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A03392	The office and vse of the morall law of God in the dayes of the gospell iustified, and explained at large by Scriptures, Fathers, and other orthodoxe diuines, so farre as occasion was giuen by a scandalous pamphlet sent abroad of late into the hands of diuers good Christians, pretending great reason and reading for the vtter abrogating and abolishing of the whole Law of Moses since the death of Christ. By William Hinde, sometimes fellow of Queenes Colledge in Oxford, and now preacher of Gods Word at Bunbury in Cheshire.	Hinde, William, 1569?-1629.	1622 (1622)	STC 13513; ESTC S116213	121,247	151

words as seuerely and seriously charge Timothy to keepe the Commandement which he had giuen him for the duties of his person and calling as euer did Moses the people of Israel for obseruing of the Commandement of the Law when d Deut. 30.11 15 18 19. he said This Commandement which I command thee this day is not hidden from thee c. Behold I call heauen and earth to record this day against you that I haue set before you life and death blessing and cursing For whereas Moses calleth heauen and earth only to record against Israel Paul conuents Timothy as it were before the Lord of heauen and earth and doth not only command him with all authority but charge him with all seuerity That as euer he would haue any benefit by Christ as his e 1 Tim. 6.13 14. Redeemer witnessing a good confession before Pontius Pilate or would euer render vp his account vnto him as a f 2 Tim. 4.1 2. Iudge with joy at his appearing he should be carefull and faithfull in keeping his Commandements Looke also vpon 1 Cor. 7.10 g 1 Cor. 7.10 And vnto the maried I command yet not I but the Lord Let not the wife depart from her husband And vpon Ephes 4.17 This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that yee henceforth walke not as other Gentiles walke in the vanity of their minde And 2 Thessalon 3.6.10.12 h 2 Thess 3.6 10 12. Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Iesus Christ that you withdraw your selues from euery Brother that walketh disorderly And that also 1 Tim. 6. i 1 Tim. 6.25 I charge thee before God and before the Lord Iesus Christ and before the elect Angels that thou obserue these things Consider I pray you these places aduisedly and tell me whether you haue not erred too too grossely in saying so confidently That although in the Epistles of the Apostles there were some words of commanding yet was there not so much as a forme of Commandement in them seeing you haue here many and worthy Commandements both for matter and forme in full measure But you say Antinomus They are without penalty Answer For answer vnto that Tell me I beseech you whether you doe not reckon the threatnings of k Rom. 6.21 23. Death l Rom. 14.23 Damnation the m Ephes 5.6 Wrath of God the n 2 Thess 1.8 Vengeance of God o 1 Cor. 3.17 Destruction p 1 Cor. 11.32 34. Condemnation q 1 Tim. 6.9 Perdition flaming fire r Iud. v. 7 8. Eternall fire and such like against ignorant disobedient vngodly and vnbeleeuing persons such as know not God and obey not the Gospell of our Lord Iesus Christ to be penalties and not only penalties but dreadfull judgements yea the very terrors of God that fight against such sinnes and sinners If you say they be as you must needs if you will say the truth then were you deluded with a lying vanity and which is worse would delude others also therewithall when you said and set it downe That the Commandements of the Apostles in their Epistles were without penalty ſ Aug. contra Adamant Manich. ca. 3. Sacrae Scripturae non temerarios superbos accusatores sed pios diligentes lectores desiderant August I maruell whether euer you read that terrible sentence 1 Cor. 16. If any man t 1 Cor. 16.22 loue not the Lord Iesus Christ let him be Anathema maranatha If you did doe but tell me by what Argument the Apostle doth here vrge and enforce the loue of Christ Iesus whether by promise of mercy or threatning of penalty Or whether here be not as dreadfull a curse threatned against those that doe not loue the Lord Iesus Christ as there is Ephes 6.24 a gratious promise made to all that doe viz. u Ephes 6.24 Grace be with all them that loue the Lord Iesus Christ in sincerity It were absurd and impious to deny that here is a promise of a blessing to them that