A37046:263
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
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.
This Commandment is more largely set down then the former, partly to clear the Mandatory part of it, and partly to press it; in which two it may be taken up.
THis Commandment is more largely set down then the former, partly to clear the Mandatory part of it, and partly to press it; in which two it may be taken up.
The preceptive, or commanding part, is expressed in two things, v. 4. and v. 5. at the beginning. 1. That no Image be made: And 2. That it be not worshipped.
Next, it is pressed three ways: 1. From a reason. 2. By a threatening. 3. By a Promise: The words are multiplied, that they may the more fully and clearly express what is intended.
Next, it is pressed three wayes: 1. From a reason. 2. By a threatning. 3. By a Promise: The words are multiplied, that they may the more fully and clearly express what is intended.
1. That this Commandment is against all making of Images for Religious service, is clear from a threefold extent mentioned in the Prohibition. 1. The Image of nothing in Heaven above, or the Earth beneath, or under the Earth; that is, the similitude of no Creature is allowed for this end.