- Divine Law, ten Commandments
Question. Well then: I will enquire of those four in order, as you have rehearsed them. And for that true obedience which is the first part, it is to be tried by the rule of God’s Law; I think it necessary in beginning, to know what thou thinkest of God’s Law.
Answer. I think the Law of God written in two Tables, to be the most perfect rule of righteousness, commanding all good things that are to be done, and forbidding the contrary.
Scripture References: Exo. 34:28-29; Psalm 19:6-10; Exod. 20; Deut. 5; Isa. 30:21; Mat. 22:36-37
Question. Whereof treateth the first Table?
Answer. Of godliness, or of our duty towards God; and it containeth the four first Commandments.
Question. The second, whereof treateth it?
Answer. Of Charity, or love among men, and of our duties one towards another: which Table containeth six Commandments : and so in the whole, the Law containeth ten Commandments.
Scripture References: Mat. 19:18-19 and 22:39; Exod. 34:28; Deut. 4:13