He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
Ver. 18. Thou shalt do no murder] Our Saviour instanceth the commandments of the second table only, as presupposing those of the first, for the second table must be kept in the first; a and the whole law, say the schools, is but one copulative. The two tables of the law (saith a reverend divine) b are, in their object, answerable to the two natures of Christ, for God is the object of one man or the other. And as they meet together in the person of Christ, so must they be united in the affections and endeavours of a Christian.
a Primo praecepto reliquorum omnium observatio praecipitur. Luther.
b Mr Ley's Pattern of Piety, p. 99.