,----------------~------------------·------------- !!86 Ro1v far tbe Scripture u our ~le. 7· Bur yet no Chrifiians !hould cJu{tlcfly rcfufe that which is lawful, nor to joyn wirh the Churches in holy excrcifcs on the dayes of thankful commemoration of the Apofilcs and Muryrs; and exccJ. lent inllrumcnts in the Church; Much kfs petulantly to wmk and fer open Shops to the offence of orhers: But rather to perfwadc all to imitate the holy lives of thofe Slints to .whom they give fuch honours. Q!ell:. 13o. Ho1v far u tbe l1o~ Scripttlm aLmvan~pefeU~le to us ? Anfw. I• por all thoughts, words, 2ffeClions, and aClions,ofDivinefaithand obediwct: (fuppoGng Hill Gods ·Law of Nature.) 1-'or it is no Believing God to believe whar he n~.;ver re– vealed; nor no Trulllng God, to trufi that ~e will certainly give us that which he never either di– rt81y nor indirectly promifcd: Nor no obeying God, to do that which he nevn commanded. 2. The Coments will bell Chew the: Extent: Whatever is Revealed, promifed and comm.mdcd in it, for th.Jt ic is_ a perfeCt Rule. For cerNi!t ic is perfeCt in i1s kind and ro its proper uft. ~ Tim. ;. 1 6. 3.1t IS a perfeCt Rule for all chat 1s ofVniver{al Mqral ntcl'fJity: That is, Wharever it is nt.:cell,.ry that :. l'ct. t. :z.o. man helievr, think, or do, in a}I ages and places of the World, this is of Divmc oblig)ltion. ~hat:. Tim. 3· 1S· evtr t·hc World is VnillerfaUy bound to ( that is, All men in it) it is cereain th~t G6ds ·Law in N.l– !01~: ~~: 4· rure or S"ipturc or both, bmdeth them to it. t~or the World hath 110 Vniverfol Kingor Lawgi: 11 er but Joh. 5· ~9. God. Aft'. 17. 2. 1 r. 4• Gods o"':n Laws in N~turc a~d S,cripture 'a1e a.perfeCt Rule ~or all the duties of the~ndfrji~nding, )oh. 19. ~-4, tbo~ghts, affcllrons,paffions, Hnrnedtately to be exerc1fed on God lumfclf; For noone elf~ ts a difcerner 18, )6, 37· or Judge of fuch matters. 5· It perfedly containeth all the Eifentialand Integral parts of the Chriftian Religion : fo that no• thing is of it felf and diredly any part of theCbrij!ian Religionwhich is not there. 6. It inHirureth thofe Sacraments perfectly, which are the feals of Gods Covenant with man and the dt!ivery of the benefits, and which are the Badges or Symbols of the Difciplcs and Rd1 !\i~n of Chrifi in the World. 7• lr deterrnineth what Faith., Prayer and obedience, Oul1 be his appointed means and Conditi– ons of Jufiitication, Adoption, and Salvation. And fo what 01all be Profelftd and Preached in his n1me to the World. 8. lt is a perf.Cl: InOrument of donation or Convey2nceof our Right to Chrifi, and of Pardon and Jufliticarion, and Adoption, and theHoly Spirits affifiances, and of Glory. As ic is Gods Covenanr promife or deed of gift. ' 9· It infiitutc:rh certain Minifiers as his own Church·officers, and perfectly defcribeth their office as inHitutedby him. , re. It infiitutcth the form of his Church Univerfal which is c•lled, his body: And alfo of Pmi– cular holy focierics for his Worfhip: And prefcribeth them certain Duties, as [he Common Wodhip there to be performed. · 1 I • It derermineth of a weel;fy day,, even the firjf, to be feparated for and ufed in this holyWor!hip. 1 2· It is a perfeCt General Rule tor the Regulating of thofe things, which it dorh not command or forbid in particular. As that all be done wifoly, to edification, in charity, peace, concord, [eafon, ordff, &c. . I 3· It giveth to Magifirat<s, Pafiors, Parents and other Superiours, all that power by which they are authonted, to oblig_e us under God, to any undetermined particulars. . • 1 f· It is th~ perfeel Rule of Chril!s Judging, Rewarding and puni!hing at lafi, according to which he will proceed. I 5 . It is the only Law that is made by Primitive Power. 16. And the only Law that is made by Infallible wifdom. 17 . And toe only Law which is faultlcfs, and bath no thing in it that will do the fubjetl: any harm. . rf,J. a . 6. • 1 s. And the only Law which is from Abfolute Power, the Rule of all other Laws, and from which & 1;,.1. 7, s, 9· there ii tina!ly no appeal. J>!",:. 119 • 10 " Thus far the holy Scripture with the Law of nature is our perfcd: Rule. But not in any of the following refpcCls. . I· It is no particular revelation or perfect Rule of natural S.:1ences, as Phyfidrs, Mctaphyficks; &c. 2· It is no"Rule for the Arts, for Medicine; Mufick, AYithmetick, Geometry, Afironorny; Gram~ mar, Rherorick, Logic!<; nor for the Me.chauicks, as Navigatiou, Archited:urc:; and all the Trades and o;cup:uions at men: no not Husbandry by which we::: h•vc our food. · 3 Ir isno particular Rulefor all the mutable fubordinate du<ics of any focieties: It Will not ferve infle<ld of all rhc Sratuces of this and all other Lands, nor tell us, when the Terms (hall begin and end, nor what work every Parent and Mafler !hall fet his Children and Servants in his famiiy, &c. 4 . lt is no full Rule in partic4lar for all thofe Political principles which arc the ground o( hu– mane Laws; As whether eachRepublick be Monarchical, Ari!tocratical or Dcmm;ratical? What per– fan
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=