loue him and as impious and absurd it is to say that the other denounceth no terrible penalty to them that loue him not For the very words themselues Anathema maranatha doe import an execrable curse such as the Lord when he commeth in x Ecce autem quòd in clausula tribunal Christi comminatur utique Iudicis vltoris in Rom. 14.10 Tertull. advers Ma●…i lib. 5. ca. 14. judgement shall inflict vpon all wicked reprobates being separated from Christs presence and cast into vtter darknesse So Paul vseth the word 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Rom. 9.3 Gal. 1.8 as Accursed and 1 Cor. 12.3 for Execrable And the other y Cornel. Pertram praefat in Gram. Heb. Syriac Maranatha consists of two Syriack words 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 which properly signifieth Dominus noster and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 venit The Lord commeth Which words being the beginning of Enochs Prophecy cited by Iude as containing the dreadfull judgement of God at the last day against all the wicked and vngodly were vsually taken vp by the Iewes as they are here by Paul to expresse the z Bez. in 1 Cor. 16.22 Aug. Ep. 78. great Curse which is hopelesse helplesse and endlesse as their portion and just recompence which doe not loue the Lord Iesus In the next place you proceed from euill to worse when you say There is not so much as any allusion vnto Moses Law or the Ten Commandements in all the Epistles When Peter liking well of the ease and peace beauty and glory of Mount Tabor made a a Luc. 9.31 32 33. motion for building of Tabernacles that they that were there might dwell there saying Master it is good for vs to be here The Holy Ghost hath obserued That he was heauy with sleepe and wist not what he said Surely me thinkes in such a like minde and mood were you when falling into a dreame of Mount Sion and liking well of the fancies that ranne in your head of grace and peace mercy and mildnesse promises and gentle exhortations all tending to life and glory you haue laboured to build this your Tabernacle for a place of rest and said in your heart It is good to be here vnwilling altogether to heare any mention of Mount Sinai or of any allusion to the Morall Law But we will beare with your weaknesse and plead your excuse The spirit of sleepe or slumber was vpon you and you wist not what you either did or said For had you beene well awakened and your eies well opened you might haue seene in the most if not in all the Epistles not only some allusions but many allegations out of the Ten * See Iam. 2.8 9 10 11 12. 4.10 11. Commandements or * See Iam. 2.8 9 10 11 12. 4.10 11. Morall Law Doth not the Apostle in the Epistle to the Romans make often mention of the Morall Law

b Rom. 3.20 By the Law commeth the knowledge of sinne Rom. 3. c Rom. 4.31 Doe we then abrogate the Law by faith God forbid nay rather we establish the Law Rom. 4.31 d Rom. 7.7 12 22 23. See Tertull. vpon these and other places of the Epistle to the Rom. 7. Quia lex peccatum Absit Erubesce Marcion Absit Abhominatur Apostolus criminationem legis ô summum praeconium legis Tertull. aduers Marcion lib. 5. cap. 13. I had not knowne sinne but by the Law for I had not knowne lust except the Law had said Thou shalt not couet wherefore the Law is holy and the Commandement i. the tenth Commandement is holy just and good I delight in the Law of God after the inner man So then in my minde I serue the Law of God but with the flesh the law of sinne Rom. 7.7 12 22 25. Are not these plaine allegations of the Law more than bare allusions And doe not these pregnant Testimonies graciously establish the nature and vse of the Morall Law which you most wickedly goe about to abolish Will you yet see more euident for better satisfaction and assurance Owe nothing to any man saith the Apostle but to loue one another Loue is a Christian duty you will not deny 1 Cor. 13. By what argument or reason doth he presse them hereunto Euen by a sound Argument drawen from Gods Law For he that loueth another hath fulfilled the Law he meaneth partibus non gradibus and what Law he sheweth by reckning vp the seuerall Commandements of the second Table For this saith e Rom. 13.8 9. See Paraeus in Rom. 13.8 9. Aug. de spirit lit cap. 14.21 he Thou shalt not kill Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse Thou shalt