THE

WHOLE WORKS

OF THE

RIGHT REV. JEREMY TAYLOR, D.D.

LORD BISHOP OF DOWN, CONNOR, AND DROMORE.

VOLUME XIII.

CONTAINING

A CONTINUATION OF THE RULE OF CONSCIENCE.

CONTENTS

OF

THE THIRTEENTH VOLUME.

THE RULE OF CONSCIENCE.

BOOK II.-CHAP. III.

CONTINUED.

OF THE INTERPRETATION AND OBLIGATION OF THE LAWS OF

JESUS CHRIST.

RULE VI.

The imperate Acts of one Commandment, must not contradict the

elicit Acts of another

RULE VII.

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1

All those Things also, by which we come to a forbidden Sin, are

understood to be forbidden by the same Law..

RULE VIII.

6

Suppositive Propositions are always equivalent to a Commandment.. 10

RULE IX.

The Institution of a Rite or Sacrament is a direct Law.

.......

15

RULE X.

If the Sense of a Law be dubious, we are sometimes to expound it

by Liberty, sometimes by Restraint

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33

& RULE XI.

Positive Laws cannot be dispensed with by any human Power..

46

RULE XII.

Not every Thing, that is in the Doctrine of Jesus Christ, was intended

to bind as a Law

RULE XIII.

Some Things may be used in the Service of God, which are not com-

manded, nor explicitly commended •••••

RULE XIV.

The Christian Law is fully contained in the Holy Scriptures..

RULE XV.

.....

In the Law of Christ no Precept wholly ministers to the Law of

Moses

RULE XVI.

The Laws of Jesus Christ are to be interpreted according to their

Subject-matter

RULE XVII.

Those, whom Christ addressed, were not always considered the

Representatives of the whole Church

RULE XVIII.

Evangelical Laws, given to one concerning the Duty of another,

I concern them both in differing Degrees.

RULE XIX.

Custom is no sufficient Interpreter of the Laws of Christ

RULE XX.

The Measure of Obedience expected of Christians is greater than that

of the Jews