ifVindicationofOrdinances. man to turn his back upon, and ears from, the voice of this great Prophet fpeaking in his Appointments and Inflitu- tions. Fifthly; How, and in what manner this hearing work fhould be rightly performed ? Firft ; Ifyou ask me,What thefe Appointments are,which we are to receive, acknowledge, and fubmit unto, and fo to hearken unto this great Prophet in ? I Anfwer,That if you look into the whole newTellament, you Thal find, the Precepts of Chrifi are either Moral, as theTen Commandements, or Pofitive. As for the Moral Precepts of the Ten Commandements, though our Lord and Saviour CHRIST, bath added no new thing unto them, more than what was before; yet, as I may fo fpeak, he hath put them into another drefs than what was formerly put upon them ; for faith he in the 5 Chapter ofMattherv,It bath been [aid by them of old, Thou Jhalt not commit ildultery But Ifay untoyou, whofoever looketh upona Woman to lull after her, d-c. In this 5 Chapter .MattheW, there are fix Cafes that our Lord and Savior Chat fpeaks unto, in three of them he makes mention of the very words of the Moral Law ; as at the 21 verfe, re have heard it Wasfaid of old, Thou fhalt net kill: at the 27 verfe, Ye have heard that it was faidof old, Thou Jhalt not commit Adultery. So again, verfe 33. But now when he fpeaks of the other Laws that were not of the ten Commandements , ye may obferve that he alters his manner of fpeaking, Te have heard that it bath been/aid, An Eye for Eye : he doth not fay, Ye have heard that it bath been laid, by them ofoldtime. When I lay) he fpeaks of a- ny of the Ten Commandements , that Ctaufe is added : when he fpeaks ofthe other Three Cafes, that Claufe is not added. Again ; You may obferve this, That thofe words, Te have heard that it WasfilidTo themofold time,fhould be rather trail- flated ( as it is in fome of your Books ) Ye have heard that it was faidBy them ffold time ; which appears by the antithefis, or oppofition, But Ifay. B Again ;
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