not couet and if there be any other Commandement it is brieflie comprehended in this saying namely Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe Loue worketh no ill to his neighbour therefore loue is the fulfilling of the Law May you not now f Erubesce Marc. Abhominatur Apostolus criminationem legis blush at your bold ignorance to say and that with such confidence That in all the Epistles there is not so much as any allusion to the Morall Law or Ten Commandements seeing there is here so expresse mention of the same And what will you say to that exhortation of the Apostle to the Ephesians Children g Ephes 6.1 2. obey your Parents in the Lord for this is right And how doth he enforce this duty and proue the equity of the same Doth he not plainly alledge the first Commandement of the second Table and the promise annexed thereto for this end and purpose saying Honor thy father and mother which is the first Commandement with promise that it may be well with thee and thou maist liue long on the earth The euidence of this one place is such and so sufficient to conuince you of grosse blindnesse in this particular that I will not seeke any further for more lights but only leaue this in your hand and pray that the scales may fall from your eies that you may see the truth by it I come now to the reason which you render of all this Antinomus For it is the goodnesse of God say you that leadeth to repentance Rom. 2.4 c. 2 Pet. 3.9 and not the thundering of the Law To this I answer Answer That the goodnesse of God indeed doth lead vs to repentance according to that which you alledge out of Rom. 2.4 But where you absolutely exclude the thundering of the Law as of no vse nor force in this businesse tell me I pray you what you thinke of the very next verse h Rom. 2.4 5. But thou after thy hardnesse and impenitent heart treasurest vp vnto thy selfe wrath against the day of wrath and reuelation of the righteous judgement of God who will render to euery man according to his deeds Whether are these any thunderings of the Law or no Euery word hath his weight Wrath of God day of wrath righteous judgement of God just recompence according to the worke so shall the wages be If the goodnesse of God leade vnto repentance doe not these threatnings driue vnto it If the mercies of God moue vs to obedience doe not the terrors of God remoue vs and withdraw vs from impenitency and profanenesse Nay doth not the Apostle in the same place for this very end ioine them both together i Rom. 2.7 8 9 10. Indignation and wrath tribulation and anguish vpon euery soule of man that doth euill of the Iew first and also of the Gentile but glory honour and peace to euery man that worketh good to the Iew first and also to the Gentile As for that which * Antinomus you alledge also out of 2 Pet. 3.9 The long suffering of the Lord to vs ward 2 Pet. 3.9 not willing that any should perish but that all shall come to repentance I acknowledge it as a point of the mercy and truth of God Answer But whereas you would haue this long suffering to be the only meanes without all threatnings or terrors to bring vs to this repentance looke backe I pray you to the k 2 Pet. 3.5 6 7. 5 6 7. verses of the same Chapter and be not willingly ignorant of the judgements of God there mentioned by the ouerflowing of waters whereby the Old world perished and by the burning and flaming fire whereunto this world is reserued against the day of judgement and perdition of vngodly men And looke forwards also to the very next words following viz. l 2 Pet. 3.10 But the day of the Lord will come as a theefe in the night in which the heauens shall passe away with a great noise and the elements shall melt with feruent heat the earth also and the workes that are therein shall be burnt vp And tell me whether these threatnings of the Day of the Lord be not as terrible as the lightnings and thunderings at the giuing of the Law the seeing and hearing whereof made m Exod. 19. Heb. 12.18 19 21. Moses to say I exceedingly feare and tremble And if you thinke these be not vrged to leade vs or draw vs to repentance then consider I beseech you what vse and application the Apostle makes hereof euen vnto all the faithfull in the words following n 2 Pet. 3.11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolued what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conuersation and godlinesse Now for conclusion of this point Let vs heare how the Author to the Hebrewes doth vrge vs To prouoke one another to loue and to good workes This he doth not only by the boldnesse or liberty which we haue to enter into the Holiest by the o Heb. 10.19 bloud of Iesus but also by the p Heb. 10.27 looking for of judgement and fiery indignation

