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…

The fourth Scripture is, 1 Tim. 1.5. and it speaketh the great end of the Law; The end of the Commandment is Charity out of a pure Heart, and a good Conscience, and Faith unfeigned; which threefold End speaketh out the absolute purity and holiness called for in our love to God and others, so as to have a good conscience in this before God: all which must slow from unfeigned Faith without presumption, resting on Jesus Christ, who is in this sense the end of the Law.

The fifth Scripture is, 1 Tim. 1.8. The Law is good, if a man use it lawfully: and this guards against abusing of the Law, and putteth us to the lawful use of it: There are extremes in abusing the Law; as 1. When it is used to seek Righteousness by it. Again 2. When the Authority of it is pretended for something it Warrants not, such as the Traditions of the Fathers, Mat. 15. seeking of Salvation by the observation of Circumcision, &c. 3. When its Authority in practise is denied. 4. When it is turned from practise to vain speculations and questions. 5. When it is so used as it deters and scares from Christ 6. When it is so made use of, as it oppresses and discourages a Believer, for whose sake (1 T ••. 1.19.) it was never made or appointed, as to its threatenings and ⟨p. 18⟩condemning Power: And lastly, in a word, when it is not used to the ends, and in the manner expressed, in the former Scriptures.

The fifth Scripture is, 1 Tim. 1.8. The Law is good, if a man use it lawfully: and this guards against abusing of the Law, and putteth us to the lawful use of it: There are extreams in abusing the Law; as 1. When it is used to seek Righteousness by it. Again 2. When the Authority of it is pretended for something it Warrants not, such as the Traditions of the Fathers,