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

The Ten Commandments, which summarily contain the whole doctrine of Righteousness, whatsoever the Law or Prophets speak of, our Saviour Christ in his¹ infinite wisdom hath contrived into two: The love of God, and of our brethren: When unto the Lawyer, asking him which is the great Commandment in the Law, he answereth, ^fThou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. This is the first and great Commandment, and the second is like unto it: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self: on these two commandments hang the whole Law and the Prophets. PAUL useth the very terms of Piety and Justice, Rom. 1. 18. For the wrath of God is manifest from heaven against all impiety, and injustice of men. So he saith, Tit. 2. 12. that the Grace of God manifested by the Gospel, instructeth us, that we should live soberly, and justly, and godly in this present world. Where, before Justice and ⟨p. 148⟩Piety, which are the parts, he putteth Sobriety or Soundness of mind, as the form that is to hold in both, 1. Tim. 1, 2. he divideth it into Piety or Godliness and Honesty. Sometimes in stead of Piety, you shall find the term of Holiness, which is all one: ^gThat being delivered out of the hands of our enemies, we might serve him in holiness and righteousness. Put on ^hthe new man, which according to God is created in true righteousness and holiness: but ⁱye have denied that holy and lust one. HEROD ^kdid reverence JOHN, knowing he was a just and a holy man. Ye