A65285:1879
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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Rule 6. The Law of God is Copulative, Lex est Copulativa: The First and Second Table are knit together; Piety to God, and Equity to our Neighbour. These Two Tables which God hath joined together, must not be put asunder. Try a Moral Man by the Duties of the First Table, Piety to God, and there you will find him Negligent. Try an Hypocrite by Duties of the Second Table, Equity to his Neighbour, and there you find him Tardy. He who is strict in the Second Table, but neglects the First, or he who is zealous in the First Table, but neglects the Second, his Heart is not right with God. The Pharisees were the Highest Pretenders to the First Table, Zeal and Holiness; but Christ detects their Hypocrisy, Mat. 23.23. Ye have omitted Judgment, Mercy and Faith. They were bad in the Second Table; they omitted Judgment, that was, being Just in their Dealings, Mercy in Relieving the Poor, and Faith, that is Faithfulness in their Promises and Contracts with Men. God wrote both the Tables, and our Obedience must set Seal to both.
Rule 6. The Law of God is Copulative, Lex est Copulativa: The First and Second Table are knit together; Piety to God, and Equity to our Neighbour. These Two Tables which God hath joined together, must not be put asunder. Try a Moral Man by the Duties of the First Table, Piety to God, and there you will find him Negligent. Try an Hypocrite by Duties of the Second Table, Equity to his Neighbour, and there you find him Tardy. He who is strict in the Second Table, but neglects the First, or he who is zealous in the First Table, but neglects the Second, his Heart is not right with God. The Pharisees were the Highest Pretenders to the First Table, Zeal and Holiness; but Christ detects their Hypocrisie, Mat. 23.23. Ye have omitted Judgment, Mercy and Faith. They were bad in the Second Table; they omitted Judgment, that was, being Just in their Dealings, Mercy in Relieving the Poor, and Faith, that is Faithfulness in their Promises and Contracts with Men. God wrote both the Tables, and our Obedience must set Seal to both.