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The parents primer and the mothers lookingglasse, or, Counsel for parents in the education of children for their temporal, spiritual, and eternal happinesse : in a dialogue between a minister and a father : to which is added a second dialogue of the Decalogue : and to that a third dialogue concerning the Sabbath-day / by J. Waite ...
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Waite, J. (Joseph)
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words only with Capitals except such words as are alway so to begin and I did intend to do so But after the Epistle was composed by the Printer I was disposed to begin many Substantial words also with Capitals which are not Emphatical These are in the first 6 sheets containing Instruction and Correction and the An to Ob against Correction especially in the first 3 sheets to the end of Instruction by Doct. These words are begun with Capitals that Men Women and Children may take the more notice of such words and things which are to them of so great concern And whether you call it a Benefit or a Burden it is only for the first Edition for in the next Deo juvante I shall take them out reduce it to the order of the Epistle and so make it more Euphonical and Gratefull for the Readers pleasure A SECOND DIALOGUE OF THE DECALOGUE OR A DISCOURSE Concerning the Ten COMMANDMENTS The Second Part. I have written to him the Great things of my Law but they were counted as a Strange thing Hos 8.12 The Princes digged the well the Nobles of the People digged it by the direction of their Law-giver Nu. 21.18 The Lord is our Law-giver Isa 33.22 The Law of the Lord is perfect converting the Soul Ps 19.7 The Isles shall wait for his Law Isa 42.4 He will magnifie the Law and make it Honourable Isa 42.21 We have heard out of the Law that Christ abideth for Ever Joh. 12.34 Do we then make void the Law through Faith GOD forbid yea we establish the Law Rom. 3.31 LONDON Printed by J. A. for the Author 1681. The General Contents of the Second Dialogue TWelve Notes on the Ten Commandments Ten Ob against the Second Note Answ Of Thunder breaking new making the Tables The Law a rule of Life for all men How we are under the Law as the Jews were in Seven Particulars How we are Not under the Law as the Jews were in Seven Particulars An account of the C L. An account of the Judicial Law How the M L is abolished and how not How the C L is abolished and how not How the Judicial Law is abolished how not The whole duty of man in Ten Words Antinomian aversenesse to the Law Five Reasons of slighting the Law Of preaching the Doct of the gospel only Four Reasons of such preaching Sad effects of not preaching the Law Pride of some Preachers their Wives Children Pride or sin in such prodigiously perilous Six sorts of Simple Hearers Many in Profession like to be lost at London Conclusion by way of Exhortation Note these few abbreviations M L Moral Law C L Ceremonial Law C W Covenant of works C G Covenant of grace A SECOND DIALOGUE OF THE DECALOGUE Fath. GOd Save you Sir Since our Late Conference I have desired some Discourse from you of the Decalogue for I am much perswaded there is more in it than many Imagine When you delivered me the Sixt Document viz To acquaint my Children with the Decalogue I desired to hear that Lesson Enlarged yet was loth to interrupt you but now I come on purpose to desire you to give me some account of the Ten Commandments Min. Sir you are Welcome to me upon this account for I had also a mind to enlarge that Sixt Lesson upon the Law but was loth to be too tedious and am glad of an opportunity to do it now By the Title pages of old Books which lay open in Moor Fields I perceive there are some Tracts on the Ten Commandments by way of Exposition and so I shall not go that way to work but shall give you 12 Usefull Notes upon the whole to shew you in part what is contained in them Between which Notes you may put in and after them all adde what Question you please First 1 Note The M L on Adam's Heart The Moral Law Decalogue or Ten Commandments was engraven on Adam's heart as a Primitive Perfect Law of Nature Adam being created in God's Image which consisteth in Holinesse and Righteousnesse had the Law written in his Heart the Sum of which is Holinesse and Righteousnesse And Adam being capable of it God entred into a C W with him which contained 1 A peremptory precept Do this 2 A conditional promise If thou Do thou shalt Live 3 A conditional threat If thou Do not thou shalt Die. To keep this C W for Life no man was ever able except 1 Adam who brake it and ruined All mankind and 2 Jesus the Second Adam who by his obedience to it hath recovered all the Elect. But though no man can keep it yet Every unbeleever is under it and to Them it is a ministry of Condemnation †2 Cor. 3.9 ¶ By the way N B. A new State After the Fall there was a New Church State set up Ceremonial Sacrifices for God's service Instituted And man accepted with God upon a New account viz on Christ's account who Substituted himself in mans stead to Die for him by vertue of which Death beleeving man hath Life and Favour with God And that for 2000 years and more from the Fall to the delivery of the Law on Mount Sinai the Substance of their Religion was the Same as after the Publick promulgation of the Law 1 Instances of the use of Ceremonial Sacrifice we have in Abel * Gen. 4.4 Noah †Ch. 8.20 Abram * Ch. 15.9 and Job also †Job 1.5 who was before the Law on Sinai as is easily proved THEN the master of a family was King to rule Prophet to teach Priest to offer sacrifices cut in pieces for the Sins of his family * Gen. 15.10 so Now should masters Rule Teach and offer the Sacrifices of a broken cut Exo. 29.17 contrite Heart in prayer for the Sins of their families †Psal 51.17 2 And the M L of Nature did in part remain in the heart of man after the Fall and God made a Farther manifestation of it to man else the world was in a wofull wild posture for One 2000 years at least A sottish conceit To think the world was without Law till they had it from Sinai is a ridiculous conceit if So for what was the world Drowned and Sodom Burned for where no Law is there is no Transgression †Rom. 4.15 If no Law in the world no Sin in the world but untill the law Sin was in the world * Ch. 5.13 q d untill the law the Law was in the world for Sin is not imputed when there is no Law i e such Acts are not counted Sin if no Law to forbid them I doubt Religious Persons knew the law Then better than they do Now since the promulgation both of Law and Gospel too Second 2 Note The M L given to a people in a C G. The Law delivered on Mount Sinai with an audible voice as a Sermon from God himself was given to a
