and therefore it is a wild notion of theirs who think that the Covenant of ⟨p. 34⟩works which God made with Adam, is not the same for matter with the Covenant of works expressed in the moral law; for we see that there is the same Image of holiness and righteousness required in the Tables of stone, as the condition of this Covenant, which was once written upon mans heart, and required in the same manner of him. Now this law thus revived and reprinted is the Decalogue, because most natural and suitable to humane nature, when it was made most perfect, therefore it is universal and perpetual; the substance also of this law being love to God and man, holiness toward God, and righteousness toward man, Matt. 22.37, 39. Luke 1. Hence also this law must needs be moral, universal and perpetual, unless any should be so wicked as to imagine it to be no duty of universal or perpetual equity, either to love God, or to love man, to perform duties of holiness toward the one, or duties of righteousness toward the other: Hence again, the things commanded in this law are therefore commanded because they are good, and are therefore moral, unless any shall think that it is not good in it self to love God or man, to be holy or righteous; and which is still observable, there is such a love required herein, and such a loveliness put upon these laws, as that by virtue of these all our obedience in other things, which are not moral, becomes lovely; for there were many ceremonial observances, in which and by which the people of God expressed their love to God, as Mr. Primrose truly concludes from Deut. 6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. and Matth. 22.37, 38, 40. but yet this love did arise by virtue of a moral rule,1 for therefore it was love to worship God in ceremonial duties, because it was lovely to worship God with his own worship (of which these were parts) which is the moral rule of the second Commandment. And hence Master Primrose may see his gross mistake in making one law of the Decalogue ceremonial, because the summary of the Decalogue being love to God and love to man, and our love to God being shown in ceremonial as well as in moral duties, because our love is seen & shown in our obedience to all the Commandments of God, ceremonial as well as moral.
and therefore it is a wilde notion of theirs who thinke that the Covenant of ⟨p. 34⟩works which God made with Adam, is not the same for matter with the Covenant of works exprest in the morall law; for wee see that there is the same Image of holinesse and righteousnesse required in the Tables of stone, as the condition of this Covenant, which was once written upon mans heart, and required in the same manner of him. Now this law thus revived and reprinted is the Decalogue, because most naturall and suitable to humane nature, when it was made most perfect, therefore it is universall and perpetuall; the substance also of this law being love to God and man, holinesse toward God, and righteousnesse toward man, Matt. 22.37, 39. Luke 1. Hence also this law must needs bee morall, universall and perpetuall, unlesse any should bee so wicked as to imagine it to be no duty of universall or perpetuall equity, either to love God, or to love man, to performe duties of holinesse toward the one, or duties of righteousnesse toward the other: Hence again, the things commanded in this law are therefore commanded because they are good, and are therefore morall, unlesse any shall think that it is not good in it selfe to love God or man, to be holy or righteous; and which is still observable, there is such a love required herein, and such a lovelinesse put upon these lawes, as that by vertue of these all our obedience in other things, which are not moral, becomes lovely; for there were many ceremoniall observances, in which and by which the people of God exprest their love to God, as Mr. Primrose truely concludes from Deut. 6.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. and Matth. 22.37, 38, 40. but yet this love did arise by vertue of a morall rule,1 for therefore it was love to worship God in ceremoniall duties, because it was lovely to worship God with his own worship (of which these were parts) which is the moral rule of the second Commandment. And hence Master Primrose may see his grosse mistake in making one law of the Decalogue ceremoniall, because the summary of the Decalogue being love to God and love to man, and our love to God being shewne in ceremoniall as well as in morall duties, because our love is seen & shewn in our obedience to all the Commandments of God, ceremonial as well as moral.
- 1par. 2. cap. 6. l. 12.
