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A60369 A preservative against atheism and error wherein some fundamental points in religion ... are by way of question and answer handled, and with much brevity and clearness proved ... : to which is added a brief answer to William Russel in a book of his entituled No seventh-day-Sabbath in Christs New Testament / by W. Saller. Saller, William, d. ca. 1680. 1664 (1664) Wing S399; ESTC R37201 26,787 31

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Rom. 13.8 9 10. as also Jam. 2.8 9 10 11. how plainly doth he there call this Law the Royal Law and that this is the Law there intended plainly appears by his naming some of the Precepts of it expresly Quest But these two Texts Romans and James seem to look to the second Table more than the first must we understand the whole ten is there intended although not exprest Answ The whole Law is exprest truly in those Texts although not so largely handled the Apostles business being to apply the second Table to those present cases but Love belongs to God as wel as to our Neighbour and the second Table without the first cannot be every tittle of the Royal Law which yet appeareth more clearly if you consider that the way to prove our Love to men to be sincere is by our Love to God and keeping of his Commandments 1 John 5.2 3. And the Commands without limitation are said to be the whole duty of man Eccles 12.13 And David found the keeping of them all the only safe way of escaping shame Psal 119.6 And in Psal 111. how vehemently he presses the keeping of those Commands that are the work of God's hands which none were but only the ten Commandments Exod. 20. these he wrote twice himself Exod. 32.15 16. and Deut. 10.1 2 3 4 5. And how Moses exalted them above all other Laws of God see Deut. 4.10 11 12. Quest But can you by some further opening the point help our understandings that we may discern that the whole Scriptures do depend upon them Answ Very evident it is in Reason that this Law is of a Supream Authority for observe the judicial Law clearly dependeth upon it for it is a Law ordaining punishments for the transgressions of that higher Law And as for the Ceremonial Law it dependeth upon it plainly for it consisteth of shadows of Christ and the Grace that comes to the world by him who came to redeem us from the curse of that Law Gal. 3.13 Heb. 9.15 And from these and other-like Texts we may clearly see that the whole Gospel dependeth upon that Law also for it being transgressed by all mankind and no possibility therefore for any man to have life by the Law because it cursed every transgressor without Mercy and seeing all are gone out of the way and are altogether become abominable Psal 14. 53. and therefore no justification by the Law And therefore if God would be so gracious as to save man there lay this necessity upon him to give his Son to die and through his Blood to vouchsafe his Word Spirit and Ordinances and whatsoever tendeth to justifie or to sanctifie man and so to fit him for Eternal Life Likewise the whole Scriptures consisting of threatenings for sin committed against that Law or declarations of the judgements that have fallen upon the transgressors of that Law or promises of mercy to those that obey it or repent for breaking it or declarations of the blessings which they have had or shall have that love or observe it or some or other such head of Doctrine is held forth in the whole Scriptures fome way relating to that Law that what Doctrine soever we hear at any time that beareth not a good accord with that Law of the ten Commandments we are taught by the Prophet Isaiah to believe that that Teacher hath no light in him Isa 8.20 So that whosoever will but mind the Scriptures and exercise his reason may very well discern they all depend upon that Law Quest Will you shew us how they be the foundation of all Religion Answ First That which hath been said is a full proof that they be the foundation of all Religion for if they be the ground of all Reproof Exhortation Promises and whatsoever else is contained in the Scriptures then must they needs be the foundation of all Religion if Religion be to be learned from the Scriptures as sure it is and they be the Counsels and Words of God as they have been proved to be Quest But what if the Scriptures be the Words of God may nothing be learned from the Church is there nothing in her power to order in manner of God's Worship or the time of it is there no ceremony or custome lawful but what the Scriptures warrant Answ No nothing is lawful in God's Worship but his own certain Appointments He hath by an express Law bound us to hearken to his Word and neither add nor diminish Deut. 4.2 with many other-like Texts Object But are we not as well commanded not to forsake the Law of our Mother as to obey the Commands of our Father Prov. 1.8 6.20 and is not the Church our Mother Answ That Popish interpretation of those Texts appears to be Idolatrous and blasphemous the admitting the Church to be a law-making Mother if you compare it with the words of Christ Mat. 15.9 where the commandments of men although they were the Church are condemned for vain worship Also Paul tells us Christ is in all things head to the Church Ephes 1.22 and if that Apostle understood himself there can be nothing left for the Church to order or appoint in one kind or other about God's Worship but her work lies meerly in searching out what her Head by himself or by his Ministry hath appointed Quest Who account you Christ's Ministry Answ All the Pen-men of the holy Scriptures as well those that wrote the Old Testament as those that wrote the New as appears 1 Pet. 1.10 11 12. Quest Can you make it a little more plain to our understandings that the ten Commandments are the ground and foundation of all Religion Answ That I shall indeavour and for that end consider there must be a Law binding all men to the observance of God's Will before any sin can be committed and it must be a Law of such a nature as renders the whole world guilty before God according to Rom. 3.19 and no such Law can be found but the ten Commandments Quest Is it not more likely to be that Law written in the hearts of all men spoken of Rom. 2. that brings the whole world under guilt Answ True it is but that Law written in the heart is the very same Law as is plainly to be seen in that 2d to the Rom. 14 15. and so to the end of the Chapter The very same Law that the Jews boasted of and preached and shall be judged by it is that that is writ in the heart and may be discerned by the Light aforded to natural men And the Gentiles come up to a more close obedience of than the Jews and so have more praise of God and be in his account the better Jews the only difference is the one hath it written in letters easie to read the other only as it is written in the heart but the Law is the very same that is given both to the one and to the other Quest Was there no Religion in