III.  Ueside  this  law,  commonly  called  moral,  God  was  plesised  to
give  to  the  people  of  Israel,  as  a  church  under  age,  ceremonial  laws,
containing  several  typical  ordinances,  jiartly  of  worship,  prefiguring
Christ,  his  graces,  actions,  sufferings  and  benefits;"^  and  partly
holding  forth  divers  instructions  of  moral  duties.*  AU  which  cere-
monial laws  are  now  abrogated  under  the  Now  Testament.'

1  Heb.x,!.     "1  Cor.  V,  7.     =  Col.  ii,  14,16,17.
IV.  To  them  also,  as  a  body  politic,  he  gave  sundry  judicial  laws,
which  e.\pired  together  with  tlu  state  of  that  people,  nut  ubligitig
any  other,  now,  further  tlian  the  geueral  equity  thereof  may
require.*

*  See  Ex.  xxi  chap,  and  xxii  chap.,  1st  tct  the  29th  verse.  Gen.
xlix,  10.
V.  The  moral  law  doth  forever  hind  all,  as  well  justified  persons
as  others,  tothe  obedience  thereof  ;>^  and  tliat  not  only  in  regard  of

I  the  matter  contained  in  it,  but  also  in  respect  of  the  authority  of  (Jod
j  the  Creator  who  gave  it.*     Neither  doth  Christ   in  the  gospel  any
way  dissolve,  but  much  strengthen,  this  obligation.  ^

*  Rom.  xiii,  8,  y.  (See  Nute  1,  Section  II.)  1  John  ii,  s,  4,7.
I  3  Jam.  ii,  10,  U.     (See  Note  1,  Section  II.)     »  Matt,  v,  18,  19.
