SERMON XI.
THE EIGHTH COMMANDMENT: THOU SHALT NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS.
The Ten Commandments were written on tables of stone, by God Himself; and were then given to Moses in the Mount, to be brought down to the children of Israel, and to be deposited in the sacred Ark, thence to be a light to the church forever. Those Commandments, therefore, are truly and altogether Divine; there is nothing human about them,—they passed through no human mind, nor were they even penned by human hand: but they came directly from the Divine mind, and were written by the finger of God. And being Divine,—they are consequently infinite in meaning; for whatever is Divine, is infinite. The Ten Commandments are, in themselves, a summary of all the Divine Commandments, as, when they are traced through their derivations and conclusions, may be seen to be true. For they are each of them great first principles, whence are derived innumerable minor principles; they are great fountain-heads of truth, from which flow countless streams: and they themselves are
