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The law unsealed
The law unsealed: or, A practical exposition of the Ten Commandments With a resolution of several momentous questions and cases of conscience. By the learned, laborious, faithful servant of Jesus Christ, Mr. James Durham, late minister of the Gospel at Glasgow.
Glasgow: printed by Robert Sanders, 1676
AN EXPOSITION OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, Delivered in several LECTURES. › Preface
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
We come now more particularly to the words which the Lord himself spoke: concerning the number of these Commandments, and general scope of them (as hath been said) there is no question: but there be four things we would speak a little to, for further clearing of the Text, before we come to speak particularly to the first Commandment. The first is, whether these words, I am th• Lord thy God, &c. be a part of the first Commandment, or a Preface to all the Ten? Answ; We think it is a ground laid down for pressing and drawing forth our obedience to all the Commandments, yet it hath relation more especially to the first Commandment▪ as the negative expression there cleareth, which is, Th•• shalt have no other god• before […] that is, no other then Me: what Me? even Me the Lord thy God that brought thee •ut of the Land of Egypt: So then there is a special relation betwixt this Commandment and the Preface, as including the positive part of this negative Commandment, and it doth especially clear these three things.
We come now more particurarly to the words which the Lord himself spok: concerning the number of these Commandments, and general scope of them (as hath been said) there is no question: but there be four things we would speak a little to, for further clearing of the Text, before we come to speak particularly to the first Commandment. The first is, whether these words, I am th• Lord thy God, &c. be a part of the first Commandment, or a Preface to all the Ten? Answ; We think it is a ground laid down for pressing and drawing forth our obedience to all the Commandments, yet it hath relation more especially to the first Commandment▪ as the negative expression there cleareth, which is, Th•• shalt have no other god• before 〈…〉 that is, no other then Me: what Me? even Me the Lord thy God that brought thee •ut of the Land of Egypt: So then there is a special relation betwixt this Commandment and the Preface, as including the positive part of this negative Commandment, and it doth especially clear these three things.