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(2.) It is commanded by the written Law of God. This is the tenor of all the second Table of the Moral Law, and is particularly intended in the eighth Commandment, which saith, Thou shalt not steal. Which is nothing else but the reviving of the Law of Nature, or a new Edition thereof. Other Scriptures are frequent, and express to this purpose. Deut. 16. 20. That which is altogether just (or, as the Hebrew emphatically, Justice, Justicer) shalt thou follow. Which Law is strengthened with the threatenings of Punishment in case of disobedience frequently in the Scripture, and clear Instances of the Performance thereof accordingly. In short, the Righteous God whom we worship, is ⟨p. 98⟩a Spotless Mirror and Pattern hereof in himself; He is Righteous in all his Ways, Psal. 145. 17. And he tells us, 1 John 3. 7. Let no man deceive you, he that doth Righteousness is righteous, even as he is Righteous. And the Righteous Lord loveth Righteousness, his Countenance doth behold the Upright. Psal. 11. 7.

(2.) It is commanded by the written Law of God. This is the tenour of all the second Table of the Moral Law, and is particularly intended in the eighth Commandment, which saith, Thou shalt not steal. Which is nothing else but the reviving of the Law of Nature, or a new Edition thereof. Other Scriptures are frequent, and express to this purpose. Deut. 16. 20. That which is altogether just (or, as the Hebrew emphatically, Justice, Justicer) shalt thou follow. Which Law is strengthned with the threatnings of Punishment in case of disobedience frequently in the Scripture, and clear Instances of the Performance thereof accordingly. In short, the Righteous God whom we worship, is ⟨p. 98⟩a Spotless Mirrour and Pattern hereof in himself; He is Righteous in all his Ways,