People under a C G. This covenant God made with Abraham viz To be a God to Him and his Seed †Gen. 17.7 And renewed it with Them Behold the Blood of the Covenant which the Lord hath made with YOV * EXO 24.8 The blood of the C W is a saying of a Strange Sound except you mean the blood of the Breach of that covenant i e the blood of the Offender which is Execution not Salvation I will commune with thee from above the Mercy Seat from between the two Cherubims of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel †Exo. 25.22 The faces of the Cherubims looked toward the Mercy Seat * Ver. 20. to signifie the desire of Angels to look into this mystery of Grace and Life for man †1 Pet. 1.12 after God that cannot Lie had said Man must die 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 This covenant Verbally was made with all Abraham's seed Indefinitely but Virtually and Efficaciously so as to secure life Eternally it respected a Secret Distinction and Vein of Election for they are not all Israel which are of Israel * Rom. 9.6 but the children of the Promise are counted for the Seed †Ver. 8. God is LORD of ALL * Mat. 11.25 but to These he is a GOD God is not the GOD of the Dead but of the Living †Ch. 22.32 They that did Beleeve were not under a C W and Cured but under a C G and Blessed with faithfull Abraham * Gal. 3.9 And the Covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ the Law which was 430 years after cannot disanull †Ver. 17. To our purpose is the Preface to the Ten commandments viz I am the Lord thy God which cannot Be by a C W. It is not Do this and I will be thy God but I am thy God therefore Do this * Deu. 5.15 Fath. God saith If ye keep my Covenant Object 1 then ye shall be a Peculiar treasure unto me †Exo. 19.5 Min. So Jesus saith He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father * Joh. 14.21 In such sayings God speaks as a Father to children to draw to Duty q d Do So and I will Love thee The childs love is not the Cause but the Effect not the Root but the Fruit of the fathers love to the child we love Him because he first loved Vs †1 Joh. 4.19 To a people under a C G the Law on Mount Sinai was delivered as on Mount Sion in the hand of a Mediatour * Gal. 3.19 without whom God had nothing to speak to man but Death N B. From his Right hand i e where Christ sitteth and Then virtually sat went a fiery law Heb 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 A fire of law For them not Against them and how Formidable and Fiery soever yet it was a fruit of Gods love yea he Loved the people †Deu. 33.2 3. Fath. Not against them say you Object 2 Paul saith it was against them and so took out of the way by Christ * Col. 2.14 Min. He speaks of the C L which to disobey was death †Lev. 23.29 30. The M L as a C W is against all men under it as well since Christ's death as before And as a C W it was taken away Before Christ's death as well as Since for them that beleeve And as a rule of life it never was against any man since nor before It was and is against Sin but it 's For man if God be for him Fath. You say the law on Mount Sinai was delivered as on Mount Sion Object 3 Paul opposeth them one to the other and speaketh of one as Dreadfull of the other as Comfortable * Heb. 12.18 22. Min. Paul sheweth what you See not viz that the ministry of the Gospel on Mount Sion is attended with more terrour than the Law on Mount Sinai was e g. Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God 〈◊〉 * Ver. 15. lest there be any fornicatour or prophane person as Esau c †Ver. 16. why so for ye are not come to the mount that might be touched c * Ver. 18. which was very terrible but ye are come to Mount Sion c †Ver. 22. what then See that ye refuse not him that speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on Earth much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him who speaketh from Heaven * Ver. 25. Whose voice then shook the Earth but now he hath promised saying Yet once more I shake not the Earth onely but also Heaven †Ver. 26. He that despised Moses law died without mercy of how much Sorer punishment suppose ye shall he be thought worthy who hath troden under foot the Son of God * Heb. 10.28 29. The Gospel is glad tidings it 's Season is a day of Salvation but yet attended with a day of Vengeance for disobedience †Isa 61.2 without which what dread is in the Law Fath. Surely the Law was delivered to the Jews Object 4 as a C W. Min. The Ten Commandments contain the Matter and Words of the C W. And they were to acquaint Them and are to acquaint Us with the C W that All by Nature are Under that men may know what it is and not trust to Death for Life The Jews had been so long in Egyptian darknesse that Religion was almost rooted out of Heart and Life †Jos 24.14 and so needed to have a Rowsing Lecture read in their Ears But that ever God did since mans fall deliver the Law as a C W for man to be Saved by it is Quite besides the Book contrary to the Gospel a Weaknesse and a Shame for a man who hath a Bible in his house once to Imagine Fath. God saith Object 5 Keep my Statutes which if a man Do he shall live in them * Lev. 18.5 Min. For one to think from any such Text that Ever man was saved by Works savours of Grosse ignorance of the C W. This covenant requires a man to be as perfectly Righteous as Jesus himself was and if a man Once sin though he Never sin more there is no More to be said he can Never be saved by that covenant If then Eternal life be in this Text intended †Lev. 18.5 the law of Faith is included by which a person must be justified to live Eternally And then by Evangelical obedience to the Law he shall live 1 Temporally for Godlinesse hath the promise of the life that now is * 1 Tim. 4.8 2 Spiritually for the Righteous shall flourish †Psal 92.12 as the Body by it's Food for God deals out his Heavenly bread in a way of Duty But by defect in Duty some die Temporally in Body * 1 Cor. 11.30 and many