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…

1 Howev •r the Commandments be expressed, affirmatively or negatively, every one of them hath two parts; one affirmative, implied in negative Precepts, requiring the duties that are contr •ry to the si •s forbidden; another negative, implied in the affirmative Precepts, forbidding the sins that are contrary to the duties commanded; as for example the third Come •ndme •t, Thou shalt n •t take the Name of the Lord thy God in v •in; it implies a Command reverently to use his Name: So, to remember to keep Holy the Sabbath d •y, implies a Prohibition of profaning it▪ in which sense all the Commandments may in some respect be called negative (and so a part of the fourth Commandment is neg • tively expressed, Th •u shalt do no work) or affirmative; in which respect Christ c •mprehendeth all the neg •tiv •s under these two great affirmative Commandments, of love to God and our Neighbour, for every Commandment doth both enjoin and forbid; the like may be said of promises and threatenings, there b •ing in every promise a threatening, and in ev •ry threatening a promise conditionally implied: And this may be a reason why some Commandments are negatively expressed, some positively, to show us that both are comprehended.

1 Howev •r the Commandments be expressed, affirmatively or negatively, every one of them hath two parts; one affirmative, implyed in negative Precepts, requiring the duties that are contr •ry to the si •s forbidden; another negative, implyed in the affirmative Precepts, forbidding the sins that are contrary to the duties commanded; as for example the third Comm ndme t, Thou shalt n t take the Name of the Lord thy God in v in; it implies a Command reverently to use his Name: So, to remember to keep Holy the Sabbath d y, implies a Prohibition of prophaning it in which sense all the Commandments may in some respect be called negative (and so a part of the fourth Commandment is neg tively expressed, Th u shalt do no work) or affirmative; in which respect Christ c mprehendeth all the neg tiv s under these two great affirmative Commandments, of love to God and our Neighbour, for every Commandment doth both njoyn and forbid; the like may be said of promises and threatnings, there b ing in every promise a threatning, and in ev ry threatning a promise conditionally implyed: And this may be a reason why some Commandments are negatively expressed, some positively, to shew us that both are comprehended.