A30141:213
The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law…
The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law and grace the nature of the one and the nature of the other, showing what they are as they are the two covenants ... wherein for the better understanding of the reader there is several questions answered touching the law and grace ... : also several titles set over the several truths contained in this book, for thy sooner finding of them, which are those following the epistle / published by that poor and contemptible creature, John Bunyan of Bedford.The doctrine of the law and grace unfolded, or, A discourse touching the law and grace the nature of the one and the nature of the other, shewing what they are as they are the two covenants ... wherein for the better understanding of the reader there is several questions answered touching the law and grace ... : also several titles set over the several truths contained in this book, for thy sooner finding of them, which are those following the epistle / published by that poor and contemptible creature, John Bunyan of Bedford.
London: printed for Nath. Ponder, 1685
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, He thinking this or that to be his duty, and considering of the same, he is also presently persuaded in his own conscience, that God will not accept of him, if he leave it undone; he seeing that he is short of his duty (as he supposeth) while this is undone by him, and also judging that God is angry with him, until the thing be done▪ he in the second place sets to the doing of the duty, to the end he may be able to pacify his conscience by doing of the same, persuading of himself that now the Lord is pleased with him for doing of it. Thirdly, Having done it, he contents himself, sits down at his ease until some further convictions of his ⟨p. 90⟩duty to be done, which when he seeth and knoweth, he doth do it as aforesaid, from the same principle as he did the former, and so goeth on in his progress of profession. This is to do things from a Legal principle, and from an old Covenant spirit; for thus runs that Covenant, The man that doth these things shall live in them, or by them, Levit. 18. 5. Ezek. 20. 11. Gal. 3. 12. Rom. 10. 5. but more of this in the use of this Doctrine.
First, He thinking this or that to be his duty, and considering of the same, he is also presently perswaded in his own conscience, that God will not accept of him, if he leave it undone; he seeing that he is short of his duty (as he supposeth) while this is undone by him, and also judging that God is angry with him, until the thing be done▪ he in the second place sets to the doing of the duty, to the end he may be able to pacifie his conscience by doing of the same, perswading of himself that now the Lord is pleased with him for doing of it. Thirdly, Having done it, he contents himself, sits down at his ease untill some further convictions of his ⟨p. 90⟩duty to be done, which when he seeth and knoweth, he doth do it as aforesaid, from the same principle as he did the former, and so goeth on in his progress of profession. This is to do things from a Legal principle, and from an old Covenant spirit; for thus runs that Covenant, The man that doth these things shall live in them, or by them,