all this to the vtter abolishing of the Morall Law Such things as were but accidentall or * Zanch. in Hos cap. 2. p. 45. col 1. accessory to the Couenant made with Abraham or to the promulgation or administration of the Legall Couenant amongst the Iewes are all abolished But the Morall Law which for substance was euer the same rule of righteousnesse before the fall before the t Muscul loc de foedere Dei p. 144. Law giuen by Moses and before the publishing of the Gospell by Christ Iesus was then and is yet still of good and great u Vrsin de lege divina p. 278. vse in the Church of God For as the x Aug. Ep. 49. ad Deog●at Couenant of Grace made betwixt God and man in Christ Iesus was euer since the fall one and the same in the daies of Adam Abraham Moses and of Christ and his Apostles though the administration thereof was diuers according to the different ages and estates of God Church and children so the Morall Law of God was euer the rule of obedience in all those times for all duties of loue to God and man and shall so continue together with the Gospell euen vnto the end of the world although it was not alwaies either deliuered vnto or vrged after the same manner vpon Gods people Abraham y Vide Zanch. in Hos c. 2. p. 44. col 2. Paraeus in Rom. 2. v. 25. Gen. 17.1 before the Law written hauing a portion of this Couenant was charged to walke before God and to be vpright I demand by what rule must Abraham thus walke Doubtlesse by the rule of the Morall Law written in his heart and by the word and will of God reuealed by his Spirit Moses Dauid Samuel Daniel and all other holy Prophets and holy men in the daies of the Law were in the same z Hyper. in Heb. cap. 3.1 Cor. 10.1 2 3. Aug. cont duas Ep. pelag lib. 3. ad Bonis cap. 4. Couenant of Grace by faith in Christ Iesus and yet as during the time of the Iewish Paedagogy they conformed themselues in the outward worship of God to the Ceremoniall Law looking by faith vnto Christ the a Col. 2.17 substance of those b Heb. 10.1 shadowes so did they frame their affections and actions for a sober righteous and holy life according to the Morall Law which yet they did not follow for righteousnesse to be justified and saued by the workes of it as the greatest number of the c Rom. 10.3 4 5. Iewes did but because they knew that the Law of God was a d Psal 119.105 light vnto their feet and a lampe vnto their paths and God did call them to the Law and to the e Isai 8.16 20. Testimony and charged the Prophet to binde vp the Testimony and to seale vp the Law amongst his disciples Isa 8.16.20 So likewise hath our Sauiour Christ and his Apostles the f 2 Pet. 1.19 night of darke Ceremonies being dispelled by the bright day of the Gospell continued and g Matt. 5. cap. 22. cap. v. 36 37 38 39 40. Gal. 5.14 Iam. 2.8 9. established the Morall Law of God being now a part of his written word and reuealed will to be for euer vnto all Christians the rule of life and the line of loue by which we must measure out all our duties and seruices of piety towards God and charity towards men before him and his for euer In which regard loue which is the summe of the Law is said by the Apostle h 1 Ioh. 2.7 8. Iohn and by i Ioh. 13.34 Ioh. 14.15 Ioh. 15.10 11 13. Christ himselfe to be both an Old Commandement and a New an Old Commandement because the duties of loue were euer enioyned and required from the beginning and a New because the same Law of loue was vpon new grounds of loue both renewed and reenforced by Christ himselfe the Lawgiuer Argument 10 Now whereas in your tenth Argument you seeme to conclude That because the Morall Law was giuen with manifest tokens of Gods wrath Antinomus in great terror and is called a fiery Law Deut. 33.2 therefore it was giuen to the Iewes only and so consequently is now vtterly abolished Answer and belongs not now vnto vs Might you not as well and wisely i. indeed as absurdly conclude also that because the Day of the Promulgation of the Gospell is called by the Prophet