1 6o Obedience.-uizto C!Jrifl, prem~Lord ·nnd -;~. awgiver of the Gofpel Church, he gav~ a New.Law of worjhip, confifl:ing in feveral Infl:itutions and Ordinances ofworJh1pthereunto belonging.SeeHeb.),),4,),6. and our expofition oftbat place. Olxdience unto the Lord Chrifi: may be coniidered with r~fpett unto both thefe; the Moral Law which he confir– med ; and theLmv of Evangelical worjhip which he gave and appointed. And fome few things may be added to clear the Nature ofit. I. Obedience unto Chrifl: doth nor: confift rneerly in doing the things which he requireth. So far the Church under the Old Teflament was obliged to yield Obedience unto Mojes; and we are yet fo lmto the Prophets an~ Apofiles. This is done, or may be fo, with refpefr nnto any Subordinate di~ refrive Caule of our Obedience, when it is not formally [o denominated from his Authority. All O!Jedience unto Chrift· proceeds from an exprefs Subjection ofour Souls and confci– ences unto him. 2. No Religious O!Jedience could be due unto the Lord Chrifl: directly, by the Rule and command ofthe Moral Law, were he not Gorl by Nature alfo. T~e Reafon and Foundation of all the Obedience required therein, is, I am the Lord thy God thou }halt ha·ve no other Gods before me. This contames the formal Reafon of all Religious Obedience. The Socini– aws pretend highly unto Obedience to the Precepts of Chrifl But all Obedience unto Chrifi: himfelftheyutterlyoverthrow. The Obedience they pretend unto him, is but obeying God· the Father according to his commands. But they take away the Foundation of all Obedience unto his Perfon, by denying his Divine Nature. Acd all Religious Obedience unto any, who is-not God by Nature is Idolaf!J'· ·wherefore all Obe– dience unto God, due by t he Moral Law, hath refpefr unto the Perfon ofChrift, as one God with the Father and Holy , Spirit, bleffed for ever. 3· There ·
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