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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 



