A Body of Practical Divinity

Rule 2. In the Commandments there is a Synecdoche, more is intended than is spoken. 1. Where any Duty is commanded, there the contrary Sin is forbidden, &c. When we are commanded to keep the Sabbath day Holy, there we are forbidden to break the Sabbath: When we are commanded to live in a calling, Six days shalt thou labour, there we are forbidden to live idly and out of a Calling. 2. Where any Sin is forbidden, there the contrary Duty is commanded: When we are forbidden to take Gods Name i• vain, the contrary Duty is commanded, that we should reverence his Name, Deut. 28.58. That thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful Name, the Lord thy God. Where we are forbidden to wrong our Neighbour; there is the contrary Duty included, that we should do him all the good we can, by vindicating his Name, and supplying his Wants.

Rule 3. Where any Sin is forbidden in the Commandment, there the occasion of it is also forbidden. Where Murder is forbidden, there Envy and rash Anger are forbidden which may occasion it. Where Adultery is forbidden in the Commandment, there is forbidden all that may lead to it, as wanton glances of the Eye, or coming into the Company of an Harlot, Prov. 5.8. Come not nigh the Door of her House. He who would be free from the Plague, must not come near the Infected House. Under the Law the Nazarite was forbid to drink Wine, nor might he eat Grapes of which the Wine was made.

Rule 4. In relato subintelligitur correlatum. Where one Relation is named in the Commandment, there another Relation is included. Where the Child is named, there the Father is included. Where there is the Duty of Children to Parents mentioned, there is included also the Duty of Parents to Children. Where the Child is commanded to honour the Parent, there is implied, that the Parent is also commanded to instruct, to love, to provide for the Child.