A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions…A practical exposition of the X. Commandements with a resolution of several momentous questions…

7 The seventh distinction (which is ordinary) is of the Commandments into affirmative and negative, as ye see all the Commandments in the first T able are negatively set down, forbidding sin directly; Th •• shalt not have an, other gods, &c only the fourth is both negative and affirmative, forbidding sin, and commanding duty directly; as also the fi •th only, which is the first of the s •cond T able, is affi •mative, all the r •st are negative.

7 The seventh distinction (which is ordinary) is of the Commandments into affirmative and negative, as ye see all the Commandments in the first T •ble are negatively set down, •orbidding sin directly; Th •• shalt not have an, other gods, &c only the fourth is both negative and •ffirmative, •orbidding sin, and commanding duty directly; as also the fi •th only, which is the first of the s •cond T •ble, is affi •mative, all the r •st are negative.

This disti action is not so to be understood, as if nothing were commanded or enjoined in negative Pr •c opts, or as i • nothing were fo •bidden in affirmative Pr •c opts ( or whatever be expr ss d as forbidden the co ary is always in ply d as command d, and whatsoever is expr sly commanded, the contr ry is always imp yed as forbidden) b t the disti action is taken from the manner of setting them down; conc rning which, take th s Rules or G neral Obs rvations for your better understanding, many where o are in the larger Cat schism.