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privately, in the reprobate; or according to appearance, 
in the visible church. 
21. For manners, the doctrine thereof is contained in 
the law, which discloseth sin. The law itself is divided, 
according to the edition thereof, into the law of nature, 
the law moral, and the law positive; and according to the 
style, into negative and affirmative, prohibitions and com- 
mandments. Sin, in the matter and subject thereof, is 
divided according to the commandments; in the form 
thereof, it referreth to the three persons in Deity: sins of 
infirmity against the Father, whose more special attribute 
is power; sins of ignorance against the Son, whose attri- 
bute is wisdom; and sins of malice against the Holy 
Ghost, whose attribute is grace or love. In the motions 
of it, it either moveth to the right hand or to the left; 
either to blind devotion, or to profane and libertine trans- 
gression ; either in imposing restraint where God granteth 
liberty, or in taking liberty where God imposeth restraint. 
In the degrees and progress of it, it divideth itself into 
thought, word, or act. And in this part I commend much 
the deducing of the law of God to cases of conscience ; for 
that I take indeed to be a breaking, and not exhibiting 
whole of the bread of life. But that which quickeneth 
both these doctrines of faith and manners, is the elevation 
and consent of the heart; whereunto appertain books of 
exhortation, holy meditation, Christian resolution, and 
the like. 
22. For the liturgy or service, it consisteth of the're- 
ciprocal acts between God and man; which, on the part 
of God, are the preaching of the word, and the sacra- 
ments, which are seals to the covenant, or as the visible 
word; and on the part of man, invocation of the name 
of God; and under the law, sacrifices; which were as 
