the Nature -and Caufes ofit. I 59/ were given in the room.of it; unto rhe fame ends. For the introduCtion ofa new Law in the place of, and unto the end of a former, is .an actual Abrogati01i of it. Neither d1d he add any new Precepts unto it, nor give any Counfels for , the Performance of Duties in matter or ·manner beyond what it prefcribed. Any fuch fuppofition is contrary to the Wif– dom and Holinefs of God in giving the Law, and inconfifient. with the Nature of the Law it felt: For God never required lefsofusintheLawthan al!that was due untohim. And his Prefcription of it, included all Circ,umfl:ances and Caufes that might render any Duty at any time neceifary in the Na– ture or Degrees ofit.Whatever at any time may become the Duty of any Per:on towards God, in the Subfiance or De– grees of it, it is made fo by the Law. All is included in that: 1i.unmary of it, Thou jhalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy Neigh!Jour a; thy Jelf. Nothing can be the Duty ofmen but what and wben it is required bv the Love of Godor our Neigh!Jour.Wherefore no Additions were made unto the Precepti-ve Part of the Law by our Saviour, nor Coun– ftls &iven by him for the performance of more than it did reqmre. , It this regard the Gd}el is no New Law, only the Duties of the Moral and Eternal Law, are plainly declared in the Doctrine of it, enforced in its Motives, and directed as to their Manner and End . Nor in this fenfe did the Lord Chrifi ever declare himfelf to be a N ew Lau:g,iver ; Yea he declares the contrary, that he came to confirm the Old, Matt!:J. 5. I'j. . Secondly, The Law may be confidered, as containing the lnjiifutions of worjhip, which W€re given in 1-lore!J by JV!ofes, with other Statutes and Judgments . It was in this fenfe abo. lifhed by Chrifi. For the tpings themfelves were appointed, but unto the time ofReformation. And thereon as the fupreme
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