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…

These same Questions and Answers may serve to clear what concerneth the Promise also, they being suitably applied to it.

These same Questions and Answers may serve to clear what concerneth the Promise also, they being sutably applyed to it.

It is further to be observed that the Lord expresseth wicked men under that notion, Them that hate me, to show what indeed, and on the matter, Sin, even the least sin, amounteth unto▪ its hatred of God, as being done (as it were) in despite of him, and preferring some lust to him; for there is no question but were God loved, Holiness, (which is his Image) would be loved also; and where it is universally hated, so must He be; for a man cannot serve two Masters, where their commands and actings are contrary, but he must hate the one, and love the other: And seeing it is certain that Sinners make sin their Master, and do not hate it; therefore, they must hate God, who giveth contrary Commands: and so sometimes Sinners wish that there were not such Commands. Again, he expresseth the Godly in the Promise, under these two designations, 1. Those that Love me, that is the inward Fountain and comprehensive sum of all duties. 2. Those that keep my Commandments, that looketh to the outward effects of Love, and is the proof of it, so that there is no mid's betwixt these two, to Love God, and keep his Commandments, and to Hate him, and slight, or break his Commandments, and so no mid's betwixt God's gracio •s promise to Parents and Children, and his Curse on both.

It is further to be observed that the Lord expresseth wicked men under that notion, Them that hate me, to shew what indeed, and on the matter, Sin, even the least sin, amounteth unto▪ its hatred of God, as being done (as it were) in despight of him, and preferring some lust to him; for there is no question but were God loved, Holiness, (which is his Image) would be loved also; and where it is universally hated, so must He be; for a man cannot serve two Masters, where their commands and actings are contrary, but he must hate the one, and love the other: And seeing it is certain that Sinners make sin their Master, and do not hate it; therefore, they must hate God, who giveth contrary Commands: and so somtimes Sinners wish that there were not such Commands. Again, he expresseth the Godly in the Promise, under these two designations, 1. Those that Love me, that is the inward Fountain and comprehensive sum of all duties. 2. Those that keep my Commandements, that looketh to the outward effects of Love, and is the proof of it, so that there is no mid's betwixt these two, to Love God, and keep his Commandements, and to Hate him, and slight, or break his Commandements, and so no mid's betwixt God's gracio s promise to Parents and Children, and his Curse on both.