(FLUTER V. 399 8. Q. What are these six last commandments ? A. 5. Ho- nour thy father and thy mother, that thy clays may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee,-6. Thou shalt not kill. 7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.-8. Thou shalt not steal. -9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.-10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his ¡eau- servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's. 9. Q. Were these ten commands given to theJews only, or are they given to all mankind ? A. Almost every thing contain- ed in these commands is taught by the light of nature, andobliges all mankind ; the honour that is done them in the New Testa- ment intimates this also. But there are several expressions in these laws by which it plainly appears they were peculiarly ap- propriated and suited to the Jewish nation in their awful procla- mation at Mount Sinai. 10. Q. Wherein does it appear so plainly that these laws as given at Mount Sinai have a peculiar respect to the Jews? A. This is evident in the preface, where God engages their atten- tion and obedience by telling them, " that he was the Lord their God who brought them out of the land ofEgypt." This appears also in the fourth command, where the seventh day is the appoint- ed sabbath for theJews : And in Deut. v. 15. God gives this reason for the sabbath, that he brought them out of Egypt with a mighty hand. It is yet further manifest in the fifth command- ment, where the promise of long life in the land literally refers to the land of Canaan which God gave to that people. " That thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee." Yet, as is before intimated, the citation of them by the apostles in the New Testament as rules of our duty, Bothplainly enforce the observation of them so far on the consciences of christians. Cxnr. V. Of the ceremonial Law of the Jews. I. QUESTION. WHATwas the ceremonial law ? A. All those commands which seem to have some religious design in them, especially suchas related to their cleansings from any defilement, and their peculiar forms of worship. Note, I havehinted before that several of the political laws which were given to the Jews by God as their king, have some- thing ceremonial in them, and they were designed to be emblems, types or figures of some spiritual parts of religion. There was also some part of their ceremonies of purification, and their rites
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