Ioel and by k Ioel 2.28 Peter The great and terrible day of the Lord a day wherein the Lord will shew l Act. 2.16 17. wonders in heauen aboue and signes in the earth beneath bloud and fire and vapor of smoke when the Sunne shall be turned into darknesse and the Moone into bloud therefore the Gospell sure being giuen and the Holy Ghost being sent with such manifest tokens of Gods wrath as also by a m Act. 2.2 3 c. rushing and mighty winde and fiery tongues which did make many amazed and as it were at their wits end doe both belong vnto them that were then present whether Iewes or Proselytes but neither of them vnto vs Christians to whom no such fiery feares and bloudy terrors doe belong at all For shall not the like causes in the like case produce and bring forth the like effects Or shall fires and feares proue the abolishing of the Law when the like meanes are vsed by the wisdome of God for the publishing and establishing of the Gospell Argument 11 But let vs now heare your eleuenth Argument if it can speake any thing more directly to the point and purpose Antinomus than his fellowes haue done I cannot finde say you that saluation was euer promised to him that should keepe the Law Answer And what then I pray you will you needs inferre hereupon that the Morall Law is vtterly now abolished What true Christian doth now seeke for saluation by the keeping of the Law Or who is he that maintaineth the vse of the Morall Law for this purpose How often haue we told you That we looke for saluation and justification by the n Rom. 3.24 25 28. righteousnesse of faith in Christ Iesus and not by the keeping or fulfilling of the o Phil. 3.9 Morall Law If the Morall Law indeed had no other vse but this you speake of then had your Argument spoken something to the purpose but seeing it is vrged and vsed by vs as a chrystall glasse of Gods will to discouer vnto vs the spirituall blemishes and beauties of our hearts and liues and as a guide to teach vs to walke in his waies telling vs what to doe and what to leaue vndone and seeing it hath many other speciall p Vide Calu. de usu Legis in Harmo in 4. lib. Mos p. 442 443. offices as formerly you haue heard both for Gods glory and our good we can neuer yeeld this vnto you for a sound Argument That therefore the

hath appeared and teacheth vs that denying vngodlinesse and worldly lusts we should liue soberly and righteously and godly in this present world which is the summe * Armin. disput de peccato actua thes 8. sect 4. and substance of the whole Morall Law As for that promise of long life and prosperity Exod. 20.12 annexed to the fifth Commandement Exod. 20.12 which * Antinomus you vrge as if it were appropriated only to the Land of Canaan that you might binde fast the Morall Law vnto the Iewes onely The Apostle Paul Answer Ephes 6.2 shall giue you vpon the same ground of generall equity an effectuall and full answer thereunto For pressing and perswading there diuers duties of the Morall Law he requireth and allureth children to honour and obey their Parents both by precept and by promise of the first Commandement of the second Table Children saith he Ephes 6.1 2. obey your Parents in the Lord for this is right Honor thy father and mother which is the first Commandement with promise that it may be well with thee and thou maiest liue long on the earth The precept he setteth downe in the same words as it is written in the Law Exod. 20.12 The promise he a little changeth not in the substance and quality of it but in the circumstance of persons and place and that according to the rule of generall equity and conueniency for the better vnderstanding and enioying of the same The substance and quality of the promise to such children as honour and obey their Parents is one and the same be they Iewes or Gentiles viz. long life and a prosperous estate in this world and this is perpetuall as the precept it selfe is The circumstances of persons and place are different in both places For in the giuing of the Law Exod. 20.12 Exod. 20.12 the promise was at that time directed to the people of the Iewes to be made good in the Land of Canaan running in this tenor That thy daies may be long in the Land which the Lord thy God giueth thee But in the renewing and applying of the Law in and since the dayes of Christ the promise is directed to all beleeuers both Iewes and