The Covenant of Works Chap.8. chewing how farre Scribes and Pharifees went in their righteouf- nef e, how farre we muff: tranfcend them if ever we come to the Kingdome of Heaven. Neither did the Apoflles by any Corn- million from Chrift repeal it but they adde the fame fanciion to it Paul forefeeìng that this very thing would be charged upon him as it was upon Chriff, faith,Vo me make void the Law through faith ? yea,zve eftablifh (faith he the Law, Rom. 3. 31. Our do- crine is a confirmation, and no abolition of it. And both he and other Apofiles frequently in their Epiffles, urge precepts of the Moral Law, as in force, and having power of command over men in Covenant. Mafter PoWell, page 2 6. of his Treatife of the Covenant, gives many inflances, to which more may be ad- ded. Paul laying a charge upon children to obey their parents, Ehef. 6. t. urges it from the fifth Commandment,which he there fets out with a mark of honour as the fir(t Commandment with promife, and paraphrafeth upon the promife annexed to it, againft which children might enter their challenge if in Gofpel -times the Law had loft its commanding power. And requiring obedi- ence from wives to husbands, the Law is quoted for it, a Cor. 14. 34. Having proved the equity of Minifters maintenance by an argument drawn from civili right and common rules of equity in three particulars, he adds,Say 1 the/e things ,or faith not the La* alfo the fame ? And fo quotes a text of the law,the law as delivered by A4ofes,For it is Written in theLaw of Mofes, 'Thou fhalt not muzzle the Oxe that treadeth Àut the corne, i Cor. 9.9. and then cleareth it from an exception that might be taken againfl it. So lames 2.8.If ye fulfil the royal LaW,Thon (halt love thy neighbour as thy felf, ye do to e :.T he Law is of force in that grand duty, fo in other precepts there mentioned,Do not commit adultery,, Da not kill, v.11.yea, it is of force in the leafi duties,ver. t o -He that fhall keep the Whole Law , and yet offendin one point,iiguilty of all. r Thef.4.7,8. We have the fevench and eighth Command ment quoted as of force with Chri- ftians. As alto, R&m, 12. 19. Avenge not your fe'ves, but rather give place onto Wrath;for it is writtcn;Vengeance is mine, I will repay faith the Lord, quoting the Law,'Deut. 3 2. 35. Neither is itcapable of any repeal, being the Law of nature written in the hearts of Heathens, Rom. l. 15. more clearly there- fore in the hart of Adam. Tliefe are of thofe things that are prohibit a, quia mala; the tranfgreflïon of them was forbidden, becaufe
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