Postscript to E. Miller, Jr.
By R. F. Cottrell
The ten commandments are not a part of a law, but an entire code. This is proved by Deut. v, 22. These words the Lord spake unto all your assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice; and he added no more; and he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. "He added no more," and who shall presume to add to these words? "Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar." Prov. xxx, 6. Is it not presuming too much, to speak of "the ten commandments and [add] the balance of the Levitical law." The ten commandments are the only entire code, or perfect rule, teaching us how to love God with all our hearts, and our neighbor as ourselves, ever given to men. Any who think they can present another entire rule of moral duties, are requested to bring it forward, and if it cannot be proved to be wanting in any particular, it shall be acknowledged.