The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Thirdly, our Saviour Christs interpretation of the seventh Commandment, is a sufficient warrant, extending it to all kind of Lust, Math. 5. 28. As for the tenth, it hath another sense, as shall be seen when we come unto it. And that which Paul saith, Rom. 7. 7. I had not known lust, except the Law had said, Thou shalt not lust: I take, under reformation of better judgement, to be meant not of the tenth Commandment only, but of the whole purity that way, which the Law of God throughout requireth, and that as well in the duties to God, as to our brethren; which the Apostle soundly gathereth to be commanded in the Law, because the Law is spiritual. Neither doth it follow, because he saith, Except the Law had said, Thou shalt not lust, that therefore he must needs point out the very words of one Commandment; or because he saith many times (that Commandment) ⟨p. 147⟩that therefore he meaneth a particular Commandment, one of the ten: for the Law may as well be said to say, Thou shalt not lust, because in the general doctrine thereof it forbiddeth all kind of lust, as in the like case the same Apostle ^dwriteth, that God saith in the Scripture, Arise, thou that sleepest, and Christ shall shine unto thee. Which notwithstanding are not the precise words of any one place of Scripture, but the general sum and doctrine of the Gospel.

Thirdly, our Sauiour Christs interpretation of the seuenth Commandement, is a sufficient warrant, extending it to all kinde of Lust, Math. 5. 28. As for the tenth, it hath another sense, as shall be seene when we come vnto it. And that which Paul saith, Rom. 7. 7. I had not knowne lust, except the Law had said, Thou shalt not lust: I take, vnder reformation of better iudgement, to be meant not of the tenth Commandement onely, but of the whole puritie that way, which the Law of God thorowout requireth, and that as well in the duties to God, as to our brethren; which the Apostle soundly gathereth to be commanded in the Law, because the Law is spirituall. Neither doth it follow, because he saith, Except the Law had said, Thou shalt not lust, that therefore he must needs point out the very words of one Commandement; or because he saith many times (that Commandement)