Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, nether
shall
you diminish ought from it
Neither make new laws of their own, and join them to the law of
God, and set them upon a level with it, or prefer them before it;
as the Scribes and Pharisees did in Christ's time, who by their
traditions made the word of God of none effect, as do the Papists
also by their unwritten traditions; nor abrogate nor detract from
the law of God, nor make void any part of it: or else the sense
is, neither do that which is forbidden, nor neglect that which is
commanded; neither be guilty of sins of omission nor commission,
nor in any way break the law of God, and teach men so to do by
word or by example; not a jot or tittle is either to be put to
it, or taken from it, ( Proverbs
30:5 Proverbs
30:6 ) ( Matthew 5:18
Matthew
5:19 ) ( Revelation
22:18 Revelation
22:19 )
that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God,
which I command
you;
in his name; or which he delivered unto them as his commandments,
and which were to be kept just as they were delivered, without
adding to them, or taking from them.