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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 3. What is the meaning of the Moral Law?
A. 'Tis not a Law to direct and order our Manners; but a Law that binds universally and perpetually, as the Ten Commandments do those to whom they are promulged, and the Light of Nature doth all others. Rom. 2.14. For when the Gentiles which have not the Law, do by nature the things contained in the Law, these having not the Law, are a Law unto themselves. Luke 16.17. It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass, than one tittle of the Law to fall.
Q. 4. Why is it said to be summarily comprehended in the Ten Commandments?
A. Because much more is included in every Command, than is expressed, as our Saviour shows in his Exposition of it Mat. 22.40. On these two Commandments hang all the law and the prophets.