Gentiles as the Apostle doth here deliuer it to the Ephesians in these tearmes That it may be well with thee and that thou maist liue long not only in Canaan or in Ephesus but on the earth i. whatsoeuer thy estate or wheresoeuer thy abiding be How opposite and contrary to the Apostles judgement and dealing is your position and opinion You will needs wholly abolish the whole Morall Law the Apostle doth establish it you will needs haue it to be giuen to the Iewes only the Apostle saith it belongeth to the Gentiles also you will needs abolish the precept because of some circumstance wanting now in the promise the Apostle passing by or letting fall the circumstance as temporall preserueth and maintaineth the substance and equity of them both as perpetuall you will needs restraine and confine the blessing of long and happy daies vnto Canaan the Apostle doth extend and enlarge it to euery City and Countrey to euery corner and quarter of the earth euen ouer the vniuersall world Let this suffice for answer to the scriptures which you haue brought out of the 19. and 20. Chapters of Exodus Antinomus as for the rest which you heape vp out of Deuteronomy and the Psalmes to the number of a dozen more being all one in substance with the former and diuers of them the very same in the same words Me thinks you deale as wisely herein Answer as if hauing offered to pay a shilling in two sixpences you should to shew your store of siluer draw out twelue single pence also to discharge the summe as reckoning the payment to be better in many peeces than in few because the shew and flourish is not so great in few as in many But seeing it is so ordinary with you to deliuer in your Scriptures and Testimonies by number rather than by measure and so to carry out or couer an error with some colour and shew of truth I will follow you no further in this maze but either put you ouer for answer vnto that which I haue answered to the former of like nature or else giue you ouer to runne round in your owne circle vntill you waxe giddy with your owne conceit and course as many others of like temper haue done before you Those which you alledge out of the New Testament some of them are flat against you and not one of them will proue your point That the Morall Law was giuen to the Iewes only That of Matthew 10.6 I send and 15.24 Matt. 10.6 Matt. 15.24 See Calu Instit li. 2. cap. 11. sect 12. I am not sent but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel would serue with greater shew of probability to proue that the Gospell was not sent vnto the Gentiles than that the Law was giuen only to the Iewes Howbeit the meaning of Christ is not to binde himselfe or the Gospell only to the Iewes and to exclude the Gentiles but that for his personall ministration he was first and so they a Act. 13.46 principally to offer the bread of life to the Iewes being Gods children and so to seeke the lost sheepe of the house of Israel And albeit he commanded his Apostles for a season that they should not go into the way of the Gentiles but vnto the lost sheepe of the house of Israel yet after his resurrection when he renewed their commission he gaue them in charge to goe and teach b Matt. 28.19 20. all Nations baptizing them in the name of the Father the Sonne and the Holy Ghost The Apostles were first indeed to offer the food of the Gospell vnto the Iewes but when they as wanton or wicked children turned away their food from them they waxed bold and said Loe c Act. 13.46 we turne vnto the Gentiles that the Prophecy of Isaiah might so be fulfilled in all this Out of d Isa 2.3 Sion shall goe forth a Law and the word of the Lord from Ierusalem Isaiah 2.3 As for that of Acts 14.16 How doth this follow Antinomus The Lord in times past suffered all Nations to walke in their owne waies Ergo the Morall Law was giuen to the Iewes only for the time past and not vnto vs of the Gentiles for the time present Answer For although the Gentiles had not the Law e Rom. 2.15 written in Tables of stone to teach them to walke in the waies of God so euidently as the Iewes had yet had they the effect of the Law written in their hearts in times past but now since the daies of the Gospell the beleeuers of the Gentiles haue the same Morall Law written in the fleshy f 2 Cor. 3.3 Tables of their heart by the finger of Gods Spirit with much clearer light g