i 2 What .intended by the Lazy, and the Law abfolutely ; but molt frequently the Law of God, the Law of the Lord; and fornetimes'the Law of Mofs, becaufe of his efpecial Miniftry in the giving of it. Remember the Law of Mofes my fervant, which I commanded unto him, Mal. 4.4. And this the Jews intended by the Law. 4. Of the Law Co given at Horeb, there was a Dittribution into three Parts: (r,) There was =min rryzl, Deut.4. r 3. The ten Words; So allo Chap. Io. 4. that is the ten Command - ments written in two Tables of Stone. This Part of the Law was firft given ; was the Foundation of the whole, and con- tained that perfect obedience which was required of Mankind by the Law of Creation , and was now received into the Church, with the higfteft Atteftations of its indifpenfible Obligation unto Obedience or Punifhment. (2.) =wpm which the LXX render bysiN.vci , that is jura ; Rites or Statutes ; but the Latine from thence yuftificationes, Juffi- facations,which hath given great Occafion of Mì lake in many both Ancientand Modern Divines. We call it the Ceremo- nial Lass. The Apoftle terms this Part of the Law diftindly vóuos Ay;4,27e, Ephef 2. 15. The Law of Command- ments contained in Ordinances ; that is , confiting in a Multitude of Arbitrary Commands. (3.) t=Innum which we commonly call the Judicial Law. This Diflribution of the Law thuts up the Old Teftament, as it is ufed in places innumerable before , only the =r1n t'°7Vcy the Ten Words, is exprefíed by the general Word n_nn the Law, Mal. 4.4. 5. There being the Parts of the Law given unto the Church in Sinai, the the whole of it is conftantly called rrnn the Law, that is, the Initruftion (as the Word fignifies) that God gave unto the Church, in the Rule of Obedience which he prefcribed unto it. This is the Confiant fignification of that Word in Scripture, where it is taken abColutely ; and there - on,doth not lignite preciCely the Law aasgiven at Horeb, but compre-.
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