# Lehre und Wehre_St. Louis Missouri_Mai 1861_S131
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Theological Axioms. 131

20. In genere semper comprehenduntur species, in specie praecipua
species cognatae adeoque totum genus.

In a genus (of a virtue or a sin) the individual species are always
included; in the chief species, the related species, and therefore also the
whole genus.

21. In effectu causa prohiberi intelligitur.

The sense is that in forbidding the effect, the cause too is understood to
be forbidden.

22. In relato semper intelligitur correlatum.

Whatever stands in reciprocal relation to that to which the law is given
is always affected along with it.

23. Ad veram cujusque praecepti sententiam investigandam valde
prodest, finem ac scopum ejusdem considerare; ex fine enim de mediis
facile potest fieri judicium.

For investigating the true sense of every commandment it is exceedingly
useful to weigh its purpose and its goal; for from the purpose one can
easily judge concerning the means.

24. Ad plenam legis explicationem requiritur non solum, enumerare
virtutes et vitia in quolibet praecepto, sed oportet disertam fieri mentionem
promissionum et comminationum, quas Deus vel toti legi in genere vel
singulis praeceptis in specie addidit.

For a complete explanation of the law it is not enough merely to
enumerate the virtues and vices in each commandment, but express
mention must also be made of the promises and threats which God has
attached either to the whole law in general or to the individual
commandments in particular.

25. Leges morales sub peccato nominatim definito omnia peccata
ejusdem generis, causas eorum, occasiones, irritamenta et oppositas
virtutes significant.

The moral laws, under a sin specifically named, signify all sins of the
same kind, their causes, occasions, incitements to them, and the opposite
virtues.

26. Propter diversos fines et respectus idem opus in diversis praeceptis
mandatum vel prohibitum dici potest.

Because of different purposes and respects, one and the same work can
be said to be commanded or forbidden in different commandments.

27. Lex accusat non solum opera mala, sed etiam illud malum, quod
bonis operibus renatorum adhaeret.

The law accuses not only evil works, but also the evil that clings to the
good works of the regenerate.

28. Praeceptum primum includitur reliquis omnibus.

The first commandment is contained in all the others.

29. Bonorum verba sint juramenta.

The words of the godly should be as good as oaths.

30. Juramentum non est vinculum iniquitatis.