its firft delivery byMofes. z. The Laws ofChrift exceed the Rules which the belt Mafters of Morality in the School ofNature have prefcrìbed for the Government ofour Lives. t is true, there are remaining Principles of the Moral Law in the heart of Man ; fotne warm fparks are í1i11 left which the Philofophers laboured to enliven and cherifh. Manyex- cellent Precepts ofMorality they delivered, either to calm the Affections and lay the forms in our Brealls, whereby the molt men are guilty and miferable,orto re- Recentiores gulate the civilConverfation with others. And fince rfctrorci tir- the coming of Chrift, Prometheus-like, they brought rotes quafiíam ycfuerui;t fur- their dead Torches to the Sun, and foie fome light from gltìves fed í e ri s ; ¡Vas eniin é Scriproribus Choi tianis faífuracì fuoc.n rrcpc e ufinodi VirtUt,1,n nul- lt emnino aneeCluihummeminir. L. Vireo de Ye,ie. Rel. (hi r¡f. the
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