The law unsealed

Such Apprehensions as these in a coincidence with abounding tentations suited unto the Lusts of all sorts of men, cannot but promote the Interest and prevalency of Sin and Antichrist in the World. However manifest it is▪ that that is a great neglect and contempt of the holy Rule of obedience in the most, with great ignorance and misunderstanding of the design and sense of it in many. Wherefore an upright endeavour to Declare and Vindicate the Authority and meaning of it, as also to make Application of it unto the Consciences of professed Christians, to direct them in, and press them unto the constant performance of obedience, cannot but be esteemed seasonable, and through the blessing of God may be singularly useful. So our Lord Jesus Christ himself observing the mischief that had befallen the Church by the false exposition of the Law, obtruded on the people by the Pharisees, began his Prophetical Ministry in the vindication of it from their corrupting glosses, restoring its pristine Crown of purity and spirituality, as the Jews have yet a Tradition, that it shall be so in the days of the Messiah. And on the same consideration it cannot be denied, but that the Endeavour of this worthy servant of Christ in the work of the Gospel, the Author of the ensuing Exposition of the Decalogue, is both seasonable and worthy of Acceptation. For as other endeavours also are required in all them on ⟨image 15⟩whom it is incumbent, to take care in their respective stations for the improvement of Holiness in the Church▪ and the obstruction of the progress of Sin•, what in them lieth; so for the reasons before-mentioned, that in this particular way is peculiarly seasonable and useful. And I am persuaded, that every pious, humble and unprejudiced Reader, will judge that much benefit may be obtained by his performance. Some may easily see how short that measure of Duties which they have prescribed unto themselves doth come, of what is indispensably required of them; and others may take a plain prospect of that whole Scheme of Obedience in principles, matter, manner, and end which they sincerely endeavour to come up unto. And sundry things there are which appear to me with a notable degree of Excellency in the whole discourse.

Such Apprehensions as these in a coincidence with abounding tentations suited unto the Lusts of all sorts of men, cannot but promote the Interest and prevalency of Sin and Antichrist in the World. However manifest it is that that is a great neglect and contempt of the holy Rule of obedience in the most, with great ignorance and misunderstanding of the designe and sense of it in many. Wherefore an upright endeavour to Declare and Vindicate the Authority and meaning of it, as also to make Application of it unto the Consciences of professed Christians, to direct them in, and press them unto the constant performance of obedience, cannot but be esteemed seasonable, and through the blessing of God may be singularly useful. So our Lord Jesus Christ himself observing the mischief that had befaln the Church by the false exposition of the Law, obtruded on the people by the Pharisees, began his Prophetical Ministry in the vindication of it from their corrupting glosses, restoring its pristine Crown of purity and spirituality, as the Jews have yet a Tradition, that it shall be so in the dayes of the Messiah. And on the same consideration it cannot be denied, but that the Endeavour of this worthy servant of Christ in the work of the Gospel, the Authour of the ensuing Exposition of the Decalogue, is both seasonable and worthy of Acceptation. For as other endeavours also